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Welcome to Life and Books and Everything.

I'm Kevin DeYoung.

I want to read my latest world article today.

I debated whether or not to say anything about this latest internet kerfuffle.

And the advice I got from most of the people around me was that maybe it would be helpful to

write something down, which I did and then publish it at World Opinions. So hopefully something in here

maybe gives voice to thoughts you've had in your own head, and if nothing else, it helps the

voices in my head go away. So this article is entitled, So What About that TGC article on sex?

Six Thoughts Amid the Firestorm.

On March 1, the Gospel Coalition posted an article by Joshua Ryan Butler, a pastor in Arizona,

and a fellow at the New Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.

The article, an excerpt from his forthcoming book, Beautiful Union,

immediately drew curious eyebrows and strong criticism for its sexualized description of the relationship between

Christ and the church, and for its description of the sexual relationship between husband

and wife.

In response to mounting criticism, TGC made the entire chapter available in order to provide

more context for the controversial remarks.

But the digital wildfire was already out of control.

In the end, Butler resigned as a fellow, he was removed from speaking at TGC's national

conference, and the online cohort based on his book was canceled.

On March 5, TGC pulled the article and the chapter off the

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