THEME A

• heterosexual


  relationships of someone of the opposite sex
• homosexual


  relationships of someone of the same sex
• artificial contraception


  condom= barrier

  pill= hormonal

  sterilisation
• natural contraception


  withdrawal= no sperm

  rhythm= using cycle
• christian attitudes towards sex

  no sex before marriage= sex damages the soul

  only have sex for the purpose of having children

  lust is a sin

  adultery is wrong
• adultery


  do not commit adultery

  you shall flee from sexual immorality
• marriage


  is a sacrament

  purpose to have children

  union of 2 people

  blessed by god
• marriage 


  they are no longer 2 but 1 flesh

  wifes body belongs to husband, husband belongs to wife
• what do wedding rings symbolise

  the unbroken unity of love
• cohabitation


  living together but not being married

  Christians disapprove
• cohabitation


  living together but not being married

  Christians disapprove
• nuclear family 


  2 parents and children living together
• blended


  step parents, step children
• single parent


  1 parent raising a child
• extended 


  a family with more than 1 generation
• parental roles 


  honour your mother and your parents

  bring them up in the training and instruction of the lord
• civil marriage 


  legalised in 2014 for same sex couples

  married in the law but not a religious ceremony
• reasons for remarriage 


  everyone should forgive= people make mistakes

  work harder in new marriage

  divorce could be because of partner adultery
• reasons against remarriage 


  marriage only broken by death

  marrying someone else= adultery
• instead of divorce 


  marriage counselling

  talk to god

  work through issues
• allowing divorce


  lesser of 2 evils

  renew vows

  old testament teaches divorce in the case of adultery
• homosexuality


  do not lie with man how you lie with women

  god hates that
• divorce


  anyone who commits divorce is committing adultery

  let no man separate what god has joined
• gender equality 


  we are neither male nor female we are all one in the eyes of god

  husband is the head of the wife

  god created eve to be a companion for adam
• having children


  be fruitful and multiply