Sex as Sacred: What a Twitter Maelstrom Reveals About Us

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW143884747 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW143884747 BCX4">On Wednesday, the recently announced Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics at The Gospel Coalition published</span></span> <a class= "Hyperlink SCXW143884747 BCX4" href= "https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/books/712257/beautiful-union-by-joshua-ryan-butler/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Underlined SCXW143884747 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW143884747 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">a book excerpt</span></span></a> <span class= "TextRun SCXW143884747 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW143884747 BCX4">authored by Pastor Josh Butler. <span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW266803254 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">Almost immediately</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">,</span> the <span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW266803254 BCX4">Twitterverse</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">erupted, decrying</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">the article</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">as</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">“icky</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">,</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4">”</span></span> <a class= "Hyperlink SCXW266803254 BCX4" href= "https://twitter.com/ByronLafayette/status/1631602428557795329" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW266803254 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">“cringe</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266803254 BCX4" data-ccp-charstyl