ABSTRACT
Some Christian ethicists use a Wesleyan framework, arguing that there are four interweaving sources of God's revelation: scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. The years of the writing and gathering of the Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament Scriptures were chaotic and tense. The New Testament discourse about the Fruits of the Spirit suggests that we are not simply concerned about conformity, but about how the living out of sexual ethics serves to encourage growth and a maturing spirituality. Inside and outside the church, immense suffering, ignorance, and confusion are playing havoc with people's sexual lives. It is important to remember that Christianity did not begin with an established code of sexual ethics. The teaching of Jesus, as recorded in the Gospels, provided the basis of a moral life in the command to love God and to treat one's neighbor with love and grace.
