WHAT IS GOD'S DESIGN FOR SEX? (2 OF 3)
Scripture: Song of Songs 7:8, Genesis 1:27-28
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Title: What is God's Design for Sex? (2 of 3)
Series: Three Big Questions (2 of 3)
Scripture: Song of Songs 7:8; Genesis 1:27-28
Author: Patrick Edwards
Introduction
This morning we're wrapping up our series, "Asking for a Friend," with easily the touchiest of our topics. No doubt, blood can get pumping and things can becoming quite heated. It's one that brings out passion and the goal is that all parties involved would be satisfied by the end. That's right we're talking about sex.
I hope you'll excuse my humor, as I'm just trying to defuse any discomfort that I know can happen when we talk about sex publicly, but particularly in a church setting. I remember once preaching through the Song of Songs in a traditional, older church in North Carolina, and boy I thought a few of little old ladies might pass out as we read from Scripture.
But though I'm making jokes this morning, our topic is, in fact, very serious. Certainly, there are many questions from an ethical perspective that Christians must contend with, whether that be transgenderism and gender transitioning or homosexuality. What should I think and do as a Christian when it comes to being asked to use different pronouns than I might normally, or should I attend or abstain from my friend's or my family member's gay wedding? As a Christian, as I pastor, I've been trying to make determinations on these things and have been tasked often with helping others in the church with the same.
But while these topics are certainly among the most visible and prevalent in society, I'm not sure they are the most pressing for the church today. You see, while we may not be eager to talk about gender and same-sex attraction, I think we'd rather go there than take a good hard look in the mirror and address the purple elephant in the room. I'm talking about Christians and pornography, Christians and marital infidelity, Christians and sexual abuse and predatory behavior. Evangelicals in America have seemed ...
Series: Three Big Questions (2 of 3)
Scripture: Song of Songs 7:8; Genesis 1:27-28
Author: Patrick Edwards
Introduction
This morning we're wrapping up our series, "Asking for a Friend," with easily the touchiest of our topics. No doubt, blood can get pumping and things can becoming quite heated. It's one that brings out passion and the goal is that all parties involved would be satisfied by the end. That's right we're talking about sex.
I hope you'll excuse my humor, as I'm just trying to defuse any discomfort that I know can happen when we talk about sex publicly, but particularly in a church setting. I remember once preaching through the Song of Songs in a traditional, older church in North Carolina, and boy I thought a few of little old ladies might pass out as we read from Scripture.
But though I'm making jokes this morning, our topic is, in fact, very serious. Certainly, there are many questions from an ethical perspective that Christians must contend with, whether that be transgenderism and gender transitioning or homosexuality. What should I think and do as a Christian when it comes to being asked to use different pronouns than I might normally, or should I attend or abstain from my friend's or my family member's gay wedding? As a Christian, as I pastor, I've been trying to make determinations on these things and have been tasked often with helping others in the church with the same.
But while these topics are certainly among the most visible and prevalent in society, I'm not sure they are the most pressing for the church today. You see, while we may not be eager to talk about gender and same-sex attraction, I think we'd rather go there than take a good hard look in the mirror and address the purple elephant in the room. I'm talking about Christians and pornography, Christians and marital infidelity, Christians and sexual abuse and predatory behavior. Evangelicals in America have seemed ...
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