Let's Talk About SEX

Thought that might get your attention !!!

Seriously though that's what I'm going to talk about.

Youth night again tonight and under request from several parents, and a few members of the youth in the church we started the first of 2 sessions about young people and sex.

You might be suprised to know that there are over 400 references to sex in the Bible, there is also a whole book in the Bible that talks about sexual love (Song of Solomon) so quite why it has become such a taboo issue in most churches I'm not quite sure.
After all God created sex, and it's a fact that none of us would be here if it wasn't for sex.

Sadly it is also a fact that sex has become twisted in our society and with the introduction of 'Lads & Ladesses Mags' pornography has become widely available to any teenager, I was totally astounded the other day to see an early evening television advert selling conservatory's with the help of a barely dressed woman.

Martin Saunders said in a recent article in youthwork magazine that "Christians are perceived as a bunch of puritanical sexual killjoys when in fact, we should be known as the pro-sex lobby. God is pro-sex, after all, he invented it. Christians can have healthy, fulfilling sex lives that are just as exciting and adventurous as everyone else's. The difference is Christians can talk about its higher value - as a God-ordained gift, and we must never lose sight of that truth, nor allow others to think that we believe differently."

This is the outline we worked from tonight -
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Part 1

CASUAL SEX RESULTS IN CASUALTIES
You're only here because of sex

How many verses in the Bible deal with sex?
What is the context of sex?
'Christians should be known as the pro-sex lobby'


1 Moral Damage:

a) Dehumanising: e.g. conquests, power games, treating people as objects
b) Poor substitute: Steve Turner poem: 'Tonight we will fake love'
c) Spiritual Damage
d) Idolatry
e) Seared consciences
f) Hardness of heart

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So there we go, should sex remain a taboo subject - or should it be taught sensibly & morally to our young people?

Over to you.....