Raising the Bar on the Conversation About Sex
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Here you will find what a few of us have expressed over the past year about how the church should handle the topic of sex. I think the difference is that this says it more succinctly and more appropriately. It raises the bar for the discussion and the act.
Because I know there are a lot of lazy people out there like me who can’t even click a link, here’s a snippet:
If the theology of the cross doesn’t affect every aspect of life, it isn’t properly applied.
*Sorry for the rabbit hole, but when something is said well, why change it? Click the link already.
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I agree that the cross should affect every aspect of our lives.
Amen!
I’m not really into flowery worded prayers like that, but I like to pray for my wife while I’m washing the dishes or fixing the washing machine. It works for me.
Brett,
I’m not really either, and if I never would have even read that had it not been for Jon Weatherly (the author of that blog) quoting/linking to it. The interesting and sad thing to me, though, is that they are actually working toward transformation in that area of life.
Christian P,
After reading it again thank you for this post, really. Over the past couple of years, it’s a battle I’ve come to words several times with several women at my church responsible for “catechizing” the youth. For some reason talking about sex turns into scaring the little ones about online predators or the perils of “sex-texting”. Or boring them over and over again with the fact that teenagers really shouldn’t have sex and how it can lead to unwanted pregnancy that the nuns down at the women’s center will have to save from being aborted.
For better or worse, kids grow up quick these days and they hear all of this crap from a multitude of different sources.
We (Christians) need to stop wasting our time and teach our young people about the duties, struggles, sacrifices, and most of all the BEAUTY of marriage.
Oops, my last line in comment #3 should read “The interesting and sad thing to me, though, is that they are actually working toward transformation in that area of life when most of the protestant church isn’t.”
If I can interject another idea into this, I read this article the other day, and was really impressed. It is an idea I have muddled over in my brain for a number of years now. Chris and I were married at 20 & 19. We know a good number of people, younger and older than us, that were married around those ages. Let’s face it, marriage is horribly tough, no matter the age. It truly is the attitude we go into it with that makes the difference. Maybe shifting our teaching focus to our youth just a touch might help?
Zan,
I agree. However, my philosophy for spiritually healthy relationships and individuals is a top down approach. If we teach adults how to have healthy Christian relationships, especially with their spouses, and we teach them how to teach that to their children, then I think we’ve got something. (This kind of teaching does not exclude “direct to youth” teaching, it just takes a “making disciples who make disciples” focus.)