If sex is God's good gift, why are we so embarrassed to talk about it?
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Our culture places ultimate value in feelings and experiences. God has become irrelevant and what counts is personal pleasure. Sexual purity is mocked as quaint and passe'. Even the suggestion of
restraining sexual desire is often labeled "unhealthy" by the therapeutic community.
When the voices of our culture call, our sinful hearts eagerly believe the lie: we can relate to others selfishly without regard for God's intended design for intimacy. We can do things our way and make life
work on our terms without relying on God. Sex becomes the god for whom we slavishly risk all. False
worship and false intimacy - devilish counterfeits of God's design - replace the truth that we are created
for God's glory.
Tragically, the Church has too often been silent or ambivalent about sex. We say sex is God's good gift,
but we act as though it were shameful. We are often visibly uncomfortable talking about it! When we do
discuss it, we fail to view it as a matter of the heart. And while we search for our voice, every cultural
institution-education, government, commerce, entertainment-trumpets a distorted view of sex.
But what if sexuality were just like every other facet of Christian living-subject to idolatry and sin's
distortions, but ready to be reclaimed and made new in the light of the Gospel of grace? What if God's
people replaced their embarrassed silence with loving candor, and began to speak wisely to long-hidden
struggles, questions, frustrations and fears? What if God offered real help in understanding, guiding and
correcting the sexual side of our lives?
Join us to reconsider this crucial area of life and obedience, looking at sexuality through the eyes of its Creator-the true and living God!
