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Old 03-12-2009, 01:38 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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GOOD HOPE, Ala. — It’s one thing for a church in a big city like Dallas or Atlanta to tackle the ticklish topic of sex. It blends in with the urban scene.

It’s another thing when a small-town congregation puts up billboards with the phrase “Great sex: God’s way” on rural highways to promote a sermon series. You can’t even legally buy beer in Cullman County, and a preacher is talking about S-E-X on Sunday morning?

'Sex-y' sermons cause stir at rural Alabama church : Nation : TCPalm
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Old 03-12-2009, 06:48 AM
 
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I remember a time when there was no such nonsense. "sex god"? People just trying to be relative
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Old 03-12-2009, 06:51 AM
 
Location: Cornelius
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Seeker sensitive Emergent baloney.
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Old 03-12-2009, 06:53 AM
 
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I think it's great. Christians have sex, too, and people need to be taught that married sex is wonderful, (or should be).
Why shouldn't the church talk about sex?
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Old 03-12-2009, 06:57 AM
 
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I think it's great. Christians have sex, too, and people need to be taught that married sex is wonderful, (or should be).
Why shouldn't the church talk about sex?
Sunday morning is to worship God, as far as sex. I don't know? I think Christians have gotten the hang of it already. I think we figured it out. Don't need a Pastor who doesn't even have kids to tell us how to have sex.
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Old 03-12-2009, 06:57 AM
 
Location: Cornelius
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I think it's great. Christians have sex, too, and people need to be taught that married sex is wonderful, (or should be).
Why shouldn't the church talk about sex?
Please show me where the Gospel is being preached? This is a topic that should most certainly be addressed by the church, but not on Sunday mornings (if that is when). This is best left to special series.
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Old 03-12-2009, 07:30 AM
 
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Sunday morning is to worship God, as far as sex. I don't know? I think Christians have gotten the hang of it already. I think we figured it out. Don't need a Pastor who doesn't even have kids to tell us how to have sex.
Lots of Christians have problems with their sexual lives. There is a lot of incorrect teaching out there. There are actually marriages where they do not even have sex, because one spouse (usually the woman), refuses relations.
Sex is something the Lord has given us, to bless us in our marriages. People need to understand that, they need to know, so that when they get married, they can live happily.

Ignoring it won't make it go away.

Obviously, there needs to be teaching on other things as well, but if this is a church, most of those in attendance are already Christians, anyway.
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Old 03-12-2009, 07:32 AM
 
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Please show me where the Gospel is being preached? This is a topic that should most certainly be addressed by the church, but not on Sunday mornings (if that is when). This is best left to special series.

Our culture is saturated with sexual innuendo and images, young people, especially, need to know how and why it should be saved for marriage.
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Old 03-12-2009, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Cornelius
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Our culture is saturated with sexual innuendo and images, young people, especially, need to know how and why it should be saved for marriage.
I don't deny that, but Sunday mornings should be reserved for the Gospel message. Greg Laurie, matter of fact, has been talking about marriage this week and sex this morning. But this isn't his Sunday morning message! It's a special series for married couples. Likewise, a special series could be done for those unmarried to tell why it's so important to abstain until you marry. Again, not for the most important service of the week!
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Old 03-12-2009, 07:46 AM
 
Location: MI
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The problem isn't that this is being preached on a Sunday. The problem is that believers are only gathering together in that large group on one set day per week. If church wasn't a one day a week thing, there'd be more time to help one another.

We are believers...we are not OF this world, but we are ON this earth. We have human bodies with human needs. Sex is a necessity for most. Infrequent sex can harm a marriage...frequent can do wonders for one. It's just the way it is.

Do I really want to hear a message about sex? No. Do I want to hear a message on the Gospel? Yes. Can I imagine all those that gather at a church on a Sunday morning making time on a different day during the week to be counseled by their pastor in a message about sex? Nope. People like the one day a week thing. It's easy.
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