Have you ever read the book of "Song of Solomon" (sometimes titled "Songs of Songs") in the Bible? It's a pretty sexualized book. In fact, I heard of a youth pastor who taped that part of the Bible shut so his teen guys wouldn't get distracted while he spoke. Ha! Doesn't it sound funny to tape a book of the BIBLE shut. But sometimes we do that in the church figuratively, if not literally. Jesus instructions to his disciples in Matthew 28:20 were, "...and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Are we faithfully doing that in the area of sexuality?
Issues around sexuality and marriage seem to be at the forefront in many ways today. Let's be honest, they have always been, it just seems they're more out in the open. If you're a parent or a child; I think that covers everyone; how did you tell your kids, or learn from your parents, about sex? Did you have "the talk"? Nothing causes people to squirm and dodge quite like "the talk". And we do this in the church too. We've taped the Bible shut. We don't talk about sex at all. Perhaps on some level, this worked in the past. After all, we say, "sex is a very private, personal matter". True. But, being silent is not ok today. Young people (and older people) are searching for answers to their questions about sex and sexuality. And if the church is silent, they start looking elsewhere. Should we really be surprised when they find answers that don't line up with God's plan for sex. God isn't silent about sex and neither should we. Sex is God's plan. He created it. The topic is not off limits. So, what does the Bible say? What's God's plan? I'm not endeavouring to give a lot of information or to lay out a biblical view of sexuality in this blog post. It's just meant to get us thinking. I thought this interview with Pastor Bruxy Cavey of "The Meeting House" in Toronto can help us. Take a listen and let me know your response in the comments below.
Issues around sexuality and marriage seem to be at the forefront in many ways today. Let's be honest, they have always been, it just seems they're more out in the open. If you're a parent or a child; I think that covers everyone; how did you tell your kids, or learn from your parents, about sex? Did you have "the talk"? Nothing causes people to squirm and dodge quite like "the talk". And we do this in the church too. We've taped the Bible shut. We don't talk about sex at all. Perhaps on some level, this worked in the past. After all, we say, "sex is a very private, personal matter". True. But, being silent is not ok today. Young people (and older people) are searching for answers to their questions about sex and sexuality. And if the church is silent, they start looking elsewhere. Should we really be surprised when they find answers that don't line up with God's plan for sex. God isn't silent about sex and neither should we. Sex is God's plan. He created it. The topic is not off limits. So, what does the Bible say? What's God's plan? I'm not endeavouring to give a lot of information or to lay out a biblical view of sexuality in this blog post. It's just meant to get us thinking. I thought this interview with Pastor Bruxy Cavey of "The Meeting House" in Toronto can help us. Take a listen and let me know your response in the comments below.
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