When we asked people what they would do differently if they were God, one answer was: I would make it okay to be gay. Another was: I would have less arbitrary rules. Many people today think that God is unnecessarily strict about sex: when one should or shouldn’t have sex, and with who you should… Continue reading If I were God…I would not be so strict about sex
Category: Sex
Sex in the real world
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2.24 The Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Malachi 2.24 God’s… Continue reading Sex in the real world
Sex has a price-tag
As I read the CNN article, “STD rates reach record high in United States”, I remembered watching (twenty years ago) the DVD, “Sex has a price-tag” by Pam Stenzel. Pam, while speaking to high school learners, made the point that condoms may prevent pregnancy, but they certainly don’t protect one from a whole host of… Continue reading Sex has a price-tag
Fifty Shades of Porn
The release of the movie Fifty Shades of Grey has caused quite a stir. Porn is now masqueraded as the sexual empowerment of women. Has the world finally gone crazy? A recent TIME magazine article reminded readers that while this movie ventures into the realms of bondage, sadomasochism and female degradation, more and more newspaper… Continue reading Fifty Shades of Porn
Meeting and Mating
A recent survey on Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think About Marriage exploded these popular myths: long-term exclusivity is a fiction. the introduction of sex is necessary in order to sustain a fledging or struggling relationship. the sexual double standard is inherently wrong and must be resisted by any means.… Continue reading Meeting and Mating