There are two primary courses offered to life in the full. The enemy (the world, the flesh, and the devil) has a way. And God has a way. Both include death. Sin’s way, the enemy’s way is life now, death later. Or we might write it this way: Sin’s way is “life” now, death later. We know this from experience with our sexual sin. We indulge, enjoying the “life,” the thrill, the adrenaline, the...
Learning the Language
To our shame, we have participated in wielding God’s good gift of sex as an instrument for evil. We have gone on and on presenting our bodies to sin as instruments of unrighteousness. We have been the man bringing this most treasured and sacred gift of his own sexuality to throne room of sin for whatever unrighteous purposes it has in mind. Christ has come offering Himself on our behalf...
Drawn to Intimacy and Identity
Can you explain why you are drawn to the form of a woman or the form of a man? Beyond the specifics of what aspect of the body attracts you, have you ever considered why? At the core, the stirring is because sex, gender, and sexuality are profoundly linked to intimacy and identity. They are profoundly linked to the true Goodness for which we’re made. Sexual imagery has power because...
Confess
Last week we talked about the importance of trust and of sharing those things we typically hide with those close to us. To read this post, click here. Confession has always been and will always be central to the Christian life. Many of us would like to think that when Scripture teaches about confession, it means something we admit to ourselves or keep between God and ourselves. Admitting the...
A Part of or Apart From?
Sex at its core is about relationship. The world has tried to convince us that sex is primarily about pleasure or recreation, just a physical act, something to be enjoyed with whomever or by oneself. But the fundamental fact remains—sex is deeply and profoundly relational. It’s designed by God that way and can never be something different. In Genesis 2 after God brought the first woman...
Twisted Power
I just got off the phone with a dad whose son has been viewing porn and sexting strangers. The boy is just 15 but already he’s exhibiting signs of sexual addiction. Why did God create sex to be so powerful? God did create sex powerful, but this boy, like so many, is not dealing so much with the power of sex, he’s dealing with the power of sin. And there’s a big difference between the two. The...