I'm loving our "Love Dare" series. My favorite type of preaching is simply going through a book of the Bible verse-by-verse because it forces you to deal with everything & not skip over or leave out the parts we're not comfortable with.
For years, the church has been silent on the issue of sex...except, of course to teach how gross, & dirty sex is. So, people inside the church grow up feeling like sex is a four letter word that we shouldn't talk about in public. They'd rather let their children learn sex ed from a teacher in health who may or may not be a Christian or, better yet, the locker room where all teenage boys are experts in the area of sex. Many leaders in the SBC have recently attacked a pastor that I have a huge amount of respect for because he dared speak to his church about the beauty of S-E-X. These are the same leaders, by the way, who are always more concerned about fighting other Christians than loving non-Christians.
The church has been silent for so long & Hollywood has stepping into the silence & preached their message of sex that has left many people emotionally & spiritually wounded as they've worshiped sex as a god. The porn industry rakes in between $60 - $100 billion dollars a year, that's more than the NBA, NFL & Major League Baseball combined. It's estimated that half of all women will live with their boyfriend before marriage. A leading magazine did a feature article & reported that many middle school boys now have naked pictures of their girlfriends on their cell phone.
I'm so glad the I serve a church who allows me to boldly preach God's Word. As we've been dissecting Song of Solomon, we've discovered that sex is an amazing & incredible gift from God to be celebrated & celebrated often between a husband & wife to remember the covenant they made with God & with each other.
This week, we're going to talk both Solomon's wedding to his beautiful bride & also their honeymoon. This ought to be interesting because every woman dreams of her wedding day & every man dreams of his wedding night. I promise, it's not going to be dirty. You're not going to leave feeling like you need to take a bath, but y might leave feeling like you need to take a cold shower.
As we look at this wedding & honeymoon, we're going to learn that marriage is not a contract, but a covenant & there is a huge difference between the two. I'm also going to challenge husband's & wives to become servant lovers who are more concerned with meeting the needs of each other rather than selfish lovers who only care about their needs being met. If you want to get ahead between now & Sunday, read Song of Solomon 3:6-5:1.
This would be a great week to invite all your friends who not only need but want to hear about healthy sex, dating, attraction, relationships & marriage. Don't miss this easy invite. You can also help people hear God's Word on this subject by telling them to listen on-line at www.lifepointchurch.org. Remember, this is going to be rated "H" for Hot & Holy. So, all kids need to be in Soul Station where they will be learning to worship in an age appropriate environment. I can't wait for Sunday


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