Sex

Yesterday, I read a small booklet entitled: reforming male sexuality: a frank discussion on pornography & masturbation for God's men by Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA.

It is extremely relevant, frank, and Biblical. I wish that he would make it available for broad publication because I believe it says some things which too often we Christians are afraid to say. He addresses so many issues in a non-hokey way. I just appreciate this booklet immensely.

I wish that more churches and pastors would be this frank and open to their people about this. There are so many statistics about Christians who view pornography, divorce, engage in sexual activity before marriage, and yet, the answers I see all seem to be canned and afraid to be as frank and graphic as Scripture itself.

I am grateful that my dad was open in discussing sexuality with me and taught me that sexuality is a good gift that must be used in the right way. I have talked to so many Christian men whose dads never talked about sex other than the "birds and bees" talk, or they were raised with such a negative view of human sexuality that it was viewed as "dirty" even in the context of marriage. We need to understand that way is unacceptable. We need to inform our people what is healthy and what is not. We need to teach the beauty of human sexuality in its God honoring context. We also need to stop pretending Christians don't view porn and aren't immune to the same temptations as everyone else.