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Sexuality

Defining Lust

June 29, 2010

My friend Pr. David Petersen recently noted some new research on pornography addiction, with a pastoral admonition to seek help if you have come under its spell. The core problem, as Joshua Harris observes, is lust. In his book Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is), Harris writes, John Piper explains lust with this simple [...]

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Tempus Fugit: Sex

January 4, 2010

Two years ago today on Esgetology, I wrote about Sex. Here’s a sample: I am struck by how Leviticus spends an entire chapter (eighteen) addressing nothing but this. For long periods of history, Christianity has been interpreted to be prudish to the point of seeing all sex as evil or at best for those who [...]

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Parton/Townes Wedding Sermon

December 26, 2009

From the wedding service of Richard Townes, III and Kyle Parton, on Saturday, December 19. We had a major snowstorm that caused the wedding to start late (see pictures below), and unfortunately some of the guests also couldn’t make it. But it was a beautiful wedding. I’ve been trying an experiment with some of my [...]

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Because what men really need is a picture of sexy legs to help them grow deeper in Christian faith

October 3, 2009

The only thing sadder than Oak Leaf Church (really? Oak Leaf?) using soft porn images to get guys into church is the fact that they are so late to the game. Really, if you’re going to do the trendy thing, try to get in early. This train left the station awhile back. Click here to [...]

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LCMS President Kieschnick responds to ELCA decision affirming homosexual clergy

August 27, 2009

The two largest Lutheran church bodies in the United States are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) with 4.8 million members and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) with 2.4 million members. On Friday, Aug. 21, the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to open the ministry of the ELCA to gay [...]

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Will living together before marriage help?

September 29, 2008

Myth #3:  “Living Together Before Marriage Increases Your Chances of Having a Happy Marriage Later.” You “test drive a car” before you buy it, so why not do the same with your lifelong relationships? Another one that is heard often is “you try on a pair of shoes to see if they fit before you [...]

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The biggest problem with "Relevant Church" is not the Sex Challenge

February 23, 2008

Along with everybody else, I snickered at the news of the so-called Relevant Church‘s “Sex Challenge.” I was particularly jarred by the notion that the unmarried were being asked to abstain from sex for only thirty days. Given tomorrow’s Epistle in the traditional calendar (Eph. 5.1-9), I thought I’d start off my homily blasting that. [...]

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Sex

January 4, 2008

God made us to be sexual beings, and places us into families, which are created around a sexual relationship (between husband and wife). When that sexual relationship becomes disordered–sometimes through adultery, other times through a failure to be truly intimate (not just “having sex” for personal pleasure), or in the relationship becoming platonic–all of society [...]

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