Celebate

Matthew July 22nd, 2008

The good news: teens are having less pre-marital sex. The bad news: it's probably just because they're too busy taking stolen pain meds, illegally downloading music, and obsessively texting each other.

Or maybe they're having less sex because of a revolutionary new product called Celebate.

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Sex in the Eucharist (Part 2)

John H. Armstrong April 14th, 2008

Christianity should have a strikingly different view of sexuality than other non-Christian religions or philosophies for one primary reason—we cherish creation, and thus believe sexuality is fundamental to our humanity as creatures made in God’s image. Christians believe, if they are orthodox, that the human body is good. The body is central to all other Christian teaching. God creates our bodies and then draws us to himself in the human flesh and blood of the man, Christ Jesus.

Our central … (Read More)

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Sex in the Eucharist (Part 1)

John H. Armstrong March 3rd, 2008

The linking of the two terms in my title seems rather shocking at first glance. What does sex have to do with Communion? How can any Christian theologian connect the two this closely? Well, the fact is this-this is exactly what theologians have done for centuries, and for very good reason. My defense for this connection comes from none other than the apostle Paul himself. In 1 Corinthians Paul moves from the subject of sexuality to that of union with Christ in the Eucharist and then back again. … (Read More)

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Sex & Mawage

Erik February 27th, 2008

This week on [ping], Pastor Paul from Relevant Church in Tampa stopped by to talk about his 30 Day Sex Challenge.

Join us as we talk about the sex lives of Christians (married and single) and Paul's decent proposal that married couples in his congregation purposefully engage in sexual activity for 30 days, while singles abstain and focus on the spiritual rather than the physical.

If this is the first you've heard of the challenge, it's going on from 2/17 - 3/16. So use one of … (Read More)

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Christian Singles & Sex - Dr. Doug Rosenau

Erik September 27th, 2007

All too often, the Church uses the message of abstinence to avoid the fact that single Christians are sexual beings. We'll often hear, "True love waits," but we don't get much instruction on how and why it waits.

Join Steve Brown (and Etcetera) for a stimulating discussion with sex expert Dr. Doug Rosenau as we talk about how virginity is about more than avoiding sex.

Dr. Doug Rosenau is a licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and Certified Christian Sex Ther … (Read More)

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Forbidden Fruit

Erik April 13th, 2007

Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers, this week on SBE.

Author Mark Regnerus will join us to talk about the role religion plays in the formation of teenagers' sexual values and actions. You may (or may not) be surprised that evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about it.

Regnerus is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate in the Population Resea … (Read More)

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