I have abbreviated the headline so that those with filters won’t have the post blocked. Yes, it’s really that bad now. This morning I was sifting through a raft of incoming news alert emails that detailed the perilous state of the American economy with jobs being slashed across the country, the new terrorism threats, the continuing societal breakdown that has damaged the lives of countless millions of children in America’s cities, and so forth and so on. Enter the Christians. The headline on ABC News this morning read this way:
Christian S-x: Holy and Hot
That’s right. The same type of churches that have brought you Superhero Jesus on Easter Sunday, Hollywood actors in the pulpit, and Van Halen as worship music are making headlines for their hot s-x seminars, books, etc. No wonder Christians are such a laughingstock today in the eyes of the world. We have Pussycat Preacher, Heather Veitch, strutting her stuff for Jesus at porno conventions and issuing press releases to the media about how she’s “reaching” people. (She certainly may be doing that, but it wouldn’t be for Jesus with her sleazy attire and unchanged stripper demeanor.) Now it’s our new Dionysian evangelicals who make headlines for their quest for ever hotter s-x. Hireling pastors who are so lazy, dishonest and biblically illiterate that they have to rip off sermons from Internet sites and download movie clips to keep their goats entertained are now featuring s-x talks on Sunday morning complete with songs like Rod Stewart’s “Hot in the City Tonight” pounding over the loudspeakers at their “churches”.
The Christians in the Roman coliseum who were torn apart by lions apparently died so pastors in 2008 could wave sex toys around in the pulpit and boast about how hot their wives are in the sack. 2000 years of church history and in the West, it comes down to this.
I just watched a video of a secular female radio host addressing the pornification of America before a group of reporters. She preached a better sermon on what’s going on in our culture then most evangelical pastors today are capable, and that is pathetic. In every way, rather than influence the culture around it, the evangelical church has been the one to be influenced by the culture. The pornification of America is now having its effect on the church with the ever more titillating, coarse, sensual and fleshly handling of what God has ordained as holy and sacred. In the name of Christian freedom, licentiousness is now the order of the day, bringing shame on the name and true cause of Jesus Christ.
True believers will run from this, knowing that it will not stop here. We will live to see a day when the growing sensuality of the false church will result in unimaginable immorality, all done in Christ’s name. When God Himself is mocked and blasphemed by those calling themselves believers, He gives such people over to reprobate minds. When flesh is king, and not the Lord Jesus Christ, there is no limit to the depth to which man will sink in his “religion”.
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Ingrid, you stated in the last paragraph "We will live to see a day when the growing sensuality of the false church will result in unimaginable immorality, all done in Christ’s name. When God Himself is mocked and blasphemed by those calling themselves believers, He gives such people over to reprobate minds. When flesh is king, and not the Lord Jesus Christ, there is no limit to the depth to which man will sink in his “religion”." don't know where you are but we're already THERE. we already SEE this so the future you speak of is RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. it makes me sick and sad. i weep for our country and those who CLAIM to be believers. Click here to reply to this post
Proper Outrage?
Posted On: 04/20/08 05:26:26 PM
Age 39, IN
Although I heartily agree with the sentiment of this essay, I am conflicted as to whether the ABC article sited truly merits such outrage. When I read it trough the filter of considering it from a "secular" source, I felt like it may be raising some useful points. Is s_x not an awesome gift from God to committed, married couples? Is it not an important, intimacy building experience for spouses? And, if a couple is suffering with this facet of their relationship as a burden instead of a blessing, should we not want to help them recognize the Lord's true plan for them as loving, devoted partners? Click here to reply to this post
So Sad
Posted On: 04/16/08 02:13:33 PM
Age 41, WV
This past week our church had revival and the preacher was Dr. Nelson Perdue. He spoke about the problems of the seeker friendly modern church of today. He used this quote by J.B. Chapman who was a general superindendent of the Nazarene Church, "When the church walks hand in hand with the world it is the church that loses it's identity." Click here to reply to this post
Those few wealthy elites who wish to control the world and the riches therein must have the allegiance of many people. They are threatened by Christianity which causes allegiance to Jesus Christ and away from the things of this world. The tearing at Christianity is becoming more intense and blatant. These elites are happy to have as many people as will belong to a degraded form of Christianity, as they are with those who will refute Christianity altogether. Thank God that He keeps a remnant from every generation. George Cancilla Click here to reply to this post
Sex in the open/how rediculous
Posted On: 04/15/08 02:49:21 PM
Age 58, AR
I hope Christians see this for what it is, another way to bring the church of Jesus Christ to it's knees and worship Satan. And they cannot say it's out of ignorance. Click here to reply to this post
Marriage Bed Undefiled
Posted On: 04/15/08 01:10:39 PM
Age 30, CA
I think the important message churches need to put forth about relationships and s-xality should come straight from Scripture. (Song of Solomon is pretty "hot.")
One message our society really needs to hear is that s-x, in the context of marriage, is a superior form of intimacy.
I don't think it is necessary to be overly graphic or worldly to educate Christians about s-x. The ABC article mentions Tim and Beverly LaHayes' book, at least. Click here to reply to this post
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