{"id":890,"date":"2002-11-21T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2002-11-21T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2002\/11\/21\/appreciating-gods-gift-of-sex\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T20:30:46","slug":"appreciating-gods-gift-of-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2002\/11\/21\/appreciating-gods-gift-of-sex","title":{"rendered":"Appreciating God’s Gift of Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night we talked about Appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00ading God\u2019s Gift of Sex<\/b><\/i>, and I ref\u00ader\u00adenced a few dif\u00adfer\u00adent resources and sta\u00adtis\u00adtics. Since this is a top\u00adic of such inter\u00adest, I thought I should post some relat\u00aded resources in case you want to do some fur\u00adther reflec\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the sound-byte ver\u00adsion of my mes\u00adsage:<\/p>\n

Sex was God\u2019s idea, and He\u2019s giv\u00aden it to us as gift. We need to under\u00adstand how to receive His gift with respect and grat\u00adi\u00adtude. The first thing we need to know is that sex is fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly rela\u00adtion\u00adal and not mere\u00adly recre\u00adation\u00adal. The goal is inti\u00adma\u00adcy in rela\u00adtion\u00adship, and puri\u00adty paves the way to inti\u00adma\u00adcy<\/b>. Research shows that the best sex is monog\u00ada\u00admous sex, and that if you\u2019re promis\u00adcu\u00adous, you\u2019re actu\u00adal\u00adly sac\u00adri\u00adfic\u00ading qual\u00adi\u00adty for quan\u00adti\u00adty. Main\u00adtain\u00ading puri\u00adty in a pol\u00adlut\u00aded world requires wis\u00addom and self-hon\u00adesty, and God can restore our puri\u00adty when we have lost it.<\/i><\/p>\n

Some of the pas\u00adsages of scrip\u00adture that I ref\u00ader\u00adenced: 1st Corinthi\u00adans 6.12\u201320<\/a>, Colos\u00adsians 3.5<\/a>, 1st Thes\u00adsa\u00adlo\u00adni\u00adans 4.3\u20138<\/a>, Matthew 5.27\u201330<\/a> <\/p>\n

col\u00adlege road trip divx movie online<\/a><\/div>\n

, and Hebrews 13.4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some online resources you might want to check out:<\/p>\n

First, some data:
\n* Cohab\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading Does\u00adn\u2019t Lead to More Com\u00admit\u00adted Mar\u00adriages, Study Finds<\/a>
\n* Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/a>, Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion Part 2<\/a>
\n* The Best Sex<\/a>
\n* Lead\u00ader\u00adship U Spe\u00adcial Focus: Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Sex\u00adu\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion<\/a><\/p>\n

Sec\u00adond, some com\u00admon-sense via arti\u00adcles by J. Budziszews\u00adki<\/a>:
\n* Going All The Way<\/a> (this is the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion I quot\u00aded from last night)
\n* Sex At The Edge of Night<\/a> (why sex out\u00adside of mar\u00adriage is not a good thing)
\n* What If We Love Each Oth\u00ader?<\/a> (why \u201cbeing in love\u201d isn\u2019t suf\u00adfi\u00adcient jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion for extra\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal sex)
\n* Ordi\u00adnary Lust<\/a> (prac\u00adti\u00adcal tips for win\u00adning the war with\u00adin)
\n* Who\u2019s On First?<\/a> and The Moves<\/a> (arti\u00adcles about dat\u00ading)<\/p>\n

I hope these resources help you as you reflect on sex and devel\u00adop\u00ading a Chrisian per\u00adspec\u00adtive on it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night we talked about Appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00ading God\u2019s Gift of Sex, and I ref\u00ader\u00adenced a few dif\u00adfer\u00adent resources and sta\u00adtis\u00adtics. Since this is a top\u00adic of such inter\u00adest, I thought I should post some relat\u00aded resources in case you want to do some fur\u00adther reflec\u00adtion. Here\u2019s the sound-byte ver\u00adsion of my mes\u00adsage: Sex was God\u2019s idea, \u2026 Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading \u201cAppre\u00adci\u00adat\u00ading God&#8217;s Gift of Sex\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-growth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-em","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1625,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/1625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}