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This is a five part small group series designed for young adults to understand what the Bible says about sex and sexuality.

We humans were designed by our Maker, the Lord Jesus Christ, to be sexual. That is, we were created and intended by our Creator to be a sex – male or female – and to be appropriately sexual with a fourfold purpose. After GOD had created all things in heaven and on earth He rested after creating the first man and woman in His image – His crowning act of creation. [VIEW]

STUDY of LIE #1 – GENDER

“There is no difference between men and women.”
#male #female #masculinity #femininity #man #woman #husband #wife #sex
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STUDY of LIE #2 – MARRIAGE

“Marriage is just a social construct.”
#marriage #husband #wife #wedding #covenant #sacred #holy #consummation

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STUDY of LIE #3 – PORN

“It’s healthy for a person’s psychological well-being, and especially good for a married couple to truly enjoy their times of intimacy.”
#lust #desire #erotic #fornication #sexuality #eros #sin #temptation

In C.S. Lewis’s book, The Great Divorce, he describes a dream he had about a magical bus that picked up some lost souls who had died and departed to the “grey land” (hell) and were being given an opportunity to leave hell and enter heaven. Of all those on the bus, which included a bishop, a professor, who denied the authority of the Bible or that Jesus was the Saviour. After these dead people, whom Lewis described as “Ghosts”, disembarked the bus just outside the foothills of heaven, they found the near-heavenly grass to be sharp and painful underfoot. These Ghosts were soon visited by a glorious angel who invited them to forsake the Grey Land and continue their trek up and over yonder hills to fully enter into heaven. But to the horror of the dreamer of this dream nearly each one declined the offer and expressed a longing to return to the Grey Land and then made their way back to the bus to await their return voyage… [VIEW] [LEADER’S NOTES]

STUDY of LIE #4 – FREE LOVE

“Try before you buy is an antidote to divorce.”
#friends-with-benefits #erotic #fornication #sexuality #eros #hook-up #one-night-stand

Margaret Sanger was born in 1879 in Corning, New York. She was one of eleven children. Her father was a stone-mason and his large family always struggled with poverty. Margaret’s mother died at the age of 50 and Margaret always believed that her mother had died because her eleven pregnancies had worn her out. Margaret went on to train as a nurse and worked with many pregnant migrant women who were also trapped in poverty and struggling to feed their existing large families… [VIEW] [LEADER’S NOTES]

STUDY of LIE #5 – REPRESSIVE?

“The Bible was ignorant about human sexuality therefore its sexual prohibitions are also ignorant and actually repressive.”
#love #intimacy #sex #marriage #friendship #dating #courtship #hookup

Throughout this consideration of our culture’s ideas about sexuality I have attempted to compare these ideas with the claims about sexuality found in the Bible. This comparison is grounded in the conviction that the Bible is God’s inspired and authoritative Word to humankind. This conviction naturally leads to the acceptance that the Bible is our Creator’s loving wisdom for how we can flourish, be happy, and find maximum fulfilment. Naturally, those who reject the authority of the Bible consider that its sexual prohibitions are archaic (old fashioned) and repressive (harsh, severe, cruel, and unfair). You would be forgiven for assuming that those who reject Bible’s authority are non-Christians and probably atheists, but you might be wrong… [VIEW] [LEADER’S NOTES]