Desperate Joy

  "My body, my choice!" Perhaps you have heard this rallying cry for the abortion movement. This idea is all too common in our culture. Most people believe that their body is their own personal property and they can do with it what they will, up to and including the ending of a precious, innocent life developing in that body.   But this attitude extends beyond abortion and is used to excuse all manner of sinful behaviors and lifestyle choices. "It's my body, I can have sex any time I want! It's my body, I can smoke, drink, or eat whatever I want! I can do whatever I want, and nobody can tell me otherwise! My body belongs to me and no one else!"   As long as we are not hurting anyone else, anything goes. Or at least that is what many believe. This is not the shape of reality presented in the Bible. Over the next few weeks, we are going to look at a few ideas about what the Bible teaches about our bodies. First of all, we need to understand that our bo...

  This might surprise you, but Jesus talked about sex. Last night on the radio I heard a preacher say that there are two things that everybody loves and wants more of but hates it when it is talked about in church: sex and money.   This is certainly true. As Christians, we tend to get nervous when that topic of sex comes up.   But more and more we need to get comfortable with it.   The culture at large is more than happy to promote their vision of sexuality, built off lies from Satan and their own lust-filled desires.   We need to grasp the glorious truth about sex that Jesus taught and spread that truth to those around us. Jesus did not talk a great deal about sex, but He did not shy away from it either. In Matthew 19 we find this scene: "3. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them ...