The horrible thing about human sexuality is that really bad things are done to kids, and for the rest of their lives they struggle with it.
At least two times in the past weeks I've had teenage kids at the altar who have looked and said, I was abused, what do I do?What passage do you preach from?
We've got to open the door to start talking about these issues.
You and I both know a guy who ministered to homosexuals in school.
If you don't live out this theology with them, there's no hope.
Whoever the Lord puts into our life, we've got to say to them, I'm not leaving you until you're free.
I preach Leviticus 18.This list in Leviticus is mind-blowing. Apparently there was a problem with these sorts of things. If you were to give some outlines as to what parents need to do with their kids, what would you tell them?
It's the only passage in the Bible that outlines sexual sin.
It's so straightforward that you blanch in church.
Jesus has made the way for us to be free, but we have to cut the supply lines.
I would love to see some good, old-fashioned legalism. I would love for everyone to go home and break DVD's and get rid of iPods with trash on them.
If I were to talk to people about areas of their life where they' concerned, it would be family and human sexuality.
We're in an epidemic.
That's why I love camp meetings. There's a place after six or seven hot days, people can get real.
I may be out-of-date, but there's something happening there that works.
First is prayer. Interceding.
Secondly, they've got to know every avenue of what's going on with their kids' lives.
Thirdly, gotta find some age-appropriate book....especially fathers, especially males.
The average number of partners before people get married in America is 14 sexual partners.
We've got to say, we're in this fight.
Lastly, have a good, healthy, holy marriage.
It's not just sex...everything else matters.
These kids have to see the image of God held out in front of them.
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