Ed Young, Jr. Wants You To Have More Sex…
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Thu, November 13, 2008
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Exercising.
Eating a balanced diet.
Shutting off the TV.
Taking a shower.
Loving your neighbor.
Praying.
Not yelling as much.
Giving your time and money to a good cause.
Driving Safely.
Saving for your kid’s college funds.
Nah… let’s stick with the sex thing…
When asked his opinion about
Your thoughts?
...if you're married, of course. So... he's encouraging married couples to celebrate by having sex every day for a week starting this Sunday.
It's good for you AND your kids: "I think it's one of the greatest thing you can do for your kids because so goes the marriage, so goes the family."
I'm wondering... what other things would be good for you and your kids if you did them every day for a week?
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Brian Ayers on Thu, November 13, 2008
While I’m down with the idea that encouraging couples to have a healthy sex life is a good thing, sometimes I worry that these ‘have sex every day for a month’ challenges can actually add more stress and frustration to a marriage… guys usually are pretty cool with this, but most women have a little harder of a time- I would hate to think of fights in a marriage erupting because a husband expects his wife to put-out 7days a week and she’s only doing 5 days a week.
maybe thats just me though.
David on Thu, November 13, 2008
Does it seem strange to anyone else that it is only the male ministers who are advocating this approach to developing marriage intimacy?
TJ on Thu, November 13, 2008
Ed Young, Jr is such a blessing to the body of Christ!
CS on Thu, November 13, 2008
I hope I’m not being too negative today in response to the posts that are up for discussion, but when will we see the end of these sorts of, “sex challenge,” and, “ your best sex life now,” sermons? Todd gave some great examples of other things that should require a weekly and ongoing focus, like prayer. Why are we obsessed with hooking people into churches and getting into news reports by using sex as a hook?
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CS
Ken Buck on Thu, November 13, 2008
um…. I think I am going to have to consult my chiropractor first.
shane on Thu, November 13, 2008
David,
I don’t think male ministers would be giving messages on this topic if their spouse’s were not supportive of it!!
Ed is talking about things which need to be talked about-SEX was created by God, so it’s a GOOOOOOD thing! We (church) get labeled as “boring”, “doesn’t relate to my life”, etc….So here’s Ed talking about these things, trying to make the church relevant to people’s lives and of course the critics come out, and the critics are the church…..go figure and GO Ed! When my wife heard this one (and I am a pastor) my wife’s response was “let’s rock”.
And by the way, check out FC website under Creative Pastors, Ed has given messages on so many different topics which relate to all of our lives, so for him it’s not just another “sex talk” or “do sex now” message. One of our local news station (Minneapolis) carried this story, and one of the local news ladies said that she was happy to see a pastor encouraging his congregation in doing something like this, I thought that was pretty cool.
Matt on Thu, November 13, 2008
Wow! What an original idea! I wonder if any other churches are doing this…
Richard on Thu, November 13, 2008
I had no idea “relevant” and “gimmick” meant the same. Seriously, I first heard this mentioned on a sports talk radio show, and it’s funny to hear how people outside of the church process these things. As for me and my house, kind of creepy. Perhaps I’ll one-up things a bit…instead of communion wafer, the little blue pill for all the married men. Yay, God!
BHolt on Fri, November 14, 2008
I attended the service where
Ed teased the idea that this Sunday’s sermon would involve the “7 day challenge”. He’s on a series entitled “Leaving Lust Vegas”. He’s hitting the harder topic of lust and how it steals, kills and destroys. Turning it around Ed, then celebrates sex in the marriage bed as God intended. I saw many guys squirming in their seats as Ed spoke about porn but perk up when he brought up the 7 day thing. I think if anything Ed is trying to help married couples direct their lust towards each other instead of the world.
Gimmick or not…this challenge will no doubt have all the husbands dragging their wives to church this weekend.
B
Lori on Fri, November 14, 2008
I kind of agree with a couple of the above comments. So I’m waiting for Ed to have the “Romance your wife and do all the housework for her” 7 Day Challenge. http://www.mondaymorninginsight.com/images/smileys/wink.gif
Rev. Kareem on Fri, November 14, 2008
this may be a good idea but we must stay clear of straddling the line bewteen Christianity and Gnositicism… while I agree 100% with encouraging the family, I also agree there’s a line to be drawn… as long as the pastor is keeping the topic in the context of his approach, and as long as the pastor stays biblicaly sound…then there’s nothing wrong to this approach… and he’s staying in the lines of Paul’s letter to the Epehesians… I’m assumming no children were present during this conference/service…
sex has become such a bad word and a topic shunned by many Christains…but sex is God ordained to be enjoyed by married couples… The Bible says, the marraige/wedding bed is undefiled… we should encourage married couples to enjoy intimacy… consider the Song of Solomon… Solomon was bragging about his women… Solomon also teaches us in Proverbs to be satisfied with the breasts of our wife…
sex is healthy…but we must keep it in its context…
Richard on Fri, November 14, 2008
What a concept! Husbands dragging their wives to church on Sunday because…God’s going to tell them to have more sex. Hey, next Sunday can He tell her to lose a few pounds and get more exercise?
josh reich on Sat, November 15, 2008
we did something similar at the church i lead during our series on the song of solomon. you can read here: http://missionalthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/30-day-sex-challenge/.
the interesting thing in the song of solomon is that the exact center of the book, 5:1 is about sexual intimacy. why is that? why not conflict resolution or communication, but sex.
i didn’t understand the video on cnn as she raked him over the coals about what if someone doesn’t want to do this. who cares? then they don’t do it. we tell people to tithe and share their faith and sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. i can tell you from going through the 30 day challenge as a church, it helped a ton of marriages. having more sex raises the level of intimacy in other areas: communication, affection, romance. who doesn’t want more of all of that in a marriage?
Sylvia on Sun, November 16, 2008
Sex is the fruit of an already healthy and mutually satisfying marital relationship. I bet that most of the women who are as excited and open as their husbands are about this challenge are satisfied in their marital relationship already. Ask the other women why they are not so easily convinced and I bet you would find that there is a reason for their resistance. Under those circumstances, this sex-periment could cause those women more harm than good.
kc on Sun, November 16, 2008
Can anyone tell my where I could find in the Bible that God says that sex is the great healer of relationships?
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