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Message: From: MondayMorningInsight.com: Would you go see "Blue Like Jazz": The Movie? How controversial is your church? And John MacArthur's creative titles for his own sex series. These are just a few of the things we'll talk about in today's buzz... Sex Sermons by… John MacArthur? Well, it seems that Granger and other innovative churches are not the only ones preaching on sex. The difference is, I think, mainly in the titles. Here are John MacArthur’s titles on sex: Sexual Purity, Part 1 (1 of 2) Sexual Purity, Part 1 (2 of 2) Sexual Purity, Part 2 (1 of 2) Sexual Purity, Part 2 (2 of 2) Here are John Piper’s: Sex and the Supremacy of Christ Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 1 Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 2 The Enthronement of Desire Satan Uses Sexual Desire Sex and the Single Person “This is the Will of God for You: That You Abstain from Sexual Immorality” “It is better to marry than to burn with passion"—What does this mean? And Mark Dever pushed the limits with: Christian Hedonists or Religious Prudes? The Puritans on Sex “The Enthronement of desire"… (I’m blushing)… A couple of things I wonder about… is much of the controversy over sex mostly because of the intended audience? The above titles sound great as sermons for Christians; but not for people who don’t know Christ yet. (Come to church with me, Sunday… we’re talking about “Sex and the Supremacy of Christ!") And… for all the controversy over the different sex series many churches are doing these days, I’ve yet to hear one comment from someone about how against scripture that actual message on sex was in any of these series. All of the controversy has to do with the titles/marketing around them. You can see more ‘appropriate’ sermons on sex (if you’re into that kind of thing)… here. Should the Church Be Controversial? I guess this story fits really well with the first one. Should the church and its ministers be controversial? Here’s part of the article: “No matter what you say or write, there is no controversy until someone does not agree with you. To that person, what you are saying or doing becomes controversial. You can often get some idea of whether you are right or wrong simply by who agrees and disagrees with you. When a person, by what he believes, speaks or writes, leads others to debate, argument, disputation and disagreement we quickly label him as being controversial.” I’m not sure the article really gives any answers, but it’s a good question to ask. So… how controversial is your church? OK… Here’s one for Discussion: Should You Publically “OUT” Sin Confessed in Counseling Sessions? I’d really like to hear from everyone on this one: The Texas Supreme Court has made a mockery of professional standards for licensed counselors by dismissing a woman’s negligence case against a pastor who disclosed her extramarital relationship to church members. The case focused on the “conflicting duties” of C.L. Westbrook, who is both a licensed professional counselor and pastor of an evangelical church in Fort Worth. He disclosed Peggy Lee Penley’s affair after she confided it to him in a counseling session. While Penley based her negligence claim on the secular duty of confidentiality that a counselor owes a client, Westbrook invoked the constitution of the CrossLand Community Bible Church, which requires church elders to discipline members whose conduct “violates Biblical standards.” In unanimously siding with Westbrook, the Supreme Court deferred to “the autonomy of a church in managing its affairs and deciding matters of ‘church discipline ... or the conformity of the members of the church to the standard of morals required of them.’” More here... So… what is most important: 1. Confidentiality of a counseling session 2. Confession and repentance 3. Church Discipline 4. Restoration How would you/have you dealt with this kind of situation? Blue Like Jazz: The Movie!? The author of Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller writes at his blog: “Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson have been in Portland for the past week and we’ve pretty much completed the screenplay for Blue Like Jazz the movie. We’ve been working on the script for about a year, either with me flying to Nashville for a week at a time to sit around a table and hash out the story, or with Steve and Ben coming to Portland to stay at my house. When studios became more excited about the screenplay, we felt the need to wrap it up, and in the last few days we’ve pretty much done so. And I dont know if I’ve had more fun, or been more challenged, with any other writing project. I’m excited to see how the guys end up shooting the story. To say we’ve given the book a Hollywod treatment is an understatement. The book itself would be, of course, difficult to turn into a movie, and so we took creative liberties. But in my opinion, the movie will be infinitely better than the book. Essentially we’ve taken the major, real life characters from the book, and gave them a story all their own. The end result is provactive and humorous and in my opinion quite moving. I cant wait for people to see the film.” That’s it for today! Have a great one! Todd http://mondaymorninginsight.com/index.php/7950/
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