Sunday 27 June
The Sex Talk for Adults
Mark Wells
Mark explores cultural views of sex and intimacy and compares these to God's design. He uses text from Genesis and Song of Solomon to demonstrate God's design for intimacy and encourages us to value the opportunities we have to grow in intimacy.
Life Group questions
The Sex Talk for Adults
“The Sex Talk For Adults”
Stories
At what times, in your experience of church, have you heard a Christian leader or preacher give practical advice about sexual ethics? What did they say?
Have there ever been times you have heard Christian people give advice on sexuality and thought that their advice was unhelpful or false?
What aspects of the Christian vision for sex (as you understand it) do you think are particularly healthy or helpful?
Scripture
Read 1 Corinthians 6:12–7:9
This section of Scripture is a letter that was written to a church that had some big problems with sexual ethics. What are the solutions that the apostle Paul proposes here?
How does the advice Paul gives here reflect what Jesus taught about sex and marriage?
Paul notes in 7:7 that he wishes that everyone was like him; that is, happily single. What do you think of this?
Strategy
Why might it be hard for Christians in NZ society to maintain a Christian lifestyle when it comes to sex?
What can we do to make this easier, for ourselves and for each other?
What is a good way of explaining to someone who is not a Christian why we think our approach to sex is good and healthy?