Tag: sex

Why Sex?

Some have been asking why we are tackling the subject of Sex and Purity and this year’s EPIC High School CHILL.  These stats will show why: Perhaps what is MORE alarming is the fact that church stats mirror the secular world. It is time for that to change! This weekend, be praying for our High […] 

Cell Phones and Sexting

Anna and I watched a piece on Sexting on the Today show this morning.  As a youth pastor, I am amazed at how many times I run into this.  Porn has gone from printed material, TV screen, internet and now cell phones. As a parent, please read the Today show article by clicking here: Teens […] 

Social Control Unit

Mark D. Regnerus argues in his book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers, that churches are not much more than “social control units.”  What he means by that is, the church is designed to bend adolescent (for that matter any age group) behavior away from the norm and “helps prevent […]