Slice of Laodicea

ABC News features a video of Pastor Ed Young lounging on a bed during his sex challenge last week to his church. At the sight of this “pastor” lounging around on the bed on ABC News, I felt the gag reflex kick in. Ed Young informed ABC News that he wanted to talk about sex because it was a topic that the church had been “silent” on? Really, Ed? You mean no pastors have ever preached on Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery? Do you really believe that no Christian pastor has ever provided the whole counsel of God on the need for purity and respect for sexuality because God commands it in His Word? You’re the only one who has broken this terrible taboo in 2000 years? Due to the culture wars around us, I have heard more talk about God’s view of sexuality in the last 20 years than ever before. But there’s a difference. Godly pastors reference the verses about adultery, purity and the fact that the marriage bed is undefiled. What they don’t do is make fools of themselves on national news by erecting billboards with naked feet sticking out of the sheets, passing out cards with tips to jazz up your sex life, dragging beds onto the “stage” and lounging around in the most embarrassing manner imaginable, and getting involved in areas that no pastor or for that matter, any third party, has any right to enter. Young’s bed lounging on stage is simply a prelude to the next act in evangelical church sex campaigns. You’ve been warned.