Comments on: 30-Day Sex Challenge? http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/ Thoughts on Pornography Addiction, Removing Online Temptation, and the Need for Accountability. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:57:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jarrett http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Jarrett Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:40:52 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-287 Really well thought out blog entry. And thanks for actually looking at what we are doing instead of jumping to conclusions like a lot of people. Also, just thought i would share some derek webb love with you... that guy is awesome. Really well thought out blog entry. And thanks for actually looking at what we are doing instead of jumping to conclusions like a lot of people. Also, just thought i would share some derek webb love with you… that guy is awesome.

]]> By: Luke Gilkerson http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Luke Gilkerson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:59:06 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-255 Kevin, The comment about "right up to Palm Sunday" was my own twist on the irony of the timing of their sex challenge. I don't think their challenge is at all linked to the liturgical tradition of Lent. Luke Gilkerson Kevin,
The comment about “right up to Palm Sunday” was my own twist on the irony of the timing of their sex challenge. I don’t think their challenge is at all linked to the liturgical tradition of Lent.
Luke Gilkerson

]]> By: Kevin http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Kevin Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:55:40 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-251 Yet none of these things earn God's favor -- Abstaining from sex, having good and proper sex in marraige, fighting against abstaining from sex by telling married couple to have sex, etc. I don't know...I just feel that this all COULD be good, but since it seems to be a backlash to Roman Catholicism ("right up till Palm Sunday", etc.), is it really being done in the right spirit? Is it being done in devotion to Christ, or simply to fight a doctrinal system? (Also, I'm not Roman Catholic, but someone who needs Christ.) Yet none of these things earn God’s favor — Abstaining from sex, having good and proper sex in marraige, fighting against abstaining from sex by telling married couple to have sex, etc.

I don’t know…I just feel that this all COULD be good, but since it seems to be a backlash to Roman Catholicism (”right up till Palm Sunday”, etc.), is it really being done in the right spirit? Is it being done in devotion to Christ, or simply to fight a doctrinal system?

(Also, I’m not Roman Catholic, but someone who needs Christ.)

]]> By: Joshua http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Joshua Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:15:46 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-223 saw this at: http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/?p=360 and it more than likely is right at how bad at our churches are becoming It Won’t Be Long Now… It is only a matter of time before we see couples in bed, “on stage”, in churches to celebrate sex. Two years ago I predicted that we would have the equivalent of pagan temple prostitutes in evangelical churches. Except in church, it will be married couples (for now) demonstrating it all in public. You’ve been warned. The clip from YouTube below a promo for Revolution Church’s sex campaign last summer. (One of hundreds of churches engaged in this sort of thing.) I give it 3-5 years before we have the real thing in church somewhere. http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/?p=360 saw this at:

http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/?p=360

and it more than likely is right at how bad at our churches are becoming

It Won’t Be Long Now…

It is only a matter of time before we see couples in bed, “on stage”, in churches to celebrate sex.

Two years ago I predicted that we would have the equivalent of pagan temple prostitutes in evangelical churches.

Except in church, it will be married couples (for now) demonstrating it all in public.

You’ve been warned.

The clip from YouTube below a promo for Revolution Church’s sex campaign last summer.

(One of hundreds of churches engaged in this sort of thing.) I give it 3-5 years before we have the real thing in church somewhere.

http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/?p=360

]]> By: Joshua http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Joshua Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:38:20 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-218 youre welcome Luke http://rr-bb.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9 http://youtube.com/watch?v=yqsVhHiLEvI youre welcome Luke

http://rr-bb.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yqsVhHiLEvI

]]> By: Luke Gilkerson http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Luke Gilkerson Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:02:43 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-214 Thanks Joshua. For a really good presentation and examination of the emerging church movement, watch this video by Mark Driscoll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbnGXSYxuI or for a longer, more detailed message, listen to his message: http://nateberends.com/content/audio/sbts_podcasts/Convergent%20Conference%20-%20Session%203.mp3 Thanks Joshua.

For a really good presentation and examination of the emerging church movement, watch this video by Mark Driscoll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbnGXSYxuI

or for a longer, more detailed message, listen to his message: http://nateberends.com/content/audio/sbts_podcasts/Convergent%20Conference%20-%20Session%203.mp3

]]> By: Joshua http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Joshua Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:28:04 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-213 Relevant Church BTW is part of the Emergent Church cult movement. our churches are becoming like the ones mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 and I am sick of it. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. ——————————————————————————– Ed Hindson on what will happen After the Rapture of the Church http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3xbXvCnqCU SUDDENLY BY RUSS LEE http://youtube.com/watch?v=yqsVhHiLEvI Relevant Church BTW is part of the Emergent Church cult movement.

our churches are becoming like the ones mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 and I am sick of it.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

——————————————————————————–

Ed Hindson on what will happen After the Rapture of the Church

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3xbXvCnqCU

SUDDENLY BY RUSS LEE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yqsVhHiLEvI

]]> By: Luke Gilkerson http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Luke Gilkerson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:17:44 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-206 I agree with your concern about the challenge. I learned from Tim Alan Gardner's book, Sacred Sex, that sexual intercourse is not about orgasm but oneness. I agree that goal-oriented sex is probably going to bring more harm than good in the long run. My prayer is that these are the types of things that will be discussed openly during their 30 days challenge. I agree with your concern about the challenge. I learned from Tim Alan Gardner’s book, Sacred Sex, that sexual intercourse is not about orgasm but oneness. I agree that goal-oriented sex is probably going to bring more harm than good in the long run. My prayer is that these are the types of things that will be discussed openly during their 30 days challenge.

]]> By: Kris Scorup http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Kris Scorup Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:55:17 +0000 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/02/19/30-day-sex-challenge/#comment-205 I want to share an excerpt from Clifford and Joyce Penner's "The Married Guy's Guide to Great Sex." "Whenever sex becomes goal oriented, the body's responses will be affected, and enjoyment will be stifled." There is a danger in goal-oriented sex. By setting a goal (30 days), it is easy to turn sex from intimacy into a burden. . . I don't think that that's healthy. If you plan on participating in this challenge, please leave room for compromise - don't let the challenge build strife between you and your partner. Remember, the GOAL of the challenge is to promote intimacy, not to conform to a rigid prescription of sexual activity. I want to share an excerpt from Clifford and Joyce Penner’s “The Married Guy’s Guide to Great Sex.”

“Whenever sex becomes goal oriented, the body’s responses will be affected, and enjoyment will be stifled.”

There is a danger in goal-oriented sex. By setting a goal (30 days), it is easy to turn sex from intimacy into a burden. . . I don’t think that that’s healthy.

If you plan on participating in this challenge, please leave room for compromise – don’t let the challenge build strife between you and your partner. Remember, the GOAL of the challenge is to promote intimacy, not to conform to a rigid prescription of sexual activity.

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