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Thursday, February 25, 2010

EPISODE 36 PURE WK3 THE BODY; IS SEX SAFE?

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This is the second series of the pure series using the curruculim from Jim Burns of Homeword ministries. It challenges students to live a live of purity committing a code of purity to God their family and future spouse.
This session covers the following. The Body: Is Sex Safe? [Session 03]
Key Verses
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside the body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Biblical Basis
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

Big Idea
God wants us to honor God with our bodies. Choosing to live outside of God’s design for sexuality brings a lot of negative consequences.

Goals of the Session
During this session, you will help your students:␣ Examine how living outside of God’s design can result in messy consequences.
␣ Discover the potential negative consequences of sex outside of marriage.
␣ Identify what the Bible says about controlling our bodies and showing respect for others.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

This past Sunday Night

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The Olympics, curling, and men with painted faces

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is the online branch of McSweeney’s (founded by What is the What author Dave Eggers) that publishes a variety of literature (sometimes funny, sometimes reallllly deep and meaningful). You can decide which genre McSweeney’s editor John Warner’s latest essay falls into:

I AM THE MAN WHO PAINTS HIS FACE WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG AND GOES TO OLYMPIC CURLING MATCHES AND BANGS A COWBELL.

Here are the first few paragraphs:

I know what you’re thinking. You’re wondering, who is this man who paints his face with the American flag and goes to Olympic curling matches and bangs a cowbell?
Well, my name is Norman Gosselin, and I live in Alamogordo, New Mexico and I am very pleased to make your acquaintance. I have become somewhat famous during these Vancouver Olympics as the man who paints his face with the American flag and goes to Olympic curling matches and bangs a cowbell, and I am appreciative that I have an opportunity to explain myself to so many people in one fell swoop.
You have some other questions that likely include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Why do I paint my face with the American flag?
2. Why do I paint my face with the American flag and go to Olympic curling matches?
3. Why do I paint my face with the American flag and go to Olympic curling matches and bang a cowbell?
4. What is curling?

Read the rest here and you can read Mr. Warner’s similar essay, I AM THE MAN WHO PAINTS HIS ENTIRE HEAD AND FACE TO RESEMBLE THE HELMET OF HIS FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM, here.

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