Monday, June 09, 2008

Keep Your Underwear On!

Yes, you read it right, it reads Keep your underwear on! If that is not shocking enough, now imagine your pastor standing up in front of the congregation and preaching a sermon entitled Keep your underwear on. Well I watched Franklin Jentezen tonight preach an incredibly powerful sermon during a youth conference on TV tonight that was entitled just that. As I listened to his message, I thought about something that hit me over the weekend - sexual intercourse is to this generation what French kissing was to my generation during our teenage years.
I sat down to watch TV the other night with my husband at 9:00 (keep in mind my bedtime during the school year is 10:00 so it wasn't like we were watching late night TV and it wasn't even MTV or VH1 we were watching), but a commercial came on that disturbed me deeply. It was a guy and girl in the bar, she turned him down, he went to the bathroom, got a TROJAN condom, came back out, and the 2 of them walked out together. What in the world? It hit me like a ton of bricks just how casual sex has become in our society. It is no different than a simple kiss anymore.
If that isn't enough, have you tried watching TV with your kids recently? How many times have you had them ask what ED is? I have lost count. Once again, my kids go to bed at 8 or 8:30 so why are these commericals on at this time. Do you think we have a society obsessed with sex?
Franklin Jentezen broke it down to the basics. We let all 3 of our kids watch it and it was awesome. I had to explain a few things to the younger two, but I bet they won't forget that message.

2 comments:

John F said...

She had to explain them to me as well.... But that was after the kids had gone to bed!!!

Rachel said...

I heard this sermon too!!!!!! My husband attended the Winterfest that he first preached it at with a youth group he took and bought the DVD's. It is an awesome message that is so relevant to this generation coming up.

I could listen to him preach for hours.