Glittering Vices | Lust |2 Samuel 11:1-17; 12:1-7 - Clint Leavitt

Sermon Resources: 1. "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation," by Christine Emba 2. Washington Post Article on sex: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/sex-ethics-rethinking-consent-culture/ 3. NYT Article on sex: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/opinion/sex-consent-dating-boundaries.html 4. CNN Study on American sex lives: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/young-americans-less-sex-intl-scli-wellness/index.html#:~:text=Young%20Americans%20are%20having%20less%20sex%20%E2%80%93%20and%20they%20can't,survey%20data%20from%20US%20adults. 5. Pew study on dating dissatisfaction: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years/ 6. “The bodily exposure that arouses and accompanies sex can be profoundly symbolic and powerfully healing if it’s the concrete sign of what’s happening in the whole relationship…Mutual disclosure and tender acceptance is not the activity of a moment but the fabric of a lifetime’s weaving.” -John White, "Eros Defiled" 7. “Contrary to Mrs. Prude, sex is not a sin. Contrary to Hugh Hefner, it’s not salvation either. Like nitroglycerin, it can be used either to blow up bridges or heal hearts.” -Frederick Buechner, "Wishful Thinking" 8. “I cannot keep a bird from flying over my head. But I can certainly keep it from nesting in my hair or biting my nose off.” -Martin Luther 9. “Chastity is a pro-love lifstyle, and therefore a virtue one needs whether single, married, old, or young. It is not something you need only when dating or surfing the internet; it is a quality of one’s character, evident in all areas of life. It is a project of becoming a person with an outlook that allows one to selflessly appreciate good and attractive things--most especially bodies and the pleasures they afford--by keeping those goods ordered to the good of the whole person and his or her vocation to love. Christianity’s fundamental question is, “How can my life--my thoughts, my choices, my emotional responses, my conversation, and my behavior--make me a person who is best prepared to give and receive love in relationship with others.” --Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, “Glittering Vices”