Preaching on Sex? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
Your Body: Under New Management
Introduction
Sometimes when we read the Bible we fail to appreciate the way it was first experienced. For example, most of the New Testament books were ...
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God Pleasers
Introduction
Eddie Chapman was a British citizen in the early 1900s. He lived a life of low-level crime. During one of his stints in prison, he met two ...
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Your Questions about the Bible: Homosexuality
The story behind the sermon (by Rick McKinley)
I hesitate using this sermon as the ultimate model for how to preach on this topic. I suppose it is because ...
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It's Just Sex!
Introduction
I'm starting a four week series on sex, marriage, and singleness. My text for this series will be 1 Corinthians 6:12-7:40, where Paul addresses ...
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The Intimate Marriage
Introduction
This week we're talking about intimacy and the role that sex plays within marriage. Paul writes extensively about sex to the Christians living ...
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The Genesis of Gender
Introduction
A year-and-a-half ago I decided I was going to sew a dress for my son's wedding. I got an "A" when I sewed an apron in Home Economics class ...
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Sex: Safe, Sound, and Super
Introduction
When you read the Song of Solomon and when you read our Scripture passage today, 1 Corinthians 7, God makes it very plain, and he doesn't ...
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What Your Spouse Wants You to Figure Out
From the editor:
Few preachers make better use of humor than Dave Stone. He's especially gifted at knowing exactly the right point to insert a funny line ...
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"Gay" Myths
Homosexuality is probably the most emotionally divisive issue facing our nation. It's a hot topic, as a range of Newsweek covers on the issue suggests: January ...
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Beautiful Music
This past Thursday, I had lunch with an old friend. We enjoyed the lunch hour reminiscing about old times, about the time he took me fishing, about the ...
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Learning from Tiger Woods
From the editor
In late November 2009, a series of events led to a bevy of stories about infidelities on the part of golf's greatest player, Tiger ...
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What Do Men Want? What Do Women Want?
Introduction
When the Bible describes how the world was created, it uses the word good a lot. It says, "God created light" and "saw that the light was ...
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Patrol Your Pleasures
Introduction
When I ask you to give me an adjective that describes Jesus of Nazareth, what comes to mind for you? How many of you instantly thought of ...
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Surviving D-Day: Divorce
Introduction:
When we launched this series called “Surviving Your Personal D-Day Invasion,” we said that each of the attacks we would discuss comes as ...
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What's a Single to Do?
Oneness, the Bible says, is where two people in a miraculous, God designed way, become one. It is a beautiful thing. Dating is designed to prepare you ...
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A Sacred Romance
Sermon One
Introduction
A few months ago, Karen and I went to the movies. We were in the mood for a romantic comedy, so we went to see a film called Love, ...
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Doing It God's Way
Sermon Two
Introduction
More than ever, people want to know what love is. More than ever, people are confused. Last Sunday, we introduced this series by ...
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A Holy Longing
Sermon Three
Introduction
When I was doing youth ministry, we had a standard joke that whenever kids began to lose interest and drop out, all we had to ...
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God's Great Idea
Sermon Four
Introduction
Before we leave this series called "Love and the City," we need to say something about marriage. It seems there's an awful lot ...
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Don't You Believe It! The Myth of No-Consequence Sex
Introduction:
Today we're looking at the seventh of the Ten Commandments—"You shall not commit adultery." I will admit to you that I approach this ...
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Walking in Love
Introduction:
One of the most common metaphors in the NT for living a life of obedience to God and service to others is "walking the walk." Paul uses ...
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Finding Good Sex
I have received more comments on this sermon title than I have for any sermon that I have ever preached. From the moment the title went on the board some ...
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What Did Jesus Say About Sex?
Five commitments can lead to sexual righteousness.
Jesus in this section of the Sermon on the Mount talks about what it really means to be righteous or ...
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Combining Conviction and Compassion
What does the Bible teach about homosexuality? Since I have been at this church, I have had to answer this question as well as a number of related questions ...
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Avoiding the Fatal Attraction
The dictionary defines lust this way: "An intense or unrestrained sexual craving." There are some secondary meanings. Sometimes it's used to mean an overwhelming ...
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When Fantasy Becomes Reality
Proverbs 7:6—15 (nlt):
I was looking out the window of my house one day and saw a simpleminded young man who lacked common sense. He was crossing ...
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