Comments on: True Love waits…? http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/true-love-waits/ Along for the Journey...On God's Time Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Rocky http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/true-love-waits/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Rocky Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:39:53 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/true-love-waits/#comment-290 Part of what these numbers reveal is the feckless character of a "pledge" when it comes to sex. Lots of these pledges were taken by adolescents who's emotions had been ramped up by some kind of rally, some spectacle of conviction and fear, and then urged to take a pledge. Sexual character depends on more than a coerced pledge, so a church that takes comfort in the fact that its young people have pledged themselves to abstinence are shirking their responsibility to those kids. Part of what these numbers reveal is the feckless character of a “pledge” when it comes to sex. Lots of these pledges were taken by adolescents who’s emotions had been ramped up by some kind of rally, some spectacle of conviction and fear, and then urged to take a pledge.

Sexual character depends on more than a coerced pledge, so a church that takes comfort in the fact that its young people have pledged themselves to abstinence are shirking their responsibility to those kids.

]]> By: Jan Edmiston http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/05/31/true-love-waits/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Jan Edmiston Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:47:33 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/true-love-waits/#comment-289 Love this movie. I read this post coming away from a dinner with my visiting brother who came through town with his youngest son (age 13) for their second "sex trip." (Not what you think.) C. has taken all 3 of his boys on two trips with Dad (first at age 10, second at age 13) in which Dad explains why love waits and then reiterates. I've long believed that love didn't always wait for many evangelical teens. And yet, in some cases they do wait and that's fine. But the whole teaching that sex is the ultimate gift concerns me. It elevates sex to something it's not IMHO. The ultimate gift, is that long-term connection with your husband/wife that involves the combination of spiritual, sexual, practical. To be partners in all things for many years is an underrated miracle. Love this movie.
I read this post coming away from a dinner with my visiting brother who came through town with his youngest son (age 13) for their second “sex trip.” (Not what you think.) C. has taken all 3 of his boys on two trips with Dad (first at age 10, second at age 13) in which Dad explains why love waits and then reiterates.

I’ve long believed that love didn’t always wait for many evangelical teens. And yet, in some cases they do wait and that’s fine. But the whole teaching that sex is the ultimate gift concerns me. It elevates sex to something it’s not IMHO. The ultimate gift, is that long-term connection with your husband/wife that involves the combination of spiritual, sexual, practical. To be partners in all things for many years is an underrated miracle.

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