One of the great things about preaching on sex is that I don’t have to work very hard getting your attention! I was in Leesburg this past week doing work for the Board of Ordained Ministry. A colleague asked me what I was preaching about today. I said, “Sex.” He replied, “Are you for or against it?” I said, “I am very much for it! I enjoy sex a lot!”

You may be surprised to hear me say that, but it needs to be said from the pulpit. Why? Because over the years the church has done a pretty terrible job teaching a healthy understanding of sex.  

I remember the first time I heard about sex in the church. I was a kid in a junior high Sunday school class and we had an older teacher who liked visual aids. He held up a lighter and flicked it and said sexual desire was like the flame. Then he hel…