When God made you and God made me, he made us male and female for each other. In our quest for Christian Values, I want to land today on the question of sexual ethics for the 21st century. Now for parents of young children, let me assure you, this sermon is rated G. Its intent is not to sizzle but to stimulate sound thinking. To stand in a pulpit and speak of God and sex in the same sentence for some, may seem like an oxymoron; an incongruent, contradictory connection of words like awfully pretty, barely dressed, diet ice cream, down escalator, holy water, United Methodist. Herein lies our biggest problem. So I would like to start our thinking with some simple affirmations about our sexuality.

I. OUR SEXUALITY IS A GIFT OF GOD

The creation story says it best. “God created human beings in…