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| The Bad News |
- 50% of all teens report having sex at least one time
- 11% of all births in the US are to a teenage mother
- one in five teens admits to sexting
- Trendhunter Magazine reports that 50% of 12 year old
girls and 65% of all 12 year old boys have seen
pornography either on the internet, television or
magazines - 8 out of every 10 teens report feeling pressured to have
sex - 37% of teens report never having had a conversation
with their parents about sex - 90% of parents want to talk to their teens about sex but
don't know what to say, or how or when to say it. - 87% of teens report that open honest conversations with
their parents about sex would help them make good
decisions - 61% of teens report that teen boys are getting the
message that sex and pregnancy are no big deal - 65% of teens report that the most important thing a teen
girl can do is look and be sexy
- (the last 5 statistics came from www.
thenationalcampaign.org)
| The Good News |
Pope John Paul II and the bible have the answers you have
been looking for. Spend two hours in this seminar and change
the way you think and feel about talking to teens about sex.
The booklet you receive will remind you of what the bible and
Pope John Paul II tells us about sex, marriage and dating.
The answers are out there. The answers are not as hard as
you might think they are to talk about. Teens want to know
and they want you to tell them. You might just leave with a
whole new appreciation for marriage and sex and be ready to
share with your family! Book a class for your group now.
been looking for. Spend two hours in this seminar and change
the way you think and feel about talking to teens about sex.
The booklet you receive will remind you of what the bible and
Pope John Paul II tells us about sex, marriage and dating.
The answers are out there. The answers are not as hard as
you might think they are to talk about. Teens want to know
and they want you to tell them. You might just leave with a
whole new appreciation for marriage and sex and be ready to
share with your family! Book a class for your group now.
| Classes are available for either youth or adult groups. Classes are 2 hours in length and each participant will receive a booklet. Classes can be catered to married couples, engaged couples, parents of teens and teens. Prices vary according to groups size and mileage. Please email your contact information and I will get back to you within two business days to schedule your class. |
“Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be
subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife just as
Christ is head of the church, He himself the savior of the body. As the church is
subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed Himself over for
her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that He might present
to Himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might
be holy and without blemish. So husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his wife loves himself. For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and
cherishes it, even as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body.”
(Ephesians 5: 21-31)
I have heard this verse described as outdated. I have heard it just brushed off. I have
heard that the teachings of this verse have nothing to do with a modern relationship or
modern couples. Then I read “Theology of the Body” and a whole new way of looking at
this scripture opened up. A modern woman does not want to be subordinate. A modern
woman does not want to have a man as the head of the household. After all, we are
capable, strong and independent. We don’t need to be subordinate. What if, though, we
have married a man who would never do anything to hurt us; whose every thought and
action would be aimed at holding us up; who made sure that we were always seen as good,
strong, independent and capable? When looking at this verse, let’s try not to get hung up
on the subordinate part, but let’s look to the ideal of what we are being called to do. If we
have married one who loves us as Jesus loved the church and it’s people, then who could
ever be afraid of being subordinate. Husbands have been given the most difficult task
here. They have been called, by Christ, to treat their wives as He treated the church. To
sacrifice all; even life, to hold it up, to glorify it and to sanctify it. As a woman, how could
we ever be unwilling to let a person make the decisions who is living in this ideal?
Men have been called to hold us up in splendor, without sin or fault. Husbands are called by
Christ to make sure that we are seen as holy and without blemish. If husbands treat us this
way, can we trust them? Of course we can. A husband who treats his marriage as Christ
treats the church is a man who is himself holy and honored. A man who loves his wife as
Christ loves His church is a man whose marriage is first priority-all the time.
Women everywhere, reading this passage are probably sighing now and thinking how nice it
would be to have this marriage-this relationship-this man. Men, who are capable of taking
on the responsibility of this teaching, are puffing up with pride now; they know they are
head of the household and their love of family is forefront in their minds. The responsibility
of their role weighs on them, but they can take it, knowing that the household they are
coming home to will look up to them.
Sound like a fairy tale, it shouldn’t. This is actually what this passage is talking about. Go
ahead and read it again. “For the husband is head of his wife, just as Christ is head of the
church.” The most important part of this passage is not the first part, but the whole
passage. It is not subordinate just because we are told to, it is subordinate because our
husbands are treating us as Jesus treats His church. “So husbands should love their wives
as their own bodies.” We love our bodies, we care for our bodies, we groom our bodies and
for husbands the call is to treat their wives at least as good as they would treat
themselves. A husband is called to cherish his wife as he cherishes his own body.
This verse if far from one that should be ignored, treated as outdated or as one that has a
word we don’t like to hear. This verse is, instead, the ideal we should all hold ourselves up
to. Husbands should be looking for ways to treat his wife like Jesus treated the church and
trying to constantly be willing to sacrifice for the good of the marriage. Wives will then be
able to look up to husbands, knowing their love of the marriage and family and is something
they are willing to sacrifice everything for.
When we get this relationship and are able to show ourselves and our marriages as an
example of this ideal, we are showing the world Christ. For a marriage that models itself on
this relationship is the face of God. Its’ love is the face of God on earth. The relationship of
the husband and wife is a picture of God for all to see.
So wives, prepare to subordinate and husbands, sacrifice yourself constantly for the good of
the marriage and keep it held up as the ideal. It is not an old teaching that needs to be
rewarded, but one that needs to be preached daily. Happy marriage!
subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife just as
Christ is head of the church, He himself the savior of the body. As the church is
subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed Himself over for
her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that He might present
to Himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might
be holy and without blemish. So husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his wife loves himself. For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and
cherishes it, even as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body.”
(Ephesians 5: 21-31)
I have heard this verse described as outdated. I have heard it just brushed off. I have
heard that the teachings of this verse have nothing to do with a modern relationship or
modern couples. Then I read “Theology of the Body” and a whole new way of looking at
this scripture opened up. A modern woman does not want to be subordinate. A modern
woman does not want to have a man as the head of the household. After all, we are
capable, strong and independent. We don’t need to be subordinate. What if, though, we
have married a man who would never do anything to hurt us; whose every thought and
action would be aimed at holding us up; who made sure that we were always seen as good,
strong, independent and capable? When looking at this verse, let’s try not to get hung up
on the subordinate part, but let’s look to the ideal of what we are being called to do. If we
have married one who loves us as Jesus loved the church and it’s people, then who could
ever be afraid of being subordinate. Husbands have been given the most difficult task
here. They have been called, by Christ, to treat their wives as He treated the church. To
sacrifice all; even life, to hold it up, to glorify it and to sanctify it. As a woman, how could
we ever be unwilling to let a person make the decisions who is living in this ideal?
Men have been called to hold us up in splendor, without sin or fault. Husbands are called by
Christ to make sure that we are seen as holy and without blemish. If husbands treat us this
way, can we trust them? Of course we can. A husband who treats his marriage as Christ
treats the church is a man who is himself holy and honored. A man who loves his wife as
Christ loves His church is a man whose marriage is first priority-all the time.
Women everywhere, reading this passage are probably sighing now and thinking how nice it
would be to have this marriage-this relationship-this man. Men, who are capable of taking
on the responsibility of this teaching, are puffing up with pride now; they know they are
head of the household and their love of family is forefront in their minds. The responsibility
of their role weighs on them, but they can take it, knowing that the household they are
coming home to will look up to them.
Sound like a fairy tale, it shouldn’t. This is actually what this passage is talking about. Go
ahead and read it again. “For the husband is head of his wife, just as Christ is head of the
church.” The most important part of this passage is not the first part, but the whole
passage. It is not subordinate just because we are told to, it is subordinate because our
husbands are treating us as Jesus treats His church. “So husbands should love their wives
as their own bodies.” We love our bodies, we care for our bodies, we groom our bodies and
for husbands the call is to treat their wives at least as good as they would treat
themselves. A husband is called to cherish his wife as he cherishes his own body.
This verse if far from one that should be ignored, treated as outdated or as one that has a
word we don’t like to hear. This verse is, instead, the ideal we should all hold ourselves up
to. Husbands should be looking for ways to treat his wife like Jesus treated the church and
trying to constantly be willing to sacrifice for the good of the marriage. Wives will then be
able to look up to husbands, knowing their love of the marriage and family and is something
they are willing to sacrifice everything for.
When we get this relationship and are able to show ourselves and our marriages as an
example of this ideal, we are showing the world Christ. For a marriage that models itself on
this relationship is the face of God. Its’ love is the face of God on earth. The relationship of
the husband and wife is a picture of God for all to see.
So wives, prepare to subordinate and husbands, sacrifice yourself constantly for the good of
the marriage and keep it held up as the ideal. It is not an old teaching that needs to be
rewarded, but one that needs to be preached daily. Happy marriage!
| Whose task is more difficult? Wives be subordinate or husbands love your wife as you love your own bodies. |