Bed on the Roof Sexperiment

In the “they are doing what?!!!!” category of church news:

Ed & Lisa Young, Pastors of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX (I’ve been there many times), are coming out with a new book entitled, Sexperiment.  In it they encourage married couples to have sex seven days a week (Kelly and I just call that a normal week…not sure what the big deal is ) and see how it transforms their marriages.  He kicked the idea off in 2008 with a message series.  Other Pastors have had the same idea.

HOWEVER – for the launch of the book – Ed & Lisa are putting a bed on top of Fellowship Church (which is very close to DFW) and are going to spend 24 hours together IN BED video streaming themselves for 24 hours talking about marriage, answering questions, etc.

You can read the press release here.  Or read the Christian Post’s commentary on this idea here.

*sigh*  I know.  Sex is God’s idea.  Christians need to talk more about sex.  I’ve preached on the topic in the recent past.  But really?  A bed on the roof of the church and video streaming for 24 hours!!!!?  *sigh*  Is it wrong to pray for inclement weather?   Fine line between gimmicky cool and gimmicky stupid (I should know…I’ve crossed it many times!).

Going Deeper In the Word Follow-Up

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Just a follow-up from yesterday’s message on passionately pursuing Jesus through the Word of God.  If you missed it you can check it out here.  Remember Jesus is the meal; the Bible is our menu to that meal!  In the message I issues a challenge to the church to do two things:

1.  Begin to consider the idea of growing in your own spiritual life to a place where you can become a spiritual fitness coach for those just beginning their journey in Christ.

2.  Read the entire Bible in a year.  We want to get a big picture; overview; “forest view” look at the entire story of the Bible.  Along the way feel free to record in a notebook all of your questions, points of confusion, or just plain moments of being disturbed.  It is all legitimate as we read the Bible together.  In the end, we don’t want to miss the “forest view” by getting stuck on a particular “tree.”

I offered an online resource that I love and that I HIGHLY recommend to help you in this venture.  Go to this website:  www.youversion.com and download it to your computer, your smartphone, and/or your iPad!!!  Then go to their Reading Plans and select one that will take you through the Bible in a year.  They have several to choose from.  If you have spiritual ADD I highly recommend The One Year Bible plan.  It will give you a little OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs in the same daily reading.  It is great!!

I look forward to seeing all that happens in our church over the next year as we engage with Scripture!!