God, Sex, and Popular Culture (Ephesians 5.3–6)


SCRIPTURE READING Ephesians 5.3–6 DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT We live in a sex-obsessed culture. Turn on the television during prime viewing hours, and you’ll see advertisements, entertainment news shows, sitcoms, and hour-long dramas awash in sex. Unfortunately, very little of the sex takes place in the context of marriage, and almost none of it has real-world consequences. When was the last time you saw a realistic portrayal of sexually transmitted disease, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, or the financial disadvantage of single-parent homes? But sex, like every other human behavior, has consequences. Why don’t television and other popular media deal with those consequences realistically, instead … Continue reading God, Sex, and Popular Culture (Ephesians 5.3–6)