Christians are living, breathing contradictions. Sadly, I’ve found in my ministry that many, many Christians say they believe one thing, but then they do the exact opposite. This is true in the area of our sexuality. We think we’re different from our culture, but we’re really not. This statistic won’t surprise you: Of church-attending young adults, over 60% say sex outside of marriage is wrong (After the Baby Boomers, Wuthnow). Christians are, in general, disapproving of sex outside of marriage. But this statistic will perhaps surprise you (or maybe it won’t): Almost 70% of unmarried evangelical Christian young adults have had sex with at least one person in the last year (Wuthnow). If you know ten young single adults at church, all but three of them are sexually active! And here’s the really sad statistic… read it carefully: Over 60% of those who said sex before marriage was wrong acknowledged having sex in the past year (Wuthnow). We say one thing but then do the exact opposite. We believe that sex outside of marriage is wrong, but we do it anyway. We say that we’re committed to sexual purity, but not really. The absolutely blatant contradiction that we are! At the risk of softening the blow that you should be feeling right now, there are a few reasons for this. First, the temptation of sexual sin is strong. It can get even those who know it’s wrong. Second, there is a disconnection between what we say and what we live, not just in the area of sexuality, but throughout our whole lives. Third, we live in a sex-saturated, sex-obsessed culture. And it’s not just in regard to sex and marriage that we are duped by our culture’s view of sexuality… Young evangelicals are becoming more tolerant of homosexuality. “It’s wrong but…“ “I don’t like it, but if someone else does it, that’s different.” We talk a good talk, but that’s all it is… talk. Our lives are often just as impure as our culture. We are in desperate need of a new kind of sexual revolution. C.S. Lewis compared sex to dirt. Sex is dirty, but it’s the rich, fertile dirt of a garden. In the garden of marriage, the dirt is good and healthy. But you don’t bring the dirt into the kitchen and dump it on the kitchen table!