A Shooting Star

1950-1960s
There is a Creator.
Look in the mirror and laugh.
Look in the heart and smile.
Look at the Creation and cry.
We are the caretaker of the Creation.
We have forgotten who we are.
We have forgotten why we are here. The trees speak of the Creator.
The birds sing of the Creator.
The Creation speaks to us.
Are we listening or are we too busy? "We are here to make a better world.”
No amount of rationalization or blaming can preempt the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on this planet. The lesson of the ‘50s ‘60s is that people who cared enough to do right could change history.
We didn't end racism but we ended legal segregation. We ended the idea that you could send half-a-million soldiers around the
world to fight a war that people do not support.
We ended the idea that women are second-class citizens. We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided. The big battles that we won cannot be reversed. We were young, self-righteous, reckless, hypocritical, brave, silly, headstrong and scared half to death.
And we were right.
Today we are blessed to live in world of sexual freedom. We also seem to be cursed to live in a world of teenage pregnancies, AIDS, abortion, struggling single parent families, gender confusion, and frighteningly extreme pendulum swings from seemingly absurd excesses of sexual liberality to equally absurd excesses of conservatism, and back again. Faced with all this pain and confusion regarding sex, many people are now turning away from the Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and turning to the Christian Church. Unfortunately, once in the Church, they soon see beyond the attractive pro-family stance the Church preaches, and run up against the extremely anti-sex attitudes that the Church has held for nearly 2000 years; the attitudes which gave rise to the sexual revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s in the first place, causing most young Americans to leave Christianity, and leading to America’s first predominantly non-Christian generation.
Why is the Church so anti-sex? Can’t we find some sort of middle-ground in this area, solving most of the above sexual problems which bedevil our society, while at the same time preserving some of our cherished sexual freedom? Yes we can! And the answer lies, not with the Christian Church, but in the Bible, God’s Holy Word, itself!
The purpose of this book is to take a close, complete look at what the Bible really teaches about Sex. In so doing, you will see how the Christian Church has badly misinterpreted and misunderstood the message of God’s Word regarding sex. You will also learn how to enjoy your sexuality in a way that is moderate and pleasing to God; avoiding both the pitfalls of sexual excess, and the misery of sexual repression.
This book is for anyone who has any interest in knowing the Will of God; and is written especially for single Christians. I didn’t write it to offend anyone. However, the freedom it shows that God allows regarding sex will doubtless greatly offend conservatives everywhere, so if you are conservative don’t read it. Likewise, God’s Word will never allow everyone to do everything that they would like to do sexually, and the sexual restrictions of the Bible will doubtless offend liberals everywhere, so if you are liberal, don’t read it. There. Now that I know that nobody will read this book, I’m happy to say that I haven’t offended anyone (but if someone does happen to read it, and gets offended; all I can say is, “Hey, I’m just reporting what the Bible really says about sex; please take any complaints up with the real author!”).