“Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” – G.K. Chesterton

• Take a look at 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and Ephesians 5:22-33 and explain Chesterton’s quote in light of those two passages.

“There two basic facts about sex: it is very good and it is very dangerous.” Margaret Thatcher (1925-)

• Unfortunately as the church, it seems that we have underplayed the goodness of sex as a gift from God. Look again at Proverbs 5:15-19. Does it surprise you that the bible is this graphic with regards to the joy of sexuality? How does this enhance or change your view of sex?

• Take a look at Proverbs 30:18,19. Here sexuality is again being held up as a good thing. The key thing to noticed is that its beauty is most apparent in it proper context (i.e. an eagle on the seas or a ship on a rock is not beautiful). What is the proper context for sexuality to be celebrated? What are some common scenarios where sexuality is exercised but in the end are inappropriate contexts and ultimately jarring?

• Read Proverbs 30:20. Here the adulteress is contrasted with the 4 previous scenarios that all operate according to their nature. What is the picture given of the adulteress (think along the lines of consumption and cleansing)? How does this picture of the adulteress fit many of our modern scenarios surrounding sexuality?

“Pornography has become the sex education venue for the majority of the next generation, an internet candy store, and it teaches that sex is physically and emotionally harmless, with no negative consequences. Men and women are mere visual drugs to be used and discarded, and sex is solely for personal pleasure.”
Slave Master: How Pornography Drugs & Changes Your Brain
by Donald L. Hilton, Jr.

• React to the above statement.

• Do you believe that porn is as ubiquitous as claimed? Do you think that porn is “physically and emotionally harmless”?

• Would you agree that pornography uses people, both producers and consumers?

“When a battered, weary swimmer tries valiantly to get back to shore, after having fought strong winds and rough waves which he should never have challenged in the first place, those of us who might have had better judgment, or perhaps just better luck, ought not to row out to his side, beat him with our oars, and shove his head back underwater.”

• The above quote points out the importance of helping those who struggle will sexual dysfunction (even if it is because of a bad choice). How would you describe the relative safety of your community? What things could you do to improve that safety?

Via: Online MBA