Cosmic Killjoy

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Title: Cosmic Killjoy------------------------------ Date: 7/29/2001
Keywords: "abundance" "life"

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Passage: John 10:10*

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Questions

1. What does this verse say?

 

2. How might it apply to your anti-porn efforts?

 

Practical help

The church needs a good PR agent. Christians so often come off as the thou-shalt-not crowd: "Don't get drunk/have sex with a non-spouse/consume pornography/etc." These prohibitions are all right and good. But as John 10:10 shows, the world can get a myopic view of the faith from such one-sided portrayals. God can come off as a cosmic killjoy.

Jesus says he wants to give us life, a full-bodied alternative to the twisted, dwarfish passions of this world. Sure, avoid pornography. But imbibe life to its fullest. Reread Ecclesiastes and make a few applications. Enjoy your work/sex with your spouse/food and drink to the nth degree. Jesus saved us for abundance. Don't squander the cream of existence for the dross of perversion.


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