How does godly singleness put sexual desire in its proper place?

Photo by saeed mhmdi on Unsplash A young man who is a friend of mine texted me a very insightful question concerning the sermon that I gave on singleness. It got so many of my creative juices flowing (as well as the fact that my answer started to become too long to text) that I decided to turn it into the blog post you see here. Below is his question as well as my response. Question: How does singleness put sexual desire in its proper place without rejecting sex as God's creation? This is an interesting point of tension. As a single person living in accordance with God's commands, you will not get to experience the goodness of sex unless you eventually get married. Yet, you can still see that sex is a good part of God's creation. So, how should you respond to sexual desire in your [Read more...]