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Introductionmorality. You can fill in the name of the latest fallenspiritual leader.And yet as Diane and I shared our ideas with the televisionaudience, you could sense the profound interest. The magnificent,elegant Robin Roberts interviewed us. With each of herquestions, the people around the set leaned forward, intriguedby the dialogue. We walked away more convinced than everthat our world desperately needs to hear this message: Christdied for our sins and hang-ups so we might experience everythingour Father God has for us. And that definitely includesbeing Sexy Christians!After the interview, we walked out onto Times Square andsuddenly I got it. I began to grasp what God was up to andwhy he had suddenly catapulted us into such visibility. Aswe stood there, the wind swirling around us, we found ourselvessurrounded by an incredible surge of frenetic activity.Taxi horns blared incessantly. The thundering cacophony ofconstruction sites assaulted our ears. The sheer volume oflife in the Big Apple seemed overwhelming.I looked up. In nearly every direction was a two- or threestoryidol. These were not bronze or golden images of localgods but high-tech, huge plasma screens or otherwise exquisitelyvivid pictures of seminude women. You couldn’tescape them.Tears came to my eyes. As we walked out of the studio, thecrowd on the street corner had spontaneously applauded us.The crew of Good Morning America asked if they thoughttalking about sex in church was a good idea. “Yes!” cametheir overwhelming response.I could now see why they responded so positively. Theidols they saw all around them were promising fulfillmentbut leaving them empty. In the deepest part of their souls,they longed for the kind of intimacy Diane and I described.They longed to be Sexy Christians. 14Dr. Ted Roberts and Diane Roberts,Sexy Christians: The Purpose, Power, and Passion of Biblical Intimacy,Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2011. Used by permission.
P art 1The PurposeGod’s Design for Sexual and SpiritualFulfillment Encompasses His BasicPurposes for Us as His CreationDr. Ted Roberts and Diane Roberts,Sexy Christians: The Purpose, Power, and Passion of Biblical Intimacy,Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2011. Used by permission.
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