1. SEXUAL ETHICS
Moral Choices Chapter 10

2. Sexual Ethics For introductory discussion, how would you respond to:
A high school student who’s unsure of his sexual orientation
A gay couple who wants you to conduct their civil union ceremony
A couple considering permanent birth control
These are some of the scenarios taken from pages

3. Sexual Ethics Areas of discussion: Singleness Birth Control
Homosexuality/Same Sex Marriage
Pre-Marital Sex/Abstinence

4. SEXUAL ETHICS Sexual Relationships in the Bible Creation Account
Old Testament Law
Wisdom Literature (Song of Solomon)
I Corinthians 6:12-20
See the expansion of this discussion on pages

5. Singleness as a Calling
I Corinthians 7:25-35
The Present Crisis
Passing Away
Singleness as more expedient
Application: Singleness in the Church
This is summarized on page Key questions to ask—1) Does marriage complete a person? No—we are complete in Christ (Col. 2:7)
2) Are we overselling marriage? Perhaps it’s analogous to the way the culture oversells sex.

6. Sexual Ethics Homosexuality and the Bible Key Texts to Consider:
OT Law (Leviticus 18)
Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19)
Romans 1:24-27
I Corinthians 6: 9-11
Case 10.1 for discussion
Key issues for discussion:1) Place of OT law today?
2) With the episode at Sodom and Gomorrah—highlight that it deals with non-consensual sex. See also Ezekiel 16:48, Jude 7for further commentary.
3) Romans 1—See the alternative views of this key passage. Does it refer to sexual inversion? Sex in the context of idolatry? Was Paul reflecting the homophobia of his first century culture? See the sidebar on the Metropolitan Community Church (p. 280) and check their web site for elaboration of these alternate views of Romans 1.
4)I Cor 6—what does it mean to be a Christian homosexual? Can we distinguish between the attraction and the behavior
5) In view of these passages, how would you recommend dealing with those who are wrestling with his or her sexual orientation?
On Same sex marriage—not a matter of fairness/justice (civil unions give all the rights of marriage), certainly not a matter of hatred. For a good elucidation of this position, see Dennis Prager and Perez Hilton debate on You Tube.

7. Sexual Ethics Homosexuality and Secular Culture Natural Law Argument
Public Health Argument
Centrality of the Family-- A Historical Argument
Homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage
Case 10.2 for discussion
This is summarized from pages

8. SEXUAL ETHICS In Defense of Abstinence Only type of “safe sex”
Teenagers won’t “Just do it.”
Short-Circuits Relational Development
Abstinence Builds Trust
This is summarized from pages

9. SEXUAL ETHICS Dealing With Sexual Failure
Imagery of the Garden and Gardener

10. SEXUAL ETHICS Ethical Issues in Birth Control Children as a Blessing
Mandate from Creation
Purpose of Sex
Types of Birth Control
This is summarized from pages

11. SEXUAL ETHICS Divorce and Remarriage OT Background--Deut. 24
NT Teaching
Matthew 5, 19
Romans 7
I Corinthians 7