The Pornification of the Pulpit
Posted by David Wheaton | Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 8:00 am CT
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Guest: Phil Johnson, Executive Director, Grace to You
Who would’ve thought that the new trend for American pastors would be to joke about masturbation on CNN or give public advice on “biblical oral sex” or challenge their congregants to seven days of sex with their spouse? (See links at bottom of page here.)
The fact is the “pornification of the pulpit” has arrived and is making huge inroads into churches all across the country under the guise of “contextualizing” Scripture and being “relevant” to an un-churched and sex-addicted generation.
Have sex-selling pastors like Mark Driscoll and Ed Young gone over the biblical line or are those calling for reverence and restraint overly puritanical?
Helping us discern this growing trend will be Phil Johnson, who gave a landmark sermon on this topic when he spoke at the Shepherds’ Conference in Los Angeles earlier this month.
