PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
The principal is our son Tad Theiss who oversees grades K – 8th at Windsor Christian Academy. In his message, from the school’s weekly newsletter, Tad mentions his son Tallen who is nine years old. I’m using this as my first post because it is timely and expresses well one of my concerns. I’ll end the post with my comments.
Shortly before the Super Bowl half-time, Tallen came in from playing outside to ask me when I would be coming out to play catch. His timing was such that he came in during the Calvin Klein underwear commercial. His only comment, “That’s awkward.” Then , after playing some football during half-time, we came in a bit too early and saw the tail end of the half-time show. Tallen’s only comment when he saw the scantily clad performers, “Awkward.” Actually, more derogatorily descriptive words were going through my mind. I guess I should be happy that Tallen did not see the Go Daddy extended kissing commercial. Now that was awkward!
Christian parents have their job cut out for them when it comes to battling against the sexual licentiousness of our culture. Boys grow up drawn to sexual pornography. Girls grow up thinking it is okay to dress seductively, and that it might even be to their advantage to do so. We need to be praying for our children and teaching them God’s perspective on sexuality. If we don’t do this, only the culture’s blaring message will be heard by our children.
I Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
When I became sensitive to our declining culture, I began reading in my areas of concern. Most of them referred back to the origins of the decline as being the results of a revolution that began in our country in the 60’s. I was asking myself questions like, “What revolution? Where was I? How did this slip by me? What was I doing?” Oh yeah, I was encouraging my husband in his career, training up our children and going back to college to finish my education. Finally I looked up the revolution on Wikipedia.com. It is the sexual revolution. It’s interesting how far reaching the results of it are. Check it out and let’s hear some chatter. It is not too late to turn our culture around, if you are so inclined.
Margie Theiss 
Within the last couple weeks it stuck me that Christ included fornication and sensuality among the inner things that defile mankind (Matt 15:19,20; Mark 7:21-23). Look at the things it is grouped with.
I think as a culture we have moved toward whatever we can classify as a need or desire must be acceptable. What harm could come from a consensual or personal act or practice, better yet if it brings pleasure?
Christ draws a stark contrast to the sexual revolution. Sex outside a lifetime committment defiles its pupose. It takes something that expresses unity that is to be enjoyed over a lifetime, and exchanges it for something less to fullfill a desire, elicit something from someone else or exchange it for something you want.
Christ warns against defiling yourself through self-serving sexualty. God has so much more in mind than what our culture is marketing.
Changing our culture from being self-focused and self-serving is a big job. I know that nothing is impossible for God. But what are ways that He can work through each one of us?
Ok, here is my question: I am saddened, but not surprised, by the declining sexual morals of our culture. But what is more troubling to me is when sexual sin exists within the church. How do we love our brothers and sisters and yet protect the church from the gradual acceptance of sexual sin?