Sunday Sermon August 16th, 2026

How do we recover the creational goodness of sex without ignoring its immense power to both give life and cause pain?

One of the most culturally charged topics of our day. While our modern culture frames sexual desire as a basic physical appetite to be satisfied (like hunger or thirst), the Scriptures tell a far bigger and more beautiful story:

1. Sex is Union: It is not consumption or mere biology; it involves the whole, embodied person. When a believer joins their body in sex, they bring a body that is already a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit.

2. Sex is Covenant: Because sex speaks the language of "one flesh" union, it requires a relationship big enough to bear its weight. The biblical pattern places this union within the covenant of marriage—a binding, self-giving promise that sustains love through every season.

3. Sex is Cosmic: In Ephesians 5, Paul reveals that human marriage was designed from the beginning as a mega-mystery—a signpost pointing ahead to the ultimate union between Christ and His Church.

Whether you are married, single, divorced, experiencing same-sex attraction, or carrying sexual scars, this message offers a grounded hope: earthly desires are signposts, but Jesus Himself is our ultimate destination.

Key Quote:

"Sex is so much more meaningful than our culture makes it, and at the very same time, it's so much less ultimate. Sex doesn't finally satisfy the deepest longings underneath our desires—our desires are pointing us to Christ."

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Augst 16th, 2026
Genesis 2:21-25
Keith MacMillan