Richard D. Dobbins Institute of Ministry

How We’ve Vulgarized Sexuality In America

I think America has vulgarized sexuality.

This gift that God designed to bless marriage for redemptive purposes is being demeaned, desecrated, and perverted across our nation.

Our public schools are secularizing sex.

It dominates the conversation in the workplace.

The music industry and media of our nation are shamelessly exploiting it.

Satan knows that nothing complicates a person’s life more than sexual activities outside of marriage.  So he seeks to make vulgar or common this gift that God intends to be kept sacred and wholly for marriage.  The enemy attempts to erode the special role sexuality plays in God’s plan for our lives by making it the subject of careless conversation and public humor.  Over time, participating in such activities dulls one’s conscience, blurs personal boundaries and makes you more susceptible to sexual temptation.

Remember, we never say anything to others that we have not said first to ourselves. So, your choice of language in speaking with others simply reveals the way you think privately about the matters you discuss with them.[1] This is why the most important conversations of our lives are the ones we carry on in our thoughts.  After all, they reveal our true identity.[2]

In teaching Christians how to walk in love, Paul stresses the importance of keeping our conversation free from profanity and vulgarity.[3] The most effective way of doing this is to monitor our mental activities and ask the Holy Spirit’s help in censoring them. 

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”[4]