Benefits but No Commitment

As a youth pastor I tell students that the benefits of a sexual relationship must come in a committed relationship or elese the benefits are really not benefits at all. This is truly a counter-cultural message. It seems everywhere you look people want the benefits without commitment, and this phenominom is not just relegated to the world of dating relationships, it happens in all relationships, even relationships in the church. No wander it so hard for our students these days!

Sex and Spirituality

Elkanah knew his wife and the LORD remembered her--1 Samuel 1;19

As I was reading this passage in preparation for a sermon I will be preaching on 1 Samuel 16 and was struc, with the help of the commentator Eugene Peterson, that "Sexuality ans Spirituality are intricately intertwined." He goes on to say: "Either seperated from the other soon goes bad, but together, as here, they enact heaven on earth and generate life." I wander what the implications of this statement are. How do you see this truth worked out in the real world--especially the last half of the statement about enacting heaven on earth and generating life. I'd love your comments.