Grapevine, Texas' Fellowship Church preacher, Ed Young, continues to get a lot of attention from all over the world due to preaching that married couples in his church should get busy having sex every day for a week.An amusing letter to the editor was in this morning's Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the subject, with the author verbalizing concerns about the possible strain this task might put on the elderly married couple's in Ed Young's flock.
I'll paste the letter to the editor below, but first I've got to tell you about something else I found about the Ed Young preacher. He's got a Blog! Called the "Ed Young Blog". The current first post is titled "7 Days of ?!?!".
In that post Ed Young writes the following....
"I'm not even sure what day it is! We've been going at such a whirlwind pace getting ready to go to London and Johannesburg that it's been a challenge to keep the challenge.
But don't worry. Lisa and I haven't bailed out. It's just made us think more about our strategy to make time to make love. And there are so many things that Lisa and I have discovered so far.
For one, we are thinking more creatively about sex in order to avoid the monotony that can set in. We know this challenge isn't for competition. It's something that will strengthen our marriage and give us the greater "reward" of deeper intimacy. The last few days we've really had to ratchet up the thought process and communication that goes into sex. "
And now the Letter to the Editor....
Don’t come here for instruction
I’m puzzled why Ed Young, the Fellowship Church preacher, decided to preach his “Seven Days of Sex” sermon. I’m not writing to judge the guy, just to give my opinion on the wisdom of his actions from my point of view as a Christian. Was he motivated by the desire for media coverage? Probably! He should confine his “bed” and arbitrary “seven days” to individual marriage-counseling sessions in which couples may ask his advice about sex and the frequency thereof.
As for myself, I don’t want to listen to any preacher lay out such a regimented plan in an entire sermon on sex; let him incorporate some messages gleaned from the Bible in an ordinary sermon! You know, topics like the plan of salvation, loving your neighbor (and wife), and the ordinary subjects that have to do with how to get to heaven.
Hey, what about the poor souls who try the preacher’s plan and can’t carry it out? How rotten they must feel; maybe they made it past day two but then ... Oh, well, I guess they just didn’t love each other enough. What about the more chronologically advanced couples and their perhaps declining “abilities.
”What about singles in the audience. Oh, forget I brought that up!
My advice to couples who might be tempted to follow the prescribed regimen: don’t buy into it! Young may have a plan for 365 consecutive days of sex. Unless you’re Superman (or Super-sex Man) you might be in for a bumpy ride!
Preacherman should have left it at this: love your mate, show affection genuinely, get plenty of rest and pray a lot. Good sex should follow. No guarantees are offered, however; and don’t ask us for more advice on sex — please!
— Jim Gill, Euless
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