John Dickson has 3 books that every teenagers needs to read: Hell Of A Life; A Sneaking Suspicion; and Hanging In There. The following is a famous illustration (I recently used in a talk) of John’s from A Sneaking Suspicion about how we should view sex…
“My first car was an orange Datsun 1200. It got me from A to B, but it really was a rust bucket. It only cost me a thousand bucks, so I didn’t treat it too well and had no problem lending it out to any of my friends. I figured that if they crashed it, it was no big deal. Suppose though, I owned a Porsche 968. I can assure you, I’d care for it with my life and certainly wouldn’t lend it out. In my mind, such a valuable machine deserves the utmost care. But what’s this got to do with sex and relationships?
The media ‘sexperts’ can fool us into believing a Datsun view of sex. Lend it out. It’s not that special. But in God’s eyes, sex is more like a Porsche. It is valuable. It demands care. It is something precious to us (and to him), not merely the machinery by which we get about and enjoy ourselves.”
(From pp 16-17 of A Sneaking Suspician)
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It’s a great gift to young Christians and youth ministers, that quote. Good work, John Dickson.
amen to that.
his books are gold.
if you’re a youth leader reading this comment – get hold of them and get all your young crew to read them!!
Many thanks. God bless.
Thanks John… and Ian :)