Sex In Christian Novels
 

I came across a discussion on whether or not this trend of having blatant sexual scenes while preaching the gospel message of Jesus in a book was OK.

-One argument against it was it justifies someone to lust before God, while telling them Jesus loves them.
-One argument for it was - If its in wedlock, God made sex, then why not.

This seems so out of space - where does it all end?

What are your thoughts?

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How graphic we talking?

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:coffee2

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Well, it doesn't seem right to me, but the Song of Solomon is in the Bible.:annoymusic

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Relationships will be hard to avoid when writing a novel. That's a given.

However, my thoughts are that subtle works very well for me. It is always my preference - "He shut the door with his foot." I can go a lot of places with that and don't want someone else to tell me where I need to go with it. I want to visualize it my way.

I like to relax with historical fiction, such as, books by Bodie and Brock Thoene. I don't generally read a pure romance novel. I'd like to have some value after I close the book.

You can learn some things (historical, geographical) from Louis L'Amour. He has a bit of sexual innuendo which is rather harmless, IMO.

Anything really suggestive or graphic - I wouldn't be interested.

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I've never seen a Christian novel that had an explicit sex scene. Do you have an example of a particular title?

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LOL!!!! Yep...and it's pretty graphic. :D

I was reading through Ezekiel 16 this morning so I could discuss it on another thread, and I thought it was pretty explicit, too.

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I think I am remembering that Lori Wick pushed it farther in her later novels. I can't remember the particular book for a reference, but I think she started out with a trilogy that seemed good and then she took a nose dive. It's been so long ago, that is the only thing about her I remember.

I'm not familiar with Harlequin romance. Are they supposed to be written for a Christian audience? I think I tried to read one just to see what they were about and was either turned off that they were more explicit or they were just sappy. LOL!

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Related question:

Do you distinguish between a "Christian novel" and a "novel written by a writer who is a Christian"? Does everything a Christian writer writes have to be put in that section of the bookstore?

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Is it wrong to depict sin in a novel? Any sin, or just sexual sin?

Is it wrong to read depictions of sin in a book (any book)? Any sin?