GRAPEVINE — God may have rested on the seventh day, but the Rev. Ed Young wants married couples to have sex all week long.Once a day.Beginning this Sunday.The call to action will headline his sermon that day at Grapevine-based Fellowship Church. He plans to deliver his challenge while sitting on a bed.”I won’t be dressed in pajamas,” the pastor says.In these days of financial crisis, rampant divorce and debates over same-sex marriage, it’s time, he says, to turn the “whining” into “whoopee.”More fundamentally, he adds, the embracing of sex is about nurturing and strengthening marriages.”Sex is like Super Glue. It’s a spiritual thing, an emotional thing,” he says.And the marriage thing, he believes, should only involve a man and woman. God’s way, he says.Jim Dale of Coppell said he figures the pastor is trying to create more buzz for his five-church mega-ministry.”Draw ‘em in, no matter what or how,” wrote the Coppell resident in a posting on DallasNews.com. “Sex? You betcha. That’ll pack the pews (or theater seats).”Dale, author of a book about individual relationships with God, said he has attended Fellowship Church a few times. And he offered some praise: “I’ve got to hand it to them, they are brilliant marketers.”

OK so yesterday’s post was a bit snarky, and I am guilty of hitting them when they are down (again). So here’s another take on the same group of people. Another multimillion-dollar megachurch, with the preacher pushing sex on its married couples. Here’s the article, and here’s my take:1) YES, it is a marketing ploy, but I’m going to give this preacher the benefit of the doubt, that he is just trying to help his flock.2) YES, it brought him national attention, but this is because of the sex message, which is far better than the Rick Warren/Pat Robertson message (which by the way, this preacher also believes, but he’s not pushing it).3) Yes, sex is good in marriage, and in any mature relationship. Nudging people to have more sex can’t do harm, as long as it is consensual of course (the problem exists when you are telling people God wants them to have sex, just like when you tell them God wants them to give money). There’s all sorts of issues there, and Colbert mentioned it a few times, but you know what? I think this guy just wants his parishioners having more sex to better their lives (which will in turn solidify their relationship with the church).Is this a ploy? Is this marketing, or is this preacher simply doing what the Christian right SHOULD be doing — helping the flock be happy instead of spreading hate?

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