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Charts Prepared by David Banning Minor editing by Kevin Maxey

Charts Prepared by David Banning Minor editing by Kevin Maxey Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Latest Dance Craze Among Teenagers: “FREAK DANCING”

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Charts Prepared by David Banning Minor editing by Kevin Maxey

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  1. Charts Prepared by David BanningMinor editingby Kevin Maxey

  2. Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Latest Dance Craze Among Teenagers: “FREAK DANCING” Other voices are beginning to raise questions about dancing: school administrators, teachers, even the media “Are You Going to the Prom?” World’s View: Anyone who has a problem with dancing is an extremist and out-of-touch with modern culture. Attitudes like that can create pressure to conform,...or at least be a little more quiet in our opposition. Involves imitating various sex acts on the dance floor Has led some schools to do away with dances altogether. 2

  3. Once we know what is really happening at dances today, suddenly it does not seem so extreme to be asking: Is this really the kind of thing our kids should be doing?

  4. Our Only Standard Must be: What does God want me to do? How Do We Decide What Is Right? Standards We Cannot Use: [1] Popularity, peer pressure [2] What others think [3] What will be easier for our kids Because we are disciples of Jesus, there are certain principles that guide every decision we make.

  5. Principles That Guide Every Decision: [1] I love Jesus and want to please Him more than anything else, John 14:15 [2] I want to be like Jesus, I Cor. 11:1 [3] I want to be holy, I Pet. 1:14-16 [4] I want my conduct to reflect well on the cause, Matt. 5:13-16

  6. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity [1] There is only one lawful relationship where sexual desires can be satisfied - Marriage.

  7. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity Proverbs 5: 15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

  8. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity Hebrews 13: 4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  9. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity Galatians 5: 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,

  10. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity [1] There is only one lawful relationship where sexual desires can be satisfied - Marriage. [2] We should not be engaged in behavior that stirs up sexual desires in relationships where they cannot be satisfied.

  11. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity Matthew 5: 27 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  12. Bible Principles On Sexual Purity Galatians 5:19 Impurity: A broad term that includes not only fornication and adultery, but the thoughts, words and actions that lead to them Sensuality: Describes someone who acts without self-control and is driven by their lusts

  13. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. Comments From Young People: “Of course, dancers get aroused, especially the guys.” “While freak dancing among 12- and 13-year-olds is inappropriate to me, teens my age are racing with hormones and sexual energy, and this is a means to express those feelings.”

  14. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. What happens when couples slow dance? [1] Room is dimly lit [2] Romantic music in the background [3] Unmarried couples [4] Full body embrace [5] Swaying back and forth against each other to the music

  15. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. Dr. Rita Hollingsworth: “Dancing is exciting and pleasurable recreation as it affords a partial satisfaction of the sex impulse.”

  16. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. Mick Jagger, lead singing for The Rolling Stones: “All dancing is a replacement for sex.”

  17. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. Words from a song by The Little River Band: “Lady, you’re there on the dance floor making me want you somehow.”

  18. The Problem With Dancing: It involves behavior that stirs up sexual desires. Letter to Ann Landers from a jealous wife: “I trust him, but I just don’t think God meant for a man and woman to rub their bodies together in slow dancing with anyone except their spouses. Am I normal to feel jealous?”

  19. Knowing what I know about dancing, can I honesty say: [1] This will please God. This is what God would want me to do. [2] If Jesus were in my shoes, this is what He would do. [3] This will help me to be more holy, more devoted to God and set apart from sin. [4] This will identify me as a Christian and reflect well on the kingdom.

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