Marriage (even, and perhaps especially, Christian marriage) should be a place of sexual fulfillment and joy. Theology of the body is especially important to Christianity, seeing as how the god we worship took on flesh to live among us. But a pastor writing a book about the permissibility of certain kinds of sex will never get the message across like Jay and Beyoncé have. They’re hot for each other, but you’ll rarely hear Jay Z crowing about his “smokin’ hot wife.” (Although he did famously say he’s “got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain.” Can’t argue with that.)
Smack in the middle of the Bible we have this testament to desire, the Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs). It’s a whole book of racy conversation between two lovers, full of language we were never taught in Sunday school: How fair and pleasant you are,
O loved one, delectable maiden!
You are stately as a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its branches.
O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your kisses like the best wine
that goes down smoothly,
gliding over lips and teeth.
Compare that to “Drunk in Love”: We woke up in the kitchen saying,
“How the hell did this **** happen?”
Oh baby, drunk in love we be all night
Last thing I remember is our beautiful bodies grinding up in the club
This is the crux of why some Christians are (or should be) so interested in Mr. and Mrs. Carter. There is a thread that unites “Drunk in Love” and the Song of Solomon: It can be good to give yourself to your spouse in marriage, marriage isn’t all feigned headaches and guilt, and marriage should actually be a very sexy endeavor. The Christians who have been trying to spread this message — Mark Driscoll et al. — have been getting it all wrong, and the people perish for lack of Beyoncé. Reminding us that we can be flirtatious and fun in our marriages is a really good thing.
Just read the illiterate Christians commenting in that article. Just look at the Christians commenting on youtube, telling us how satanic the DIL video is (let alone any other Beyoncé or Jay video)... I won't even... Leave the Christians out of it if you ask me.
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