Download or read book A Christian Guide to Liberating Desire Sex Partnership Work and Reproduction written by Thia Cooper and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is good sex from the perspective of liberation theology? Thia Cooper argues that sex can be a way to know God. God created humans with a desire to be in relation with each other. From this understanding, sexual desire, sex, and partnerships are re-imagined positively. Good sex is enjoyable and mutual, an aspect of communion. Good sexual relationships share power, empower the participants, and the wider community. From the perspective of liberation theologies and an analysis of biblical texts, the Christian tradition, and the reality of our sexual experience, this book reframes theologies of partnership, sex work, and reproduction through the celebration of desire and sex.
Download or read book A Christian Guide to Liberating Sex written by Terry M Newborn and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each time we engage in sexual relations, God is available. Sex can be an approach to know God. This book verbalizes how freedom religious philosophy and its technique can assist with reexamining the Christian practice's denigration of sex also, want. Starting with the ongoing circumstance around sex, specifically, a comprehension of the body, power, and viciousness, the section makes sense of how we can function with the Book of scriptures, Christian practice, and philosophy to free sex. Why liberating Sex? How is sex subjugated, crooked? Each time we have intercourse, God is available. Sex can be a method for knowing God. Individuals frequently say it's "simply sex."
Download or read book Liberating Sexuality written by Miguel A. De La Torre and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two thousand years, Christianity has been wrong about sex. To this day Christians grapple with defining gender, sexism, heterosexism, and what constitutes healthy sex. Miguel A. De La Torre-noted ethicist and scholar on the intersection of religion with race, class, gender, and sexuality-shines new light on these intimate issues in Liberating Sexuality, a provocative compilation of his writings that apply justice to the most private parts of our lives. Grounded in biblical scholarship, Liberating Sexuality will help you discover new ways of thinking about God beyond gender, heterosexism, masturbation, and many other topics. Wrestle with controversial topics such as an androgynous Jesus, ethical S&M, and confronting racism in one's sexual preference. Gain a critical understanding of how others view their own sexuality in ways you could never before comprehend.
Download or read book Liberating Sex written by Adrian Thatcher and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sex for Christians written by Lewis B. Smedes and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1994-06-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the definitive statements on sex and sexuality from a Christian perspective, Sex for Christians offers frank yet compassionate discussion that is at once refreshingly open-minded and strongly biblical. This edition adds discussions of AIDS and talk of "safe sex", cohabitation, homosexuality, and the need to develop Christian strategies regarding sex.
Download or read book A Christian s Guide to Overcoming Sexual Struggle written by Michael Clairborne and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day single Christians are stuck in a spiritual and physical place they cannot control. Their sexual struggle seems too overwhelming to deal with alone. They ask questions like 'Why won't God send me my marriage partner? Should I ever give in sexually while dating? If I have gay feelings, does this mean that I was born to be a homosexual? What causes a sexual impulse?' These questions and many more are answered in Michael Clairborne's A Christian's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Struggle. Subjects addressed include: • your true sexual age • sexual impulses • dating a non-Christian • sex and your walk with Jesus • masturbation • homosexuality • tempting situations • forgiveness • sex in marriage And much more.
Download or read book Sex and the Supremacy of Christ written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2005-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19). But, of course, sin always tries to trash God's gifts. So we can't just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into. The contributors to this unique volume encourage you to do both: celebrate and struggle. This book has something for all-men and women, married and single-from contributors like John Piper, C. J. and Carolyn Mahaney, Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Carolyn McCulley, and others.
Download or read book A Lily Among the Thorns written by Miguel A. De La Torre and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way for Christians to think about sexuality Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professorknown for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejectsboth the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. He insteaddevelops an ethic that is liberative yet grounded soundly in theBible; a sexuality that celebrates God’s gift of great sex byfostering intimacy, vulnerability and openness between lovingpartners. In A Lily Among the Thorns, De La Torre examines theBible, current events, history and our culture-at-large to show howand why racism, sexism, and classism have distortedChristianity’s central teachings about sexuality. The authorshows how the church’s traditionally negative attitudestoward sex in general—and toward women, people of color, andgays in particular—have made it difficult, if not impossible,to create a biblically based and just sexual ethic. But when theBible is read from the viewpoint of those who have beenmarginalized in our society, preconceived notions aboutChristianity and sex get turned on their heads. Taking onhot-button topics such as pornography, homosexuality, prostitution,and celibacy, the author examines how “reading from themargins” provides a liberating approach to dealing withissues of sexuality.
Download or read book Divine Sex written by Philo Thelos and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern re-examination of the Bible's references to sex strips away illegitimate religious tradition, to reveal that God views sexual pleasure as a blessing to humanity.
Download or read book Purposeful Sexuality written by Ed Shaw and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If God means for us to save sex for marriage, why doesn't he just zap us with sexuality on our wedding night? Why do most of us experience sexual feelings throughout our adult lives, not just in the safe confines of marriage? Is limiting marriage to the union of a man and a woman anything but outdated prejudice? What is our sexuality actually for? Today's culture overwhelmingly tells us that sex is essential for human flourishing. Far too often the church perpetuates the same message - as long as you are married. But far from being liberating, this idolising of sex leaves us even more sexually broken than before. With refreshing honesty and clarity, Ed Shaw calls on the church to rediscover its confidence in the Bible's teaching about our ability to experience or express sexual feelings. He points us to how God's word reveals that sexuality's ultimate purpose is to help us better know God and the full power of his passionate love. He shows us how this is surprisingly good news for all our joys and struggles with sexuality.
Download or read book The Marriage Bed an Uncompromising and Liberating Guide to Christian Sex and Intimacy in Christian Marriage written by David Martin and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-22 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have been greatly blessed by the Marriage Bed Manual! As soon as I purchased it, I put it to the test and PRAISE GOD it works!! I gained much understanding and the delivery of information with delightful. I felt pure and joyful that what my eyes were reading was pleasing to my Creator. Thank you brother, thank you sister in Christ. I'm once again in pursuit of adventures with my half in this walk of faith called marriage!!" xoxox Millie S'The Marriage Bed' is an inspired intimacy manual for married adults or for those who are seriously preparing for Christian marriage. Beautifully illustrated, the book looks at what the Scriptures teach regarding sex and intimacy, and is literally packed with spiritual and practical keys to enhance your Christian marriage, and your enjoyment and appreciation of one another in the marriage bed. The book contains tasteful but explicit content and illustrations, and is written and priced for an ADULT audience.Find out today what the Bible really says about intimacy and sex in Christian marriage...you may be surprised!God does not condemn sexual intimacy as dirty or wrong - He celebrates it as something wonderful. It is His marriage gift to man and wife.Great sex and sensitive, satisfying love-making in marriage is encouraged throughout Scripture.The Bible does not cheapen sex to a mere physical act, but recognises that it involves the whole being, spiritual delights await married couples as well as the physical joy and pleasure of love making.The Bible reveals how our bodies belong to each other,, to be honoured, cherished, protected and enjoyed as we explore what brings pleasure and fulfilment to our lifelong partner.We discover that it is trust and fidelity that provides a solid foundation for fantastic sexual experience together as we feel secure to open ourselves without fear, condemnation or shame.At the very heart of the Bible is a book that revels in the delights of sexual love between a loving husband and wife. Develop a loving trust within your marriage in the sexual arena, so your love and its expression in the bedroom can grow, develop and blossom year upon year. Incorrect Teachings have robbed many of the full joy of sexual intimacy in Christian Marriage In reality the Bible distinctly celebrates the delights of marriage, whilst warning against the spiritual and physical dangers of sexual activity outside of lifelong covenant.God has provided loving boundaries for our protection and pleasure as man and wife. Thankfully these are boundaries, designed by our loving Creator, to ensure appropriate conduct as we explore the pleasures of physical intimacy with our spouse.With the foundations in place the fruit of emotional closeness and sexual satisfaction will follow. 'The Marriage Bed' helps to place sex and intimacy in its proper context within the relationship as a whole, and encourages you as a married couple to properly communicate so that this area, as well as all others, can become a place of real pleasure and intimacy for you both.Through the Word and the Spirit we have a Guide who will lead us in to all truth - including the truths concerning Christian sex and the joy of Christian marriage.What the Bible says about oral sex (you may be surprised)What Christian sexual positions are appropriate and enjoyable (with tasteful illustrations and suggestions)How to honour one another and protect your marriage from unhealthy and destructive sexual influences and activities.How you as a Christian husband can affirm the beauty and value of your wife as God's precious gift to you, and allow her to blossom as you freely minister to her sexual and emotional needs.How you as a Christian wife can confirm the manhood and strength of your husband, and bring out the raw qualities of his manly nature that will ravish your heart.Includes Special Bonus: Romantic Ideas For Memorable Moments
Download or read book Sexual Desire and Love written by Eric Fuchs and published by Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : J. Clarke ; New York : Seabury Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a comprehensive, ground-breaking study of the Christian teaching about sexuality, Eric Fuchs surveys the 'taboos of Judaeo-Christian morality.' He looks at the ethics of sexuality as they are presented in the Bible, and by early theologians, medieval scholastics, reformers and counter-reformers, and present-day thinkers. Through it all he is concerned to answer the question: "By what mysterious alchemy did the liberating Gospel of Christ who unconditionally accepted wounded humanity become transformed into moral requirements that were so guilt forming'" Fuch's exhaustive study leads him to develop his own theological interpretation of sexuality: its liberating aspects in the fulfilment of human life, the completion of personality, end the expression of humanity's highest ideals.
Download or read book The Christian Woman s Guide to Sexuality written by Debra Evans and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day you're bombarded with a myriad of messages about how the " perfect" woman looks, thinks, dresses, and acts. And if you listen long enough, you'll forget what God has declared: that you are not just a body. You are carefully and perfectly made in every way--physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. The Bible gives you the basic plan for realizing God's design for you as a woman and a wife. But the more you know about how your mind and body work, and how they complement the way your husband's mind and body work, the more fulfilling your marriage and sexual life will be. This extensive handbook not only explores that divine design in detail, but takes a fresh, practical look at the daily physiological realities of being female. Written by a veteran woman's healthcare educator, this book gives clear biblical wisdom and accurate medical answers to the questions you have regarding your health and sexuality within marriage. Through it you'll come to fully appreciate the wonder and complexity of God's handiwork in making you just as you are. And you'll learn to be a better partner--in every way--to your husband. Understanding your distinctiveness as a woman can truly enhance your life and your marriage!
Download or read book The Secrets of Our Sexuality written by Gary R. Collins and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gift of Sex written by Clifford Penner and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Real Questions Real Answers about Sex written by Melissa McBurney and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers to real-life, nitty-gritty private questions Christians are asking about sexLouis and Melissa McBurney offer frank, humorous, sensitive, and biblically grounded answers to the thousands of sex questions readers have sent to the editors of Marriage Partnership, a publication of Christianity Today International. The authors deal with sensitive issues that need to be talked about, but within a solid spiritual, psychological, and therapeutic context. This book is perfect for newlyweds, newlyweds of 25 years, or for parents to give their engaged son or daughter who is soon to be married. The McBurney’s give frank, honest answers to real, honest questions that many Christians have always wanted to ask, but were too embarrassed or afraid.The author’s authentic, unblushing, yet thoroughly Christian perspective is presented in a two-column format. Their humor, husband-wife dialogue, and to-the-point answers provide an ideal reference for all the stages of married sex.
Download or read book The Meaning Of Sex written by Christopher Doyle, MA LPC LCPC and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of a culture where sex and gender issues are rampant, two common viewpoints exist. Unfortunately, they are both extreme. While there is an effort in the church to minister to the sexually broken, many places of worship have adopted a strict ethic that leads to a fear-based attitude towards those struggling with sexuality and gender identity. This has caused strugglers to feel alienated and wounded from the church. On the other hand, secular culture has adopted the sexual liberation message: "If it feels good, do it." Sadly, this idea has permeated the hearts and minds of too many Christians. As a result, issues such as homosexuality, gender identity confusion, and sex outside of marriage have become battlegrounds of division among the Body of Christ. With all of this discord, how do we find the true meaning of sex? In The Meaning of Sex: A New Christian Ethos, Christopher Doyle offers a compassionate and bold philosophy on how to love thy neighbor within the confines set forth by our Savior, who holds us when we struggle, loves us when we fall, and celebrates with us when we experience victory. When we collectively pursue the wholeness Jesus calls us to, the sexual ethics that bind us becomes a higher ethos that unites us. Only then, as we bare our souls to each other and become vulnerable with our own unique wounds, can we meet our struggling brothers and sisters where they are and journey towards emotional wholeness and spiritual maturity. "The Meaning of Sex: A New Christian Ethos is a masterful synthesis of Christian theology and the social sciences that has the potential to radically transform our culture in positive ways." ~ Michelle A. Cretella, M.D. (President, American College of Pediatricians) "Christopher Doyle effectively challenges cultural constructs that have led Christians away from the questions that we need to be asking, connecting the dots between a biblical narrative of sexuality and what is revealed in nature and through scientific inquiry." ~ Professor Carolyn Pela, Ph.D., LMFT (Chair, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arizona Christian University)
