Real Sex
The Naked Truth About Chastity
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, [2005]
Format: Book
Description: 175 pages ; 23 cm
SEX. Splashed across magazine covers, billboards, and computer screens--sex is casual, aggressive, and absolutely everywhere. And everybody's doing it, right?
In Real Sex, heralded young author Lauren F. Winner speaks candidly to Christians about the difficulty--and the importance--of sexual chastity. With honesty and wit, she talks about her struggle to live a celibate life. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," Winner grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in Scripture. She confronts cultural lies about sex and challenges how we talk about sex in church. Her biblically grounded observations and suggestions will be especially valuable to unmarried Christians struggling with the sexual mania of today's culture.
Real Sex is essential reading for Christians grappling with chastity and a valuable tool for pastors.
In Real Sex, heralded young author Lauren F. Winner speaks candidly to Christians about the difficulty--and the importance--of sexual chastity. With honesty and wit, she talks about her struggle to live a celibate life. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin," Winner grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in Scripture. She confronts cultural lies about sex and challenges how we talk about sex in church. Her biblically grounded observations and suggestions will be especially valuable to unmarried Christians struggling with the sexual mania of today's culture.
Real Sex is essential reading for Christians grappling with chastity and a valuable tool for pastors.
Contents:
Unchaste confessions : or, why we need another book about sex -- Part One: Talking about sex. Real sex : creation, Scripture, and the case for sex in marriage -- Communal sex : or, why your neighbor asks what you did last night -- Straight talk I: Lies our culture tells about sex -- Straight talk II: Lies the church tells about sex -- Part Two: Practicing chastity. On the steps of the rotunda : line-drawing and formation -- Chastity as spiritual discipline : caring more about character than cleavage -- Communities of chastity : what singleness teaches the church -- Responding to M. : the practicalities of repentance.
ISBN:
158743069X
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RELIGION Christian Life Win | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172).