__"It's rare to find a Christian book about sex that is real and helpful and honest. God Loves Sex is all of that and more."--Donald Miller, bestselling author of Blue Like Jazz and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years  
  
The church's stance on sexual matters has been clear throughout history: all sexual activity outside the boundaries of Christian marriage is sin. So we hide our struggles and pretend to live above the erotic fray, or else we embrace the culture's redefinition of what is acceptable. But in this book Allender and Longman explore what the Bible really says about sexual desire and sexual intimacy.  
 God Loves Sex offers a truly liberating, godly view of holy sensuality by recovering the clear meaning of the Song of Songs as God-sanctioned eroticism. Then it uses that lens to answer questions posed by a fictional new Christian struggling with expectations of sexual purity. It asks provocative questions, such as What does it mean to be both holy and filled with rich sexual desire? and How can our sexual struggles take us deeper into the purposes of God?   
Pairing psychological insight with sound biblical scholarship, the authors bring desire and sex out into the open, allowing Christians of any age and any marital status to understand sex the way God meant it to be.  
  
"This is not your average Christian book on sex. This is something better--and it is going to bring clarity, healing, and hope to a lot of people."--__John Eldredge__, author of Wild at Heart  
  
"I have always loved the Song of Songs, but this book gives me a rich picture of how it can help us to something deeper in our marriage. So healing!"--__Stasi Eldredge__, author of Captivating and Becoming Myself  
  
"In a world where sex most often lives in confusion, perversion, compulsion, guilt, and shame, it is wonderful that Allender and Longman use the Bible's sex song to restore sex to its original created beauty."--__Paul David Tripp__, author of Sex &amp; Money  __Dan B. Allender__ is professor of counseling psychology and is former president of Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of several books, including The Wounded Heart.  
 __Tremper Longman III__ is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in California. He has authored, coauthored, or edited numerous books, including The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary and commentaries on several biblical books, including Song of Songs.

__Dan B. Allender__ (MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, Michigan State University) is professor of counseling psychology and is former president of Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington. He travels and speaks extensively on sexual-abuse recovery, love and forgiveness, worship and other related topics. Allender is the author of nine books, including The Wounded Heart, which has sold over 400,000 copies.  
 __Tremper Longman III__ (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in California. He has authored, coauthored, or edited numerous books, including An Introduction to the Old Testament, How to Read Proverbs, The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary, and commentaries on Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Jeremiah and Lamentations, and Daniel.

We live in a sexually mad world where God's gift of sex has been distorted through pornography, promiscuity, prostitution, abuse, trafficking, and rape. The church's position on sexual matters has been made clear throughout history: all sexual activity outside the boundaries of Christian marriage is sin. But rarely has the church honestly addressed the true needs of Christians who are struggling with sexual desires they believe to be counter to the Bible. So we hide our struggles and pretend to live above the erotic fray, or else we cozy up to the culture's redefinition of which sins are acceptable. But what does the Bible really say about sexual desire and sexual intimacy?  
 God Loves Sex offers a truly liberating, godly view of holy sensuality by recovering the clear meaning of the Song of Songs as God-sanctioned eroticism. Then it uses that lens to answer questions posed by a fictional new Christian struggling with expectations of sexual purity. It asks provocative questions, such as What does it mean to be both holy and filled with rich sexual desire? and How can our sexual struggles take us deeper into the purposes of God?   
Pairing psychological insight with sound biblical scholarship, Allender and Longman bring it all out into the open, allowing Christians of any age and any marital status to discover sex the way God meant it to be.

A psychologist and a biblical scholar use a unique blend of fiction and biblical teaching to reveal the honest to goodness truth about desire, beauty, physical intimacy, sexual struggles, and the glory of sex.

\["For Christians seeking a biblical view of sexuality", "Addresses struggles with sexual desires and shame", "You will find liberation in understanding God's gift of sex"\]

This eBook reveals God's true design for sexuality and intimacy.

Allender, Dan B. ;Longman, Tremper,III

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Song of Songs

2. Roped In

3. Before the Bible Study on Desire

4. The Dance of Desire

5. After the Bible Study on Desire

6. Before the Bible Study on Beauty

7. The Intrigue of Beauty

8. After the Bible Study on Beauty

9. The Sad Sexual Tales of My Friend

10. The Fantasy of Sexual Play

11. Before the Bible Study on Struggles

12. The Struggle toward Intimacy (Part 1)

13. The Struggle toward Intimacy (Part 2)

14. After the Bible Study on Struggles

15. Before the Bible Study on Glory

16. The Glory of Sex

17. Tears of Laughter

Conclusion

Notes

About the Authors

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We live in a sexually mad world where God's gift of sex has been distorted through pornography, promiscuity, prostitution, abuse, trafficking, and rape. The church's position on sexual matters has been made clear throughout history: all sexual activity outside the boundaries of Christian marriage is sin. But rarely has the church honestly addressed the true needs of Christians who are struggling with sexual desires they believe to be counter to the Bible. So we hide our struggles and pretend to live above the erotic fray, or else we cozy up to the culture's redefinition of which sins are acceptable. But what does the Bible really say about sexual desire and sexual intimacy?  
  
God Loves Sexoffers a truly liberating, godly view of holy sensuality by recovering the clear meaning of the Song of Songs as God-sanctioned eroticism. Then it uses that lens to answer questions posed by a fictional new Christian struggling with expectations of sexual purity. It asks provocative questions, such asWhat does it mean to be both holy and filled with rich sexual desire?andHow can our sexual struggles take us deeper into the purposes of God?  
  
Pairing psychological insight with sound biblical scholarship, Allender and Longman bring it all out into the open, allowing Christians of any age and any marital status to discover sex the way God meant it to be.

\["For Christians wanting to understand sexual desire", "Addresses confusion around sex and holiness", "You will embrace a healthier view of intimacy"\]

This book explores the beauty of sexual desire through a biblical lens.

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