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Purposeful Sexuality
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21 January 2021

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 Is limiting marriage to the union of a man and a woman anything but outdated prejudice?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.
1 Why is talking about sexuality so difficult? 1
2 What is sexuality for? 9
3 What is sexuality really for? 17
4 How does this help us? Part 1 26
5 How does this help us? Part 2 36
6 What does God do to help us? 44
Questions for reflection 57
Notes 58
Acknowledgments 64
Further reading 65