Off the Shelf: Sex, Dating, and Relationships :: Blog

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Books that have caught my eye.

Sex, Dating, and Relationships: A Fresh Approach

By Gerald Hiestand and Jay Thomas
Considering the pervasive immorality and high divorce rate of our contemporary Christian culture, we evidently need a biblically based, theologically compelling, practical understanding of sex, dating, and relationships. Pastors Gerald Hiestand and Jay Thomas counteract this problem with their paradigm-shifting view of purity and relationships?a view that challenges even the basic assumptions of evangelical subculture.

Unlike most books on dating, this one cuts straight to the heart of dating relationships, asserting with confidence that the line must be drawn at ?no sexual activity? whatever. Few have dared to define and apply the Bible?s understanding of purity in premarital relationships to this degree, but Heistand and Thomas have done it. Furthermore, both authors are vocational pastors who communicate regularly with the target audience and have a proven ability to express biblical truth in a winsome and compelling manner. Sex, Dating, and Relationships adds a new, almost provocative voice to the conversation that, with straightforward theological insight, pleads with Christians to get serious about honoring Christ with their sexuality.

While sometimes it seems as if there is nothing left for Christians to say about sex, I?m looking forward to this book. When Jay Thomas was the college pastor at College Church, I found his teaching to be biblical and powerful. Jay is wise beyond his years.

Source: http://stanguthrie.com/2012/02/off-the-shelf-sex-dating-and-relationships/

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