Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot - Mo Isom

Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot

By Mo Isom

  • Release Date: 2018-03-06
  • Genre: Christianity
Score: 5
5
From 53 Ratings

Description

Sex. In a world overwhelmingly obsessed with it, why is the church so silent about it? While our secular culture twists, perverts, cheapens, and idolizes sex, there are gaping holes in the church's guidance of young people. The result is generations of sexually illiterate people drowning in the repercussions of overwhelming sin struggles.

Enough is enough, says Mo Isom. With raw vulnerability and a bold spirit, she shares her own sexual testimony, opening up the conversation about misguided rule-following, virginity, temptation, porn, promiscuity, false sex-pectations, sex in marriage, and more and calling readers back to God's original design for sex--a way to worship and glorify him. This book is for the young person tangled up in an addiction to pornography, for the girlfriend feeling pressured to go further, for the "good girl" who followed the rules and saved herself for marriage and then was confused and disappointed, for the married couple who use sex as a bargaining tool, for every person who casually watches sex play out in TV and movies and wonders why they're dissatisfied with the real thing, and for every confused or hurting person in-between. 

Sex was God's idea. It's time we invited him back into the bedroom.

Reviews

  • Real

    5
    By donnaL.
    The words in this book have touched my heart and mind , the Holy Spirit talking through the pages . Moisom has taught me so much about myself as a woman ! How my needs are not sinful, but they should be met at the precious time that God has established . We can enjoy sex under a holy covenant and rules before that are not meant to slave us but rather to protect and form a strong character in each of us. Redemption is available for us even after all of our mistakes . Grace is still here for us to find . We need to love God above everything else because he has been merciful to us . Seek first the kingdom of heaven and everything else will be given to you. God’s will for our lives is far greater and more amazing than anything we can imagine .
  • Amazing!!

    5
    By Stacey😀
    This book was such a great interpretation of Gods love and redemption. It should be read by teens, young adults, single, and married people.
  • Amazing

    5
    By Bubba207
    Phenomenal book and very helpful. This book will approach everything that the church forgot to mention or are too afraid to tackle with both wisdom and love. Loved reading every page.
  • In Awe

    5
    By angel.casanova
    This booked reminded me of my worth. It makes me realize the love that Christ has for me on a whole different level. It had me in TEARS when the realization hit me. God is in us..& experiencing life within us so all have a different story and so thankful for my own & how it doesn’t look like anyone else’s..I don’t want it to. I’m more than thankful for the peace this book has given me.
  • FORGOTTEN CONVERSATIONS!!

    5
    By LGHudson
    Lghudson, MS Finally someone has been obedient and bold enough to step forward and write a book on the conversations churches have long neglected to have with young people. Unfortunately, it seems so have most of their parents. The conversations are about SEX. Just saying the word out loud will raise the eyebrows of everyone around you! As the church we’ve forgotten to talk about the whys. Mo Aiken tackles this task in a soul bearing book that proves she’s paid her dues in the area of dealing with sexual temptations and pornography. More importantly she knows there’s a way out of the bondage that comes from being a slave to that temptation. She writes that we should strive for purity above all because it is a condition of the heart. Nothing is sugarcoated in this book! The good news is that she reveals the answer to your soul’s deepest longings, desires and needs. It’s not an easy path but it’s the only path to true freedom and redemption. We’ve forgotten to start from the beginning and share why and what should frame and guide our sexual understanding. She writes, “We need to hear more than ‘do this, don’t do that.’ We need to know why it matters to listen and obey in the first place. Because most of our sexual sin struggles grow out of our lack of a deep-rooted understanding of what sex is, how God sees us, why God calls us to what He does, and why obedience to that calling is worth the sacrifice.” Aiken points out that most people see the holy and hope-filled Word of God as a rule book rather than a love letter written to our hearts. As you peruse this book, Aiken will leave you with no doubt that the Bible is a layered and wisdom-soaked love letter gently explaining the deep-rooted whys that compel us to live differently from the start. I was provided an ARC of this book by the Publisher and NetGalley. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and without influence.