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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.8344
EAN: 9780802807434
ISBN: 0802807437
Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 244
Publication Date: 1994-05
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 96997
Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Considered one of the definitive statements on sex and sexuality from a Christian perspective, Sex for Christians offers frank yet compassionate discussion that is at once refreshingly open-minded and strongly biblical. This edition adds discussions of AIDS and talk of 'safe sex', cohabitation, homosexuality, and the need to develop Christian strategies regarding sex.
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Rating:  - Best book for Christians dealing with premarital sexuality
I'm an adult Christian who has abstained from premarital sex for religious reasons, but wanted to do some reading on the subject as a sort of clarification of my religious reasoning. I bought several books with a related theme, and this one was far and away the best (the others were Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren Winner, Boundaries in Dating by Henry Cloud & John Townsend, and When God Writes Your Love Story by Eric & Leslie Ludy). The others (to varying degrees) seemed less plausible in the real world, or geared toward people in the 17-21 range. Sex for Christians, however, seems to be firmly aware of what's going on in the modern world, despite the fact that it was first published in 1976.
The bible is involved with Smedes' text, but it is not the sole reason for Smedes' explanations. In addition, he provides several questions to help discern what is spiritually desirable, and what is not. Smedes offers a balanced view of sex within a Christian framework, and it's the best text on the subject that I've found.
Rating:  - reccomended
Lauren Winner reccomeded reading this book for Christians. Core message in this book is biblical, which doesn't change with culture generation to generation.
Rating: - Not for immature Christians!!
If the utterly clique, tired, and EMPTY "Christian" modern teachings on sex that you usually hear has left you wanting, this book is for you. If you're looking to justify what you've already decided to believe...well then...this book, along with every book in existence, is not for you. This book cuts through all the moralism and legalism that sexually insecure Christians spew and gets straight to the heart of matters.
Rating: - An open and honest view on sexuality.
This book is very straightforward about sex and its relationship to people. In college, this was one of our textbooks for an Ethics class, and I remember being impressed with its view of sex as a joyful, beautiful and SACRED part of a marriage. It seems that with media we get a "do it all you want/can" morality that leaves out the sacred/spiritual part of a person, so this book is a good balance to that view.
I plan to give this book to my eldest niece for her 13th birthday so that she has another perspective from which to view sex and to make her own decisions about her body and her sexuality.
I wasn't too keen about the view of homosexuality in this book, but I tend to be more liberal about the gay lifestlye than most of the fundamental Christianity camp.
Rating: - The Joy God Means Us To Have
This is THE best book I've ever read on the subject. Smedes presents a biblically sound view of sex and in so doing allows Christ to bring joy and freedom to our whole person.
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