| Category: |
Marriage & Family
Christian Living |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Size: | 5.5 in x 8.5 in |
| Weight: | 12.11 ounces |
| ISBN-10: | 1-58134-697-2 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-58134-697-8 |
| ISBN-UPC: | 9781581346978 |
| Case Quantity: | 40 |
| Published: | June 30, 2005 |
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Edited by John Piper, Justin Taylor, Contributions by Ben Patterson, David Powlison, R. Albert Mohler Jr., Mark Dever, Michael Lawrence, C. J. Mahaney, Carolyn McCulley, Carolyn Mahaney, Scott Croft, Matt Schmucker
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Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Edited by John Piper, Justin Taylor, Contributions by Ben Patterson, David Powlison, R. Albert Mohler Jr., Mark Dever, Michael Lawrence, C. J. Mahaney, Carolyn McCulley, Carolyn Mahaney, Scott Croft, Matt Schmucker
The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19).
But, of course, sin always tries to trash God's gifts. So we can't just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into. The contributors to this unique volume encourage you to do both: celebrate and struggle.
This book has something for all-men and women, married and single-from contributors like John Piper, C. J. and Carolyn Mahaney, Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Carolyn McCulley, and others.
Editors:
John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence.
Justin Taylor (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher at Crossway. He has edited and contributed to several books, and he blogs at Between Two Worlds—hosted by the Gospel Coalition.
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Endorsements
"This is the rare book that delivers more than it promises. Pick it up to learn about the true joy of sex: you will, and you'll also learn about the joy of God."
Marvin Olasky
"This book is a glorious start to forming a Christian mind that expresses delight in God's gift of marital intimacy-a Christian mind that so desires to delight in that which God delights in that it revels in rejecting the cheap substitutes pawned off on this passing age as true pleasure. Instead, it only finds satisfaction in what is purest and highest and noblest and best."
Ligon Duncan, Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary
"The contributors to this volume have provided a refreshing, insightful, and much-needed treatment of this sacred subject, calling us to bring our thoughts and lives into captivity to the supremacy of Christ, and to reflect our ravishment with our heavenly Bridegroom in our sexuality. I pray that this resource will make a profound difference in how God's people think and live."
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, author; Founder, Revive Our Hearts and True Woman
"Sex is a wonderful gift from God, but it makes a terrible idol, brutal and unyielding in the misery it inflicts. These authors are a breath of fresh air, because unlike our culture's self-proclaimed 'sexperts,' they respect biblical authority and warmly embrace the Lordship of Christ. Hence, they can lift up the torch of divine truth and expose the enemy's lies about sex that have penetrated not only the darkest corners of our culture, but of our churches."
Randy Alcorn, author, Heaven; If God Is Good; and The Treasure Principle
"In a culture that's desperately asking sex to be the alpha and omega, this book shows how sex is better when Christ is the Alpha and Omega."
Andrée Seu Peterson, Senior Writer, World magazine