In this highlight episode, we explore how our intimate sexual experience is meant to point to something higher. Go beyond the sheets ... zoom out and see the big picture to experience greater meaning and fulfillment. And don't miss the more in-depth conversation with Dr. Juli Slattery of Authentic Intimacy in episode 242 - available on your favorite listening app or streaming on the show notes page.
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Go Further — Sex & the Really Big Picture
Dr. Juli Slattery
Dr. Juli Slattery is a clinical psychologist, author, and co-founder of Authentic Intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God’s design for sexuality. In addition to speaking, she hosts the podcast Java with Juli. In 2020, Juli launched Sexual Discipleship®, an online platform to equip Christian leaders for gospel-centered conversations about sexual issues. She’s the author of twelve books, including Rethinking Sexuality; Passion Pursuit; and Sex & the Single Girl. She and her husband Mike live in Akron, Ohio, and have three grown sons.
Authentic Intimacy Authentic Intimacy is a unique teaching ministry devoted to teaching on God’s design for intimacy and sexuality.
Sexual Discipleship A ministry of AuthenticIntimacy.com. Sexual Discipleship is an approach to sexuality that integrates all sexual conversations into the larger call to “make disciples.”
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Many Christian books talk about sexual issues within broader works on marriage, but few resources comprehensively and biblically guide couples specifically on sexual intimacy. God, Sex, and Your Marriage challenges the common assumptions couples have about sexuality and presents the richer biblical narrative of sex as a metaphor of God’s covenant love.
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Resources
A Road Map to Sexual Integrity in the Midst of Sexual Brokenness (Authentic Intimacy blog)
The Power of Women to Create Intimacy in Marriage -- Dr. Juli Slattery (Jesus Smart podcast)
Sex & the really big picture — scripture for meditation, prayer, and proclamation
Eat, friends; Drink and drink deeply, lovers. Song of Solomon 5:1 NASB
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2 NASB
And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17 NKJV