So I was talking to a man in Christian ministry about a month ago. I was actually on a podcast with him.

And he was talking to me about what we do at authentic intimacy. And so I threw a question back at him.

And I said, why do you think that God created us as sexual people? And he said, well, to have babies. And I said, well, God could have created us to have babies in many

different ways. He didn't have to choose sex. Like, you could just push a button and you have a baby.

You could shake hands and you have a baby. But why did he create it the way you did? And he said, well,

maybe also for pleasure. And I said, well, you just

eliminated the purpose of our sexuality for every single person. They're not going to have

babies. If they're not married and having sex, they're not going to experience sexual pleasure.

So why are single people sexual? And yes, single people are sexual by God's design.

God has a purpose in your sexuality if you're single, if you're divorced, if you're widowed.

But what's the purpose?

The purpose is that sexuality is a powerful metaphor that teaches us about God's covenant love.

Well, we just have a new way of opening Java with Julie today.

I know. People are like, well, that's weird to hear Julie teach at the job.

Julie sounds very formal in the coffee shop today.

That was not recorded in the coffee job.

Yeah, this is a special episode.

This is one of our rethinking sexuality episodes.

And we're going to be talking about marriage, about sexuality and marriage in particular, even though that clip was also talking about singleness.

Yeah, and we've been talking about this new book, which is also a curriculum used for small groups and for an e-course of really helping men and women have and understand a biblical narrative around sexuality.

Last week, we talked all about how that applies to you.

And yeah, like Julie said, we're really looking through this marriage lens today.

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