#450 Breaking the Marriage Idol

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

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Julislattery, Society & Culture, Authenticintimacy, Ihatesex, Christian, Relationships, Pornography, Biblicalsexuality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Ismasturbationasin

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We're just gonna to say it. There's an unspoken assumption in the Church that if you're single there must something wrong with you—and that marriage can fix it. Are you guilty of having this thought? Join the converstion about how we've idolized marriage and how we can do better.

Guest: Dr. Kutter Callaway (www.kuttercallaway.com)

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0:00.0	Marriage is, a riff on the book title, is an icon, and we tend to turn it into an idol.
0:07.0	Similar to any sort of idolatrous tendency, we take a good, a God created good, and it becomes disoriented and misdirected.
0:15.0	That part of idolatry is what I'm trying to kind of poke at.
0:19.0	Well, hey, friend.
0:22.1	Welcome to Java with Julie.
0:24.6	I'm Julie Slattery, and thanks for joining me.
0:30.4	This podcast is a listener-supported outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.
0:33.5	So to kick things off today, let me ask you a question.
0:36.6	Should marriage be expected of Christians?
0:39.7	Should all Christians pursue marriage? And it is marriage and sex the only plan that God has for intimacy?
0:45.6	Well, okay, that was more than one question. But if you've been listening to this podcast for long,
0:50.6	you'll know that nothing's quite so simple around here. While you hear all kinds of
0:55.6	amazing things about God's Design for Marriage on this podcast, I hope you also hear that we've
1:00.8	overlooked and underestimated the beautiful, unique, and effective gifts that single Christians
1:06.0	bring to the body of Christ. And that's what we're going to talk about today in my conversation with Dr. Cutter
1:11.9	Callaway. Cutter is an associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.
1:18.3	He frequently participates in public conversations about religion, spirituality, and culture
1:23.6	with other artists, filmmakers, and industry leaders. Cutter has written several books,
1:29.0	including the one that this conversation is centered around. It's called Breaking the Marriage
1:33.5	Idol, Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms. You know, any good gift from God can become
1:39.7	an idol in our hearts and in our community. Cutter and I had a compelling conversation about how American Christianity has perhaps
1:47.9	led to the idolization of marriage.
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