Does God Really Care if We Move in Together?, #598
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Maybe you're already living together.
Maybe this topic feels uncomfortable.
Maybe you've never questioned it before.
This week, Juli unpacks what God says about living together before marriage, what (secular) research is telling us, and how covenant—not convenience—creates lasting security.
Co-hosts: Hannah Nitz & Joe Caruso
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Q&A: Is God okay with me having sex with someone I love even if we're not married?
Q&A: What is the difference between sexual integrity and purity?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to Job with Julie, and I am so glad that you are here with me today for this conversation |
| 0:07.0 | where you're going to be talking about cohabitation, which is a hot topic. So if you're new to this |
| 0:13.1 | podcast, I'm Julie Slattery, and this is an outreach of authentic intimacy, which is a ministry |
| 0:17.8 | dedicated to helping you make sense of God and all kinds of sexual issues, |
| 0:22.4 | including this one. And to unpack this topic with me today are Hannah Knits and Joe Caruso. |
| 0:29.6 | So thanks so much for being back in the studio with me. Welcome back, guys. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 0:34.8 | It's good to be here. Now, Joe, you are a pastor at Grace Church |
| 0:38.2 | here in my hometown Akron, Ohio, and you are also on the board of authentic intimacy. This is |
| 0:45.1 | the third time that you and Hannah have joined me in the studio this year, so I'm glad we haven't |
| 0:50.0 | scared you off yet. Not yet, not yet. Hannah's getting close, but... There you go. Joe, come on. Cut to the heart. |
| 1:00.2 | And Hannah, you need no introduction to job with Julie listeners. People always come up to me and say, |
| 1:06.9 | I love Hannah's laugh. You know what? I have a short list, Julie, of people I always say yes to. And I've told you this many times over the years, but you're on the list. So you're like, hey, come talk about masturbation. I'm like, unfortunately, I have to say yes to this because I always say yes to Julie. Well, is this one a little easier? This one's way easier than masturbation. Good. Personally, I feel like. |
| 1:27.9 | But yes. |
| 1:28.8 | I mean, we're talking about living together. |
| 1:30.1 | I don't know. |
| 1:45.7 | Is it easier? Maybe not. Because it's something that I think has just been widely accepted as the new common practice even within the church. So maybe it's harder than masturbation. Yeah, I don't know. for some of our listeners, it might be because this is a very personal issue for them. |
| 1:44.9 | Culture has made this a stronger assumption that, of course, this one's okay. |
| 1:49.5 | Of course. And that's where it gets more difficult. Yes. But yeah, so Julie, we are so excited that in |
| 1:55.1 | June, you know, we are releasing a new version of your book called 25 questions you're afraid to ask about love, |
| 2:03.2 | sex, and intimacy. And authentic intimacy as a team was like, you know what, let's start talking |
| 2:08.5 | about some of these questions now as we get closer to the release of that book. And this question |
| 2:13.4 | is high on the list of things that come in. So a question a lot of people are asking, but maybe not |
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