Ep 923 | What Purity Culture Got Wrong | Guest: Dr. Lina AbuJamra

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Today we're joined by pediatric ER doctor and founder of Living with Power Ministries Dr. Lina AbuJamra to discuss her book, "Don't Tell Anyone You're Reading This: A Christian Doctor's Thoughts on Sex, Shame, and Other Troublesome Issues." We start off with Lina's story of growing up in Lebanon, going to medical school, and her faith journey. She shares how her upbringing shaped her perspective on dating and how a relationship she had placed hope in didn't work out, leading her to feel betrayed by God. We discuss how she fell into the prosperity gospel of sex and marriage and how God redeemed this. Then, did purity culture fail the church? And what does it mean to walk in sexual purity and holiness, whether you're single, married, or engaged? We talk about the shame and stigma or purity and virginity even within the evangelical world and explain why it's more important than ever in our hypersexualized culture to understand that Jesus is worth facing these issues straight on. --- Timecodes: (02:13) Growing up in Lebanon & moving to the U.S. (15:23) Deconstruction / prosperity gospel (18:59) Purity culture (26:15) 'Old Testament God' & laws (29:25) 'Worse' sexual sins (38:00) Inerrancy of scripture (41:41) Christian leaders' sexual failures / Gen X leaders (56:20) Same sex-attraction (01:03:00) Response to sexual sin --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers — get 10% OFF your box today at GoodRanchers.com – make sure to use code 'ALLIE' when you subscribe. Reliefband — save 20% off plus free shipping at Reliefband.com when you use promo code 'ALLIE'! Pre-Born — Will you help rescue babies' lives? Donate by calling #250 & say keyword 'BABY' or go to Preborn.com/ALLIE. Help us reach Blaze's goal of 70,000 ultrasounds in 2023! CrowdHealth — get your first 6 months for just $99/month. Use promo code 'ALLIE' when you sign up at JoinCrowdHealth.com. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 908 | Calling Out Cru’s LGBTQ Compromise https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-908-calling-out-crus-lgbtq-compromise/id1359249098?i=1000634953278 Ep 904 | My Response to Andy Stanley's LGBTQ Sermon https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-904-my-response-to-andy-stanleys-lgbtq-sermon/id1359249098?i=1000634183444 Ep 782 | 'Pronoun Hospitality' Is Sin: Rosaria Butterfield’s Confession https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-782-pronoun-hospitality-is-sin-rosaria-butterfields/id1359249098?i=1000607404995 Ep 796 | Former Lesbian Activist Calls “Soft” Christians to Repentance | Guest: Rosaria Butterfield https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-796-former-lesbian-activist-calls-soft-christians/id1359249098?i=1000610921016 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	Did purity culture fail the church?
0:53.1	What does it really mean to walk in purity as a Christian?
0:56.3	Is it just to be straight?
0:57.7	Is it just to not look at porn?
0:59.4	Is it just to be married?
1:01.9	What is it?
1:02.8	Today we have an expert on this topic.
1:05.0	We've got a Christian author and ER, Dr.
1:08.2	Elina Abu Jamra.
1:09.6	She is here to talk about her latest book on this subject and to discuss this from the
1:14.7	perspective of someone who is 51 and single and who has learned what it really
1:20.6	means to walk in sexual purity and holiness before the Lord
1:24.9	whether you are single or dating or engaged or married is a really interesting
1:30.4	conversation you'll find that she has a lot to say and she's so
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