How Purity Culture Messed With Our Sexual Desire, #610
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
If you grew up in church in the 90s or early 2000s, you probably received some confusing messages about sex and desire. This week, Juli and Hannah unpack how those messages shaped our understanding of sexuality and purity—and why so many Christians still struggle to say "yes, yes, yes" after years of "no, no, no."
This conversation will remind you that God is not ashamed of your sexuality and invite you into healing, wholeness, and the truth about your sexuality.
Co-host: Hannah Nitz
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Follow-up Resources:
25 Questions You're Afraid to Ask about Love, Sex, and Intimacy by Dr. Juli Slattery
Passion Pursuit: What Kind of Love Are You Making? (A 10-Week Study Through the Song of Solomon)
Hot Topic Kit: Building a Great Sex Life
Java #608 Purity Culture, Shame & the Grace of God with Dannah Gresh
What Do I Do With My Sexual Desires? (blog)
Video Q&A: What's the difference between sexual purity and sexual integrity?
Video Q&A: What's the purpose of my sexuality as a single?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey there, welcome to another episode of Java with Julie. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm your host, Julie Slattery. |
| 0:07.6 | And this podcast is an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to helping you make |
| 0:12.8 | sense of God and sexuality. |
| 0:15.1 | Hannah, thanks for joining me again. |
| 0:17.0 | Thanks, Julie. |
| 0:18.0 | Anytime. |
| 0:19.0 | Yeah, we've been hanging out quite often lately. |
| 0:20.7 | I know. |
| 0:21.6 | Do you have like something you want to talk to me about that you keep asking me on or |
| 0:25.6 | just are like, let's keep bringing our back. |
| 0:28.6 | Well, I'm coming back. |
| 0:30.6 | And today I'm coming back with a little throwback. |
| 0:33.6 | Julie, I, as a millennial, get a lot of targeted Instagram videos about what it was like growing up millennial, which just is a sign that I'm getting older. |
| 0:47.1 | Because when you're a kid, they don't make videos like that. |
| 0:49.2 | Do you mean? |
| 0:49.6 | Because you're living it. |
| 0:50.5 | Yep. |
| 0:50.8 | But now that, you know, we're all turning 40, there's throwback stuff. |
| 0:54.4 | You're all turning 40. I'm not. |
| 0:56.4 | You've passed the 40. Yeah, way fat. Not much. Not much. Yeah, quite a bit. But anyway, |
| 1:02.1 | today we're doing a little throwback, thinking about those early 90s, 2000s times. |
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