When we are

fail to know the difference between love and sex,

we are doomed to fail in both our relationships and our sexuality.

What is the difference between love and sex? It's been lost in our day,

but if you don't get it right, you'll never have a relationship that you really want.

That's today. Stay with me.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are a discipleship

driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like Christians.

And we're in the middle of our series, Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships.

And as Chip hinted, today he's addressing a big topic that impacts every married couple.

Whether you're newlyweds or been together for decades, how you think about an approach physical

intimacy is key to a healthy relationship.

Well, Chip has a lot to share, so let's dive in.

Go in your Bible to Ephesians chapter 5, beginning in verse 3.

When you hear the word love and sex in the same sentence,

a lot of people think they're the same thing.

But I'm going to talk today about why knowing the difference makes all the difference in the world.

Have three specific stories I want to tell.

I could tell a thousand of them probably.

The names would be changed, but they're true of younger people and older people and single people and married people and divorce people.

But this confusion about love and sex keeps us from having the kind of love, the kind of sex, and the kind of lasting relationships that God really wants.

The first two stories are going to be told through the eyes of a counselor who interviewed these people, Les and Leslie Parrot,

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