Rethinking Godly Sexuality in Your Marriage (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Dr. Juli Slattery recognizes that many couples possess a poor foundation for understanding God’s design for intimacy — that our sexual relationship is a metaphor for the intimacy God longs to have with each one of us. Therefore, God is very interested in our sexuality and, in fact, designed sex for our pleasure. She encourages married couples to have “covenant love” rather than contractual love. (Part 2 of 2)

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0:00.0	Today, on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, we're coming back to a common challenge that leaves many husbands and wives frustrated and ashamed, maybe even heartbroken about their relationship.
0:11.8	It's the topic of intimacy and marriage, and this obviously isn't going to be suitable for younger listeners, so direct their attention elsewhere.
0:19.4	Your host is Focus President and author Jim Daly,
0:22.1	and I'm John Fuller. John, we had a very important and frank conversation with Dr. Julie
0:26.4	Slattery last time, and we discussed why so many Christian couples struggle in this area of intimacy.
0:34.1	Not to load guilt onto anyone, but it is a struggle. We hear from many, many couples here
0:40.1	at Focus on the Family about that difficulty. And many Christians don't seem to have a healthy
0:46.0	understanding of God's design for sexuality. Let's remember, he created it within the context of
0:52.0	marriage as a gift, right? And I'm so grateful Julie has written this wonderful book, God's, Sex, and Your Marriage.
0:59.5	Even that title can make people feel uncomfortable and kind of squirm.
1:03.7	Is it okay to say God, sex, and marriage all in the same sentence?
1:08.4	But again, it's critically important for us to address this
1:11.6	topic because we in the Christian community should be the role models for how God intended
1:17.1	our sexuality to work. And I'm looking forward to continuing this conversation. And if you
1:22.7	missed the program last time, go to the website. You can download the audio or get our smartphone app so you can listen
1:29.5	to the whole inventory of content whenever you like. Yeah, and this show is also on YouTube,
1:35.1	so go check it out there and watch it. And let us know if you have any questions or feedback
1:39.7	about what Dr. Slattery has shared previously or today. And if you'd like to get a copy of her book,
1:45.7	it's called God, Sex, and Your Marriage.
1:47.7	Give us a call, 800, the letter A, and the word family.
1:51.0	Or stop by the episode notes, we've got the link right there for you.
1:54.4	Julie, it's great to have you back.
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