Song of Solomon's 10 Keys to Love, Sex & Marriage | Christian Relationship Principles
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
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Summary
What does the Bible really say about sex, romance, and marriage? Pastor Todd Fletcher joins us to break down 10 powerful keys drawn from King Solomon's life and writings — including Song of Solomon, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes — that can transform your relationship and marriage.
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In this episode, we cover:
✅ Rejecting the sins of your parents
✅ How to choose a godly spouse
✅ Why avoiding sexual sin protects your future
✅ The importance of faithfulness in marriage
✅ Pursuing excellence together as a couple
✅ Making your wedding day special
✅ Taking courtship and dating seriously
✅ Enjoying marital intimacy as a gift from God
✅ How to work through conflict and marital problems
✅ Building a new life together — for the long haul
Todd Fletcher has been the lead pastor of Chapel in the Hills Church in Golden, Colorado for 12 years and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Song of Solomon.
Whether you're single, dating, engaged, or married for decades — this conversation is packed with timeless biblical wisdom on love and relationships.
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📖 Song of Solomon | Proverbs 5 | Ecclesiastes 7 | 1 Corinthians 7
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| 0:00.0 | There's a section in the Bible reading plan that when I was younger, I skipped. |
| 0:21.8 | And not because I didn't think it was the word of God, but because I felt almost like, I don't know. Like even when we talk about wisdom literature, we say, you know, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. Yeah. But you've looked at the life of King Solomon. This is a guy, I mean, tell me if my numbers are wrong. |
| 0:24.2 | 300 wives, 700 concubines. |
| 0:22.2 | He has... Thomas Solomon. But you've looked at the life of King Solomon. This is a guy, I mean, tell me if my numbers are wrong. 300 wives, 700 concubines. |
| 0:24.9 | He had a lot of women in his life. |
| 0:27.7 | And yet, ironically, the one book in the Bible that is dedicated to romance is penned by the |
| 0:34.3 | guy that maybe abused the subject the most. |
| 0:36.8 | Exactly. |
| 0:41.3 | In Christian circles, oftentimes, we don't talk about sex or intimacy because, you know, it's just inappropriate. |
| 0:43.8 | Christians, it's not noble or something. |
| 0:45.4 | Yeah, it's not noble. |
| 0:46.5 | It's kind of, some people see it as inherently dirty. |
| 0:49.7 | It's just a thing that that's what the world does, but who created sex? |
| 0:54.1 | You know, God created sex. |
| 0:55.5 | It's a gift that the Lord has given within the confines of marriage. |
| 1:00.4 | You've written extensively on it. |
| 1:02.4 | You did your dissertation on it. |
| 1:03.9 | You've condensed that into basically 10 keys to life, sex, romance, |
| 1:09.5 | that are a derivative of King Solomon's wisdom. |
| 1:13.1 | Talk to me a little bit about it. |
| 1:14.7 | And then let's dive into those 10 keys. |
| 1:23.2 | Todd, thanks for sitting down. |
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