Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Contributors: John Piper (Editor); Justin Taylor (Editor)
Edition: Pap/DVD edition
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: June 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781581346978
Subjects: Sex; Religion - Christian Life; Christianity - Christian Life - Sexuality; Religion; Religious aspects; Christian Life - Sexuality; Religion / Christian Life; Christianity - Christian Life - General; Christian Life - General; Parenting - General; Christianity
First sentence: There is a connection between the beheadings of Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong and Nick Berg and Paul Johnson and Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, and this book on Sex and the Supremacy of Christ.
Description: Book summary: The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19). But, of course, sin always tries to trash God's gifts. So we can't just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into. The contributors to this unique volume encourage you to do both: celebrate and struggle. This book has something for allmen and women, married and singlefrom contributors like John Piper, C. J. and Carolyn Mahaney, Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Carolyn McCulley, and others. Included is a DVD with material from the Desiring God national conference, "Sex and the Supremacy of Christ," held in Minneapolis in 2004.

DVD summary: Message 1 / John Piper. Sexuality is designed by God as a way to know God in Christ more fully; Knowing God in Christ more fully is designed as a way of quarding and guiding our sexuality. Message 2 / John Piper. I want to help you so know the supremacy of Christ that your sexuality, single or married, would be experienced with more sweetness, more Christ-exalting purity, more soul satisfaction because of knowing Him better. Conference speaker highlights with Mark Dever, C.J. Mahaney, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Ben Patterson, David Powlison.