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1 "It was God who blessed Adam with a sex drive. He didn’t just command Adam to be fruitful and multiply. He designed him to want to do so. God could have made mankind’s multiplication to be an asexual endeavor. But He didn’t. It takes the entangling of two fleshes..."
2 "...of a man and a woman, to make another human life. We are created produce and reproduce. Thus, it should not be surprising that men are attracted to and aroused by the potential fruitfulness of a woman.
Multiple studies have confirmed what common sense and Scripture has..."
Multiple studies have confirmed what common sense and Scripture has..."
3 "taught for ages: men are turned on by fertility cues.
Listen to the wisdom of Pr 5:
Let your fountain be blessed
And rejoice in the wife of your youth
Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times
Be exhilarated always with her love.
Listen to the wisdom of Pr 5:
Let your fountain be blessed
And rejoice in the wife of your youth
Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times
Be exhilarated always with her love.
4 "Yes & amen. A man is especially aroused by the sway of a woman's hips—they will bring his children into this world. A man is especially aroused by the shape and size of a woman's breasts—they will nurture his children out of infancy. A man is especially aroused by a woman..."
5 "...who is ovulating—she can bring forth new life from him. He is aroused by what is smooth, what is tight, what is beautiful—for God has wired us to be fruitful, and these all reflect fruitful youth. Just as God formed and then filled the world with life..."
6 "...so does man desire to take a wife and fill her with life.
In fact, one of the great blessings of a man’s sex drive is how it urges him to become more than himself. Men are driven by sexual desire to become not just responsible for themselves, but to take to themselves..."
In fact, one of the great blessings of a man’s sex drive is how it urges him to become more than himself. Men are driven by sexual desire to become not just responsible for themselves, but to take to themselves..."
7 "...a woman as a wife. One flesh joins with another flesh, & they become a single flesh. From this union, forged in sex, God is pleased to bring forth children. What better demonstrates the “one fleshness” of a marriage than the creation of a person made of those two fleshes?"
8 "More, this new person magnifies God all the more in that he also bear God’s image. So the desire for sex is central to filling the world with the image of God. So male desires, when submitted to God's created order, compel a man to..."
9 "...extend God's rule to fill His world with more image-bearers.
The same could, of course, be said of female desires. The sexes are designed to be productive, to be fruitful, and this fruitfulness requires cooperation. We are made to complement each other to such a..."
The same could, of course, be said of female desires. The sexes are designed to be productive, to be fruitful, and this fruitfulness requires cooperation. We are made to complement each other to such a..."
10 "...degree that the creation mandate is impossible without both sexes. Hence, it is not good that a man be alone. He requires a helper suitable to him, a woman. And she needs someone whom she can help. Sexual cooperation is God's design."
from Ch 3 of the forthcoming book
from Ch 3 of the forthcoming book
