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Healthy Sexuality

Baggage in the Bedroom

True healing occurs when sexual baggage is no longer ignored but is understood and integrated into the larger truths of who you are and who God is.

Sexting: Why Parents Should Care and What They Should Do About It

Recent news stories have talked about teens and sexting. It happens more than parents think.

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Male and Female He Created Them: Genesis and God’s Design of Two Sexes

Genesis teaches that God created humanity male and female in his image and likeness. We are divinely separated into male and female.

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How to Talk to Your Children About Homosexuality

The reality is, if you don’t, someone else probably will – or already is. And you may not like what they have to say.

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Resources for Transgenderism and Gender Identity Confusion

These resources may be helpful as a starting point for those looking for hope and healing for gender identity issues.

Intimacy Requires Effort – and Creativity

Perhaps you have been surprised, even disappointed, to find that sex isn’t the ready-made gift you were anticipating. It takes a lot of effort – and a bit of creativity – to make it work.

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Intimacy Requires Vulnerability

For emotional intimacy to grow, each partner must be willing to meet the other’s deepest needs and protect the other’s greatest vulnerability.

What Is ‘Normal’ Sexual Desire?

Every couple has a unique sexual relationship. Accept yours for what it is and enjoy working toward wholeness as a couple. You can have a very fulfilling sex life even though you may not be functioning like the average married couple.

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The Challenges of Dating Later in Life

Encouragement, guidance and suggestions to help make your dating life a little easier

How to Recognize a Safe Date

How do you break negative dating patterns and find respectful, responsible and loving spouses?

When Thinking About Marrying a Non-Believer

If you’re thinking about marrying a non-believer, here are some future questions you may have to answer.

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How to Respond to Toddlers and Their Sexual Discovery

Your toddler’s new sexual discoveries are fueled by age-appropriate curiosity. For toddlers, this exploration is normal. However, you now have an opportunity to create a healthy foundation for biblical sexuality in your toddler’s future.

What is Beauty

What is Beauty?

What really is beauty? Depending on who (or more specifically where) you ask, you’ll get a different answer. Train your kids to look in the right places for beauty.

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Intimacy and Sex: How Men and Women are Different — and Why

Couples often argue about sex, but they rarely talk about it. Try to talk and pray together about your sex life at least once a month to learn more.

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Developing a Healthy Sexual Relationship

If you want a deeply satisfying sex life, you must become a student of your spouse.

Purity

Why is chastity important to the Christian life? Lauren Winner talks about the importance of experiencing sex the way it was meant to be — within marriage.

What Your Teens Need to Know about Sex

Part of the Purity Series Purity What Your Teens Need to Know about Sex The New Workplace Romance Pure Again A Pastor’s View on the Pursuit of Purity Series About: Love and Sex Talking to our teens about sexuality is one of the most life-affirming tasks parents face in our sex-saturated society. Throughout their formative …

Healthy Childhood Sexual Development

This four-part series is designed to help you chart a course that will nurture and fortify your child’s sexual development.

Teaching Children Healthy Sexuality

Gone are the days when parents can talk superficially about “the birds and bees” and expect their children to turn out OK. Our hyper-sexualized culture now reaches into more than 60 percent of American homes via the InternetThe UCLA Internet Report – “Surveying the Digital Future,” UCLA Center for Communication Policy, January 2003, (April 14, …

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Childhood Sexual Development for 13-18 Year Olds

Understanding teenagers can be difficult. However, it’s vitally important to cultivate a strong relationship with your teen so you can discuss important topics such sexual development. God designed your teenager with a specific purpose. Help support and encourage them as they discover that purpose and its connection with their sexual development.