Title: Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot
Author: Mo Isom
Rating: 4/5
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Description from Goodreads: “Sex. In a world overwhelmingly obsessed with it, why is the church so silent about it? While our secular culture twists, perverts, cheapens, and idolizes sex, there are gaping holes in the church’s guidance of young people. The result is generations of sexually illiterate people drowning in the repercussions of overwhelming sin struggles.
Enough is enough, says Mo Isom. With raw vulnerability and a bold spirit, she shares her own sexual testimony, opening up the conversation about misguided rule-following, virginity, temptation, porn, promiscuity, false sex-pectations, sex in marriage, and more and calling readers back to God’s original design for sex–a way to worship and glorify him. This book is for the young person tangled up in an addiction to pornography, for the girlfriend feeling pressured to go further, for the “good girl” who followed the rules and saved herself for marriage and then was confused and disappointed, for the married couple who use sex as a bargaining tool, for every person who casually watches sex play out in TV and movies and wonders why they’re dissatisfied with the real thing, and for every confused or hurting person in-between.
Sex was God’s idea. It’s time we invited him back into the bedroom”.”
Review: This book was really interesting and I am glad I read it. This topic is so important, especially in our society where people are made to feel less than if they are a virgin, even as young as middle school. I remember being in 9th grade, and a classmate made me feel embarrassed and self-conscious that I hadn’t had sex yet! She even went so far as to tell me to just pick any guy friend and get it over with.
I really wish I would have been able to read a book like this when I was younger and struggling with these temptations. I am married now, and though I am still trying to be better, the struggles aren’t as strong as they used to be. Reading this book made me feel less alone with some of the things that I did when I was young, and gave me some good advice on how to overcome the guilt and shame of them.
After reading Mo’s story, I have a better idea of what I need to share with my children when the time comes for the sex talk. Nobody wants to have to have that conversation with their child, but it’s so important that they get the correct information, and I want my children to have some of this information shared in this book.
I plan to save this book and share it with my children after the sex talk. I feel that every young person should read this book to feel less alone, to see the consequences of their decisions a little better, and from someone other than a parent.
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to any young person, preteen and up, and/or to any adult who is currently or has struggled with sexual sin.
*I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher. A positive review was not required. All opinions are my own.*
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