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By Robert Irwin, August 19, 2008 10:17 am

Worldnet Daily recently published an article entitled, “Christian Sex Better Than Kama Sutra.”

This article touches on several of our most “controversial” and consistent themes in our books (Christian Sex Secrets, Sexual Skills For The Christian Husband, Sexual Satisfaction For the Christian Wife)…that sex is positive…that sex improves your marriage…and that sex can improve your relationship with God.

You might not think these are such “controversial” ideas…unless you read our mail. Many (many) Christians are still under the impression that their sexuality and spirituality are two very separate things…and that there is very little value in improving the sex within a Christian marriage.

But, over the years, we have seen, literally, hundreds of marriages saved and improved by working on the sexual part of the relationship.

An excerpt for the article…

Contrary to popular notions of Christians as sexual prudes, 15 years of study have convinced a psychologist and professor that “knowing” your spouse “in the biblical sense” can be scientifically verified as a fulfilling and spiritual experience.

Dr. Chuck MacKnee, who teaches psychology at Trinity Western University, a school associated with the Evangelical Free Church near Vancouver, Canada, began studying sexuality in Christian couples in the 1990s at the University of British Columbia.

MacKnee told The Vancouver Sun that while many people assume biblical writers used the phrase “knowing” a person as a bashful way of saying “having sex,” he believes the writers and translators were tapping into the uniquely intimate sense of knowing God that can be found within married, Christian sexuality.

“In sexuality, we’re looking for connection and fulfillment in another person,” MacKnee was quoted as saying in Faith Today. “But this is really the same reason we search for God. … The Hebrew word for sexual intimacy means literally ‘to know’, as in ‘Adam knew Eve’. Yet David used the same word for God when he said in Psalm 139: ‘O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.’”

You can read the entire article here.

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By Robert Irwin,

Worldnet Daily recently published an article entitled, “Christian Sex Better Than Kama Sutra.”

This article touches on several of our most “controversial” and consistent themes in our books (Christian Sex Secrets, Sexual Skills For The Christian Husband, Sexual Satisfaction For the Christian Wife)…that sex is positive…that sex improves your marriage…and that sex can improve your relationship with God.

You might not think these are such “controversial” ideas…unless you read our mail. Many (many) Christians are still under the impression that their sexuality and spirituality are two very separate things…and that there is very little value in improving the sex within a Christian marriage.

But, over the years, we have seen, literally, hundreds of marriages saved and improved by working on the sexual part of the relationship.

An excerpt for the article…

Contrary to popular notions of Christians as sexual prudes, 15 years of study have convinced a psychologist and professor that “knowing” your spouse “in the biblical sense” can be scientifically verified as a fulfilling and spiritual experience.

Dr. Chuck MacKnee, who teaches psychology at Trinity Western University, a school associated with the Evangelical Free Church near Vancouver, Canada, began studying sexuality in Christian couples in the 1990s at the University of British Columbia.

MacKnee told The Vancouver Sun that while many people assume biblical writers used the phrase “knowing” a person as a bashful way of saying “having sex,” he believes the writers and translators were tapping into the uniquely intimate sense of knowing God that can be found within married, Christian sexuality.

“In sexuality, we’re looking for connection and fulfillment in another person,” MacKnee was quoted as saying in Faith Today. “But this is really the same reason we search for God. … The Hebrew word for sexual intimacy means literally ‘to know’, as in ‘Adam knew Eve’. Yet David used the same word for God when he said in Psalm 139: ‘O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.’”

You can read the entire article here.

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By Robert Irwin, August 12, 2008 9:54 am

As you may know, it was my study of the Song Of Solomon, over a decade ago, that started my wife and I on a journey of sexual exploration.

We were struggling with the sex in our Christian marriage and were looking for direction.

The Song Of Solomon changed how we looked at sex in our marriage.

Instead of assuming that our sexual and romantic desires were wrong…it gave us, by example, the hope and encouragement that God wanted us to enjoy each other sexually and romantically.

Consequently, “The Song Of Songs” is (and always will be) one of my favorite books of the Bible.

In the video below, Mark Gungor gives a very funny interpretation of how the woman in the Song of Solomon “seems” to be described.

Enjoy.