Mere Sexuality
Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality

This is an interesting book, and Wilson writes during a time when the church and wider society desperately need ethical guidance in the wild world of (post?)modern sexuality. However, Wilson largely fails in that task, perhaps because he is trying to write at the popular level (this would be the mos......more

Short and clear explanation of the topic. The only thing that bothered me is that for all its talk of presenting what Christians have always held and taught about sexuality, there is almost zero engagement with Church Fathers.......more

How should Christians think about human sexuality? That is the question Todd Wilson asks in his new book, Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality. Wilson (Ph.D., Cambridge University) is senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois, and cofounder and chairma......more

4.5. This is my second time through this book and it’s better than I remembered. Rather than exegeting all the biblical texts related to sexuality, Wilson argues from the broad storyline of the Bible, addressing the major topics of sexuality in our current culture: bodies, marriage, homosexuality, f......more

So, if a new convert (say, millennially aged) to Jesus finds home in your church, and she still struggles to accept the Christian “vision” for sexuality in the 21st century, what do you do? Teach, preach, pray, explain, be patient. Repeat. But if you could give her just one book on the grandeur of Go......more