In the Gospel of Luke chapter 23:26, Luke writes:

As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women… Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.  When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed Jesus to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”

What kind of forgiveness is that? What kind of love is that? Jesus, knowing His Father’s plan, was utterly obedient to the point of death.

Well, my guest today is Christopher West. Christopher is going to share some thoughts and stories on this kind of love as we continue discussing, his new book titled, “Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist.”

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) Why real love - true love - God’s love draws us close and yet makes us uncomfortable.

2) The profound realization that we cause others pain because we’re in pain.

3) Being able to say hard things when your eyes are full of mercy.

Genesis 3 reads,

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,  but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”  But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate."

Many of us know that story - it’s the story of The Fall. It’s how sin entered into mankind. Today, we’ll take a look at this story through the lens of God’s love - the freedom in love - in the midst of Adam and Eve committing the first sin.

My guest is Christopher West, a best selling author, speaker, teacher and world-renowned expert on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body”. Todays’ interview comes from Christopher with his new book titled, “Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist”

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) Love respects the freedom of others.

2) How do we respect someone’s freedom wrongly?

3) Being educated in the proper use of freedom.

If you and I were having a cup of coffee and I gave you 60 seconds to write a definition of love, what do you think you would come up with? Would it list a bunch of emotions and feelings? Would it focus on you or other people?

Love is a subject to where all peoples in all tongues since the beginning of time has been infatuated with. In our culture, we are fascinated and addicted to it. Doesn’t this obsession show us the eternal need for something we don’t understand? And because we don’t understand it we mislabel, misuse, abuse and call it things that it is not.

Well, today we are going to look at scripture to give us a definition of love. My guest is Christopher West, a best selling author, speaker, teacher and world-renowned expert on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body”. This week we get to see a personal side of Christopher with his new book titled, “Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist”.

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) Defining love vs describing love.

2) The difference between love and lust.

3) How the movie Toy Story 3 has profound truths that are not to be toyed with.

There is a lie that, dare I say, all of us believe at some time and at some level in our lives. And the lie is this - if you really knew who I was, if you really knew what goes through my head, if you really knew my thoughts and my heart, you wouldn’t love me.

This lie is called shame, and as Christians, we are very good at hiding our shame through hyperactivity and busyness. We’re always trying to prove who we are instead of believing and trusting what God says about us in His Word.

Well, today we are going to talk about this lie of being unlovable. My guest is Christopher West, a best selling author, speaker, teacher and world-renowned expert on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body”. This week we get to see a personal side of Christopher with his new book titled, “Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist”

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) How to accept grace.

2) Seeing vs. becoming one who sees.

Have you ever gone through the Love chapter as some people call it - 1 Corinthians 13 - and read it aloud, but replacing the words “love” or “it” with your own name? So, for example, I would read it this way:

Dustin is patient and kind; Dustin does not envy or boast; Dustin is not arrogant or rude. Dustin does not insist on his own way. Sooo, you get the point right? The point is that this text humbles us, doesn’t it? We’re reading something that we know is not entirely true.

Well, today, we start a brand new series with someone who has lots of stories on humility. Christopher West is a best selling author, speaker, teacher and world-renowned expert on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body”. Christopher’s exposition on how the human body magnifies and glorifies God is something that everyone should hear. His writings are deeply Biblical, Christ-centered and at the end of the day quite profound.

If you are not familiar with the name Christopher West or Pope John Paul II’s work on the Theology of the Body, you are in for a real treat. Let me point you to his website - www.ChristopherWest.com. We’ve had Christopher on the show several years ago, discussing his book, “Fill These Hearts” and this week we get to see a personal side of Christopher with his new book titled, “Love Is Patient, But I'm Not: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist”

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) The gap of what were called to be and where we are.

2) How God works in reality.

3) Taking an honest inventory of my life.

Today, we wrap up our series titled, “The Gay Christian Identity: What It Is and How To Respond.” My guest is Joe Dallas, and our conversation is taken from that webinar series of the same name. Joe is also a conference speaker and ordained pastoral counselor. He’s the Program Director of Genesis Biblical Counseling, which is a counseling ministry for men dealing with sexual addiction and other sexual/relational problems. 

Today, we discuss homosexuality from several different perspectives. The first deals with homosexuality hitting home with a child admitting or thinking that they are gay. And the second aspect is that from a physiological nature - are people born gay?

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) The difference in your children being minors and gay

2) Why homosexuality is not chosen, but discovered.

3) Debunking the “born this way” lie.

Today, we continue with our series titled, “The Gay Christian Identity: What It Is and How To Respond.” My guest is Joe Dallas and our conversation is taken from his webinar series. Joe is also a conference speaker and ordained pastoral counselor. He’s the Program Director of Genesis Biblical Counseling, which is a counseling ministry for men dealing with sexual addiction and other sexual/relational problems. 

Today we dive into the words of Jesus. Did Jesus ever say anything about homosexuality? Why or why not? Why does it matter? Well, let’s find out!

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) Is the Bible your ultimate authority for life?

2) Have we replaced doctrine for entertainment?

3) Why reform must happen before revival.

Today, we start a brand new series. It’s called, “The Gay Christian Identity: What It Is and How To Respond.” My guest is Joe Dallas. If that name sounds familiar to you, and I pray it does, you may remember Joe’s interview several years ago in his book - “The Gay Gospel? How Pro-Gay Advocates Misread The Bible”. Joe has also authored several other books like, “The Complete Christian Guide To Understanding Homosexuality” When Homosexuality Hits Home and Speaking of Homosexuality.

Joe is also a conference speaker and ordained pastoral counselor. He’s the Program Director of Genesis Biblical Counseling, which is a counseling ministry for men dealing with sexual addiction and other sexual/relational problems. 

So let’s dive right in with my interview with Joe Dallas and discuss the most pressing questions that our culture has about homosexuality.

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) Should I attend a same-sex wedding?

2) How and why Joe’s position on gay marriage has changed.

3) Can a homosexual really change?

On today’s show, we’ll wrap up our conversation with author and pastor Deon Thomas from The King’s Sanctuary in Kingston, Jamaica. We have been discussing his devotional workbook titled, “21 Days to Sexual Purity: A Biblical Devotional For Overcoming Sexual Temptations”.

Today’s show is on the importance of prayer. You’ve heard me say many times that when you read God’s Word, you’re listening to his voice and prayer is an extension of that time.

I was once asked during one of my workshops, “If you had just one thing that contributed to staying sexual sober, what would that be.” My answer was and is immediate. It’s prayer. God changes you from the inside out when you spend time with Him by reading His Word over and over from cover to cover.

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) The importance of prayer.

2) How do we pray not to fall into temptation?

3) Prayer techniques for those of us who struggle with prayer>

The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 6:18,

"Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body."

Again Paul writes in Romans 1:24

"So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen."

On today’s show, we’ll continue our conversation with author and pastor Deon Thomas from The King’s Sanctuary in Kingston, Jamaica. He has a new devotional workbook titled, “21 Days to Sexual Purity: A Biblical Devotional For Overcoming Sexual Temptations”. We’ll discuss the importance of our physical bodies and how using our body - entering into another person emotionally, spiritually and physically is the unique kind of sin that the Apostle Paul is referring to.

On today’s episode of God, Sex and You, we’ll discuss:

1) How sexual sin has a degrading effect on the body.

2) Why lust makes you sluggish, unproductive and angry.

3) How science and medicine are now confirming Biblical teaching and truths.