How understanding our humanity as made in the image of God offers a better story of sexuality, identity, and spiritual integration than what culture or the church often provide. Kicking off the Sex, Love, and God series, Mike Erre revisits his powerful and vulnerable teaching on sexuality from 2013—complete with updated reflections and grace-filled context. This episode, "Made in the Image," explores the ways we have been misformed by both the culture's over-sexualization and the church's silence or shame around sex, and invites us into a more human, integrated, and hopeful vision rooted in Scripture and God's design.

Key Takeaways: • Fully Human, Not Merely Animal or Angel – Unpacking how humans are uniquely created to embody both body and spirit, and why that impacts how we should understand and live out our sexuality. • Reframing Broken Desire – Why the biblical view of sexuality offers a redemptive middle way between cultural license and religious repression. • Sexuality as Spiritually Significant – How physical desire and spiritual awareness are not at odds, but intertwined in our design as image-bearers. • From Shame to Honest Conversation – Encouragement to bring our stories, questions, and struggles into a grace-filled, nonjudgmental space modeled after Jesus's compassion and truth. • Song of Songs as a Biblical Vision for Desire – Rediscovering the sacredness of attraction, love, and eroticism in the language of Scripture, especially through the voice and agency of women.

Resources Mentioned: • Song of Songs 1:1–4 – Exploring desire and sexuality through the Israelites' erotic poetry. • Genesis 1 & 2 – The foundational image of humanity as physical-spiritual beings made in God's image. • Psalm 8 & Job 38 – Contrasting humanity with angels and animals to understand our unique role and dignity. • 1 Corinthians 6, Ephesians 4, and 1 Timothy 4 – New Testament insights on the body, sin, and false teachings about desire. • Vox Care Team – Onsite support and prayer team available after teachings to walk alongside anyone seeking help or healing.

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As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

Our Merch Store! ETSY

Learn more about the Voxology Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify

Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon

The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio

Follow us on Instagram: @voxologypodcast and "like" us on Facebook

Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy