God, You, & Sex: A Profound Mystery Book Tour

I received the following book from New Growth Press in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts and opinions are my own.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Profound Mystery of Biblical Sexuality

David White helps readers develop a Scripture-based perspective on human sexuality

We live in culture that is so sex-focused it almost reaches the point of obsession. Unfortunately, among all the talk of sex, very little is good, true, honorable, or faithful to the Creator’s design. David White wants to change the conversation and get Christians talking about what the Bible says on the subject. In his new release, God, You, & Sex: A Profound Mystery (New Growth Press/September 30, 2019), White digs deep to explore how marriage and sexuality point to God and his relationship with us.

In this important and engaging biblical teaching on sexuality, White helps readers develop a Scripture-based perspective on human sexuality that goes beyond “just wait until you’re married.” God, You, & Sex doesn’t sidestep the sexual revolution that has come to bitter fruition in teen and young adult “hookup” culture. In the face of these messages and the pervasiveness of sexual temptation, White helps men and women find compelling reasons to obey God with their sexuality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David White, MDiv, is the author of Sexual Sanity for Men: Re-Creating Your Mind in a Crazy Culture and God, You, & Sex: A Profound Mystery. He served at Harvest USA for nineteen years, helping hundreds overcome sexual sin, developing curricula, supervising staff, and teaching in churches nationally on sexual issues. 

He is a graduate of Temple University and Westminster Theological Seminary and is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America.

MY OPINION

Many Christians, myself included, are alarmed about the growing trend of pre-marital sex, gay marriage, and now the dysphoria of transgenderism and of course, pornography and the dangers that lie within. This book helps the reader to understand why it's important to remember that God, in His great wisdom, created sexual intimacy to be shared and enjoyed between husband and wife.  He details so much about the marriage bed and how men and women differ with their sexual needs.

"Sexual intimacy is a precious gift to a married couple."  "But the marriage bed is a sacred placed reserved for them alone." - David White

What I loved about the book is how Pastor White addresses each topic with great care and compassion and stresses on God's everlasting love and promises.  There is so much information that is packed into this book.  He addresses the church on how we should not embrace the world's point of view regarding gays and transgenders, pornography, but to focus on what the bible says about sex and marriage. Everything that he teaches reflects on God's perfect design and love for His people. He writes about his own experiences with the dangers of pornography, his intimacy with his wife and pornography in general, he addresses the LGBTQ+ and transgender people, each chapter with biblical references and with a deep profound understanding on God's Word regarding sexual sin. 

I highly recommend this book to singles and married couples alike.  I would also like to add it would be a beautiful gift to those individuals that are trapped in a sinful sexual relationship and that God can free them from their bondage of sexual sin. 

Welcome to the "The Moon Is Always Round" Book Tour

I received the following book from New Growth Press in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts and opinions are my own.

  ABOUT THE BOOK        

God is Always Good

Jonathan Gibson helps children understand God’s goodness, even when bad things happen.

Greensboro, NC—There are some things we will never understand this side of Heaven. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do some children get cancer? Why do some babies go Heaven before their families can meet them? Even young children want answers to the hard questions about God and suffering. In The Moon Is Always Round (New Growth Press/September 23, 2019), seminary professor and author Jonathan Gibson uses vivid imagery to explain to children how God’s goodness is always present, even when it might appear obscured by upsetting or difficult circumstances.

In this beautiful, full-color book illustrated by Joe Hox, Gibson allows readers to eavesdrop on the real-life conversations he had with his young son, Ben, while waiting for his baby sister to arrive, then following his sister’s death. Lelia was stillborn at thirty-nine weeks into Gibson’s wife, Jackie’s pregnancy. Needless to say, it was a difficult time for the entire family, but Gibson made sure to remind his son of God’s goodness.

In The Moon is Always Round, the father and son share a simple liturgy while observing the moon in its various phases. No matter what the shape of the moon appears on any given night—whether it looks like a banana, a slice of apple or a shriveled orange—Dad reminds Ben that the moon is always round. From there, the two talk about just as the moon is always round regardless of how much of it they can see, the goodness of God is always present throughout the different phases of life.

                                ABOUT THE AUTHOR                                 

Jonathan Gibson, PhD, (Cambridge) is ordained in the International Presbyterian Church,  UK, and is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Previously, he served as Associate Minister at Cambridge Presbyterian Church, England.

Gibson served as coeditor with Mark Earngey of Reformation Worship was contributor to and co-editor with David Gibson of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her. He has also written articles that have appeared in Themelios, Journal of Biblical Literature, Tyndale Bulletin, and Obadiah in the NIV Proclamation Bible. His PhD dissertation was published as Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi. The Moon is Always Round is his first children’s book.

     MY OPINION            

What I loved about this book was how the father gently reassured his son that no matter what happens in life whether tragic or wonderful, God's love never changes, even though circumstances in life does. The moon is a representation of God being ubiquitous and omnipresent.  And it brings great comfort and reassurance for his son as well as to the parents as they mourn the loss of their precious little girl.

This book brought tears to my eyes because everyone was so happy and excited to be welcoming a precious baby into the family.  But loss is a part of life, and to explain this loss to small children can be difficult, this wonderful book helps adults speak to children at their emotional level to cope and hopefully understand that sometimes bad things do happen.