029: Sex and the Silent Church with Mo Isom

Mo Isom joins me on the podcast today to talk about her soon-to-be-released book, Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot”. We are living in both a cultural and church climate that have all but forgotten the design, meaning, purpose, and importance of sex as created by God. The church treats sex as a largely taboo topic (or else as something solely for the purpose of “meeting a husband’s needs”), while the culture treats it in such a cheap, even abusive manner that folks are daily reaping the ramifications of having used sex in a way never intended by God. It’s time that we finally come to a full understanding of what sex truly is, and Mo is providing us with that and more on the show today.

What we Chat about in This Episode

~Mo’s new book, Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot – what it’s about, Mo’s inspiration for writing it, and more

~Mo’s testimony of her journey through pornography, sexual sin and promiscuity, and finally how she came to Jesus

~The ways in which we have idolized and perverted God’s design for sex

~The power of sex and the importance of getting to the heart of the matter when discussing it in the church

~How sexual sin oftentimes stems from ignorance about the true meaning and purpose of sex

~The church’s silence on sex versus God’s practice of addressing it in the very first chapter of the Bible

~How viewing sex as being all about merely “meeting your husband’s needs” misses the mark

~The shamefulness of Fifty Shades of Grey

~Advice for how and when to teach your children about sex, pornography, and other related issues

~The importance of talking to your children about sex as early as you can

~How the church’s admonition of “Don’t have sex until you’re married!!” is an incomplete narrative which oftentimes leads to feelings of guilt when you’re finally able to cultivate intimacy in marriage

~Sex in marriage as being a weapon against the enemy

~The differentiation to make between the idol of virginity and God’s call to purity as a whole

~Encouagement and hope for the woman with sexual sin in her past or present

~And more!

Resources Mentioned

Offer for a free audiobook and 30 day trial from Audible: www.audibletrial.com/HomeandHearth

Priscilla Shirer’s interview with Mo on The Chat

Mo’s two books – Wreck my Life: Journeying from Broken to Bold and Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot

The #MeToo or Fifty Shades? Quiz

Single, Dating, Engaged Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age by Ben Stewart

Inspiring Quotes from Mo

“For far too long we have been shaking frustrated fists from the pulpit, preaching about the symptoms of failed morality and sexual struggles, but failing to really speak to the heart of the matter, speaking to the heart of people who are in a sex-crazed world right now.“

“If we are basing our understanding of what sex has to offer us off what we see in Fifty Shades of Grey, then we are getting the lamest, most watered down, most absurd view of what sex is. Sex is truly this collision of hearts and bodies, of one flesh coming together and unifying and serving one another, laying down their lives for one another, it’s a beautiful collaboration in this act of worship.”

“It shifts our household every time my husband and I come together. It isn’t about me just going upstairs because my husband demands it or has a need that needs to be met.”

“When we are self-serving, that always leads to a dehuminization of others, because we are seeing our wants, needs, and urges as being more important than other people.”

“We have to start shifting a culture by first raising up our children to know the value of human beings. That will radically change our culture not simply in a sexual context, but also in a mission and gospel context, as well.”

“It’s not so much about behavior modificataon, but heart transformation. And heart transformation can come, but it has to start with heart education. We have to be pointed to the gospel. That’s when we can become repentant, grace-filled, compassionate Christians who view the world through the eyes of Christ and not just through a list of dos and donts.”

“We are grow up our whole lives being told sex is wrong rather than being taught on the bigger power of it, and then we’re suddenly supposed to flip a switch on our honeymoon. It doesn’t make sense.”

“Prior to marriage, the enemy will do everything he can to drive you together, and after marriage the enemy will do everything he can to pull you apart.”

“God couldn’t care less about our virginity if we don’t have heart purity.”

“I guarantee that when we begin to intentionally dance with the Creator and intentionally live this life seeking His truth, His redeeming truth and His guiding truth, we will begin to feel a peace that passes all understanding and live a life that is daily transformed. We will see growth, change, and our hearts impacted, because that is what the Holy Spirit is always faithful to do.”

“There is not a single woman too far gone or too far broken that cannot be redeemed and then put to use it in a really powerful way. Redemption is waiting for you right where you are.”

Where You Can Find Mo Online

Website – MoIsom.com

Facebook – Mo Isom

Instagram – @moisom

Twitter – @moisom

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