“As soon as I finished this book, I went out and bought several copies to give away. The first give-a-way was to my teenaged son. Tremendous treatment of the subject of human sexuality in specific, and human "being" in general. I highly recommend this book.”
“In Sex God, Rob Bell explores the ‘endless connections between sexuality and spirituality.’ Sex is a topic that has not been treated very well by our faith and Bell helpfully kicks off the conversation in the right direction. I will say though that while this is a good book, it left me wanting him to say much more (i.e. it is far too short and not quite deep enough).By far, the best line in the book comes from Bell’s wife in answer to their five year old son’s question “what does sexy mean?” She responds: Sexy is when it feels good to be in your own skin. Your own body feels right, it feels comfortable. Sexy is when you love being you.This is a helpful start to balance out the problem I perceive with most of our talk about sex and sex education: it almost always boils down to mechanics. One side says you’re going to end up doing it so here’s how while the other side says you shouldn’t do it and here’s the list of horrible whys. It’s all about the physical act and not much about the emotional or spiritual connection.In his remarkable and inviting style, Bell explores the scriptures to set sex into a much more helpful and wholistic framework; seeing our sexuality as integral to who we are and as especially integral to our spiritual health and well-being. Devastating things can happen to us and to others if we don’t figure that out some where along our journey of life.This is one book I wish I had when I was trying to figure it all out, but I’m thankful for it now and I applaud Bell for writing it. It’s my hope now that other authors of faith will come along, pick it up, and go a bit more deeply.”
