Sex for Christians

<DIV>Now considered a classic statement on sex and sexuality from a Christian perspective Lewis B. Smedes's <I>Sex for Christians</I> offers a frank yet compassionate discussion that is refreshingly open-minded and strongly biblical. The book is divided into three major sections. The first Sex and Christian People overviews human sexuality -- its created goodness its sinful distortions and its redeemed potential -- what we are as human sexual beings. Part Two Sex and Single People and Part Three Sex and Married People are about sexual behavior in each succeeding stage of life -- the things we do as sexual beings.<br><br>With the addition of an extensive epilogue Smedes brings his text into clear focus with today's pressing issues -- AIDS cohabitation homosexuality and the need to develop Christian strategies regarding sex. And with the hindsight of two decades since <I>Sex for Christians</I> first came out Smedes presents an even stronger statement of his two sources of authority: the Bible's moral standards regarding sex and the authority of reality as we discern it.<br><br>Smedes's attempt to present a Christian perspective for a truly human sexual life has resulted in a sexual morality that within a biblical perspective is as liberating as it is limiting.</DIV>