Sacred. Not Sinful.
Body | Sexuality | Humanity
For too long, Christians have been forced to choose between faith and sexuality, between the Bible and the body. But what if this divide was based on greek philosophy and a mis-reading of the text?
If you grew up in the church, you were likely handed a script that said: “Ignore your body. Fear your desire. Wait for marriage.”
But repression didn’t bring you holiness; it brought you shame and silence.
So you look to the culture, and it offers the opposite: “Do whatever feels good.” But that leaves you feeling disconnected from your faith.
You are tired of feeling fragmented.
You don’t want to leave Jesus to find sexual wholeness. And you don’t want to kill your sexuality to find Jesus.
You need a third way. You need Integrity. You need Christian sexual ethics.
A Pathway to Whole-Life Integrity
You don’t have to figure this out all at once. Here is a roadmap I followed to reclaim my faith and sexuality.
Step One: The Foundation
For those who need biblical permission for sexual thriving!
Start here to discover my story and a theological argument that God wants you whole and true in every part of life – including your sex life. Single, married, divorced…there is hope here for you and permission to express exactly who you were created to be! For me that just happens to be outside the boxes of heterosexuality, monogamy, and strict gender binaries.
As a bonus you also get an introduction to my academic research on ‘porniea’ and learn how sexual immorality in the bible is totally different than what you’ve heard…
Step Two: The Evidence
Don’t just take my word for it. Dive into the original Greek and Hebrew that shape and continue to inform (or mis-inform) “Christian” sexual ethics. This video series hands you the scholarly tools to argue for a Christian sexual ethic that is actually liberating and empowering.
Step Three: The Breakthrough
Stuck on a specific question about theology, scripture, or what it could mean for your life? I’m available to listen, talk, or share my story. Click on the link below to get on my calendar.
Dr Kevin Jenson
Mystic – Lover – Theologian
In the old day’s philosophers would identify themselves as lovers. For the word philo-sophia literally means “one who loves wisdom.”
I have spent much of my life in search of something I call Truth through both education and personal experience. I completed PhD in methods of innovative learning, earned qualifications to teach rhetoric and composition, and have nearly completed a Master of Divinity. These academic tools have given me a unique approach to asking and seeking answers for life’s deep questions.
The challenge for me is living on the edge of mystery and materiality. I am one who looks to ancients texts as a valuable conversation partner in this exploration of what it means to be human – to live as a liturgy union. What I have found so far suggests an ultimate reality in which sex and spirituality are not at war but may actual be the ultimate experience of divinity within this Incarnational reality.
Join me as I continue this journey of discovery and embodiment of divine truth!
Pastors & Ministry Leaders:
Silence is destroying your congregation.
Your people are deconstructing sexual ethics, and they need a thoughtful approach to reflecting on biblical truth through the lens of reason, experience, revelation, and community.
As a Bible Scholar and Sex Educator, I am uniquely equipped to help you explore and develop pathways for your community to build a culture where it is safe to grow, ask questions, and seek a fuller embodiment of the divine mystery in every part of life. If you want to do this without leaving the Bible or the Body behind, please reach out. I’m always open for a conversation and passionate about inviting Christians to seek an integration of faith and sexuality that empowers themselves and their community to more fully embody what they believe!
How to Read the Bible on Sexuality
Welcome to Part One of the ONE Flesh Bible Study series If you want early access to the full playlist, click here In this video I lay out an epistemology for biblical studies that can help a reader overcome the following fallacies in the search for truth. Ultimately, all of these pieces of the biblical … Read more
On Celibacy and Licentiousness – A Critique of Modern Moral Standards
Debates over questions of polyamory, non-monogamy, and open relationships already shows signs of getting stuck in the historical and false dichotomy of licentiousness or celibacy, which has plagued theology since the early days of the church.
The Myth of Casual Sex
I have yet to find a person to argue for the morality of “casual” sex. Some say it’s not immoral, but “it’s not hurting anyone” is a poor reason to do anything.
How to Overcome the Challenges of Sexual Diversity in the Church
Then, somebody disagreed with me over a post I made on Facebook. I still don’t know who they are, but…conversations were had about me – without me, until a heart-felt and sad moment when I learned what the church leaders had decided must be done.
- Biblical Sexuality | Christianity | Intimacy | Old Testament | Porneia (Sexual Immorality) | Sexual Sin
But What if the Bible Calls it Sinful?
Questions about masturbation, birth control, premarital sex, homosexuality, nonbinary gender, and even open relationships need more than the unsupportable claim that “The Bible says it’s sinful”… because time after time the evidence does not support the mainstream conclusions. All these things can be sinful, and so can married, heterosexual, reproductive sex. The Biblical teaching about sexual sin does not draw the same lines as the dominant Christian traditions – whether conservative or liberal.
We cannot just dismiss the problem of sexual sin. It just looks completely different than what I expected when I set out to study it!
Addressing the Collective Trauma of Changing Sexual Ethics
A New Christian Sexual Ethic is not an easy idea for many people to embrace. Sure, those who are already feeling the chaos of deconstruction, the rejection of normative Christianity, and the unhealthy consequences of purity culture, my book might feel like a healing breeze 🙂
Struggling with Porn? Stop Fighting. Start Listening.
You’ve tried white-knuckling it, and it hasn’t worked. That’s because porn isn’t usually a lust problem—it’s an intimacy problem.
It is possible to stop shaming yourself, to decode your desire, and start understanding what your habits are actually trying to tell you.