The sexual experience within marriage is enormously fulfilling, beyond what any other extramarital sexual relations can give us. However, there is still the tendency to get caught up in an idolatry of the human body because of how powerfully intimate and gratifying sex is. Falling prey to that idolatry leads to all sorts of evil and eventually to the downfall of civilization. The sexual fast plays the role of reorienting our focus back to God to prevent that idolatry from taking hold and driving us to our own extinction. More details in this episode. Check it out. :)

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Song: Paper Thin Hymn

Artist: Anberlin

Album: Never Take Friendship Personal

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