Jeremy Pierre has a critical review of Real Marriage in Credo
magazine, and like many reviewers he takes issue with chapter 10.
Pierre is a pastor and biblical counselor, and he has a section that I
think is particularly insightful. He writes,
It is precisely the Driscolls’ apparent
desire to stand against a sexualized culture that makes Chapter 10 “Can
We ____?” so frustrating to read…
Driscoll allows for a broad range of
sexual expression… Many things could be said in response, but perhaps
most helpful would be to point out that Driscoll frequently answers the
question Is it Helpful? affirmatively based on the dangerous
assumption that novelty of the sexual experience is the avenue to
greater pleasure, that variety gives that edge of intrigue that keeps
sex exciting.
Driscoll says that [sodomy] can be helpful “for the
variety” (187), role-playing can be helpful to keep things from getting
“sexually predictable” (190), sex toys “heighten the pleasure” of sex
(191), and cosmetic surgery can “make us more attractive to our spouse”
(197).
I have spent many hours counseling
couples, undermining this very assumption. A pornographic culture
teaches that greater sexual satisfaction comes from hotter methods and
better bodies… Keep Reading >>>
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