Mark Driscoll will be all over the news in the new year. Not only is
he set to be a participant at the controversial Elephant Room conference
on January 25, but January 3 will also mark the release of his newest
book—the one that is bound to become his most controversial yet: Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship & Life Together.
Co-authored with his wife Grace, the book is being marketed as a
down-to-earth and no-holds-barred look at marriage and sex.
Especially sex.
Though Real Marriage weighs in at over
200 pages and 11 chapters, there is one chapter that is going to
generate the vast majority of the buzz. I plan to write a review of the
whole book closer to the release date. For now, though, I want to
reflect on that one chapter.
Before I go any farther I need to
warn you that the contents of this blog post and any that follow are
going to deal with topics that are uncomfortable for many people (myself
included!)—particularly in the older generation. They have to. What the
Driscolls deal with in this chapter, and what they deem biblical, are
not only sex acts, but acts considered sexually deviant by many. If you
are young or if you simply do not want to read a discussion of such
matters, please just stop reading now; there is no shame in doing so. I
would prefer not to write about this at all, but now that the questions
are being asked and answered, I believe there needs to be some kind of
further response and discussion. Having said that, I will try to be as
discreet as I can without sacrificing clarity.
Chapter 10 is titled simply “Can We________?” Continue Reading >>>
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