Posted by SteelyDan on April 24, 2008, at 9:15:05
In reply to My Television Adventure...! Sex and Church!, posted by Dena on April 23, 2008, at 19:26:11
> Last week, my husband and I, along with our friends/neighbors/ministry owners, flew out to NYC from Oregon, to be interviewed on "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet".
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> The story was about how the Church has often put out erroneous and unbiblical messages about how God views married sex -- leaving married couples within the Church to suffer with problems (no where to go), and to wonder "what's normal," "what's ok," "what's right/what's wrong".
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> Our marrage was abysmal for 17 years -- I was quite promiscuous prior to marriage, and then, when I got married, I did a 180* turn, becoming completely frigid (being a "good Christian woman"), denouncing sex, including pleasure, seeing sex the way our church defined it: a necessary evil for the purpose of procreating. We let church tradition, rather than the Bible, determine how we viewed sex.
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> God intervened -- replacing my lies about sex with His truth. He healed me, sexually, 4 years ago, and it revolutionalized our marriage -- totally transforming me from an "ice princess" to my husband's dream-come-true.
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> Then, I found The Marriage Bed (www.themarriagebed.com) and started sharing on their discussion forum (which was what got us kicked out of our church and denomination). It's a Christian marriage website, dedicated to putting out scientifically accurate and biblically-based information about sexuality.
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> ABC found out about it, and did an online interview with them, which led to the "Mike and Juliet" show on FOX -- they wanted us to come talk about our story -- it aired last Thursday.
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> Only the first half of the interview is online: http://www.mandjshow.com/videos/more-faith-equals-better-sex/
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> But there's also a backstage interview with a pastor (who was also on the show), Joe Beam: http://www.mandjshow.com/videos/christian-sex/
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> Enjoy! And may your marriages be richly and lavishly blessed!
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> Shalom, DenaAwesome! I'm happy for you and your husband.
-Dan
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