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![Q&A: Can a single person be truly happy?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Can a single person be truly happy?
#527 Why Friendship, not Romance, is the Greatest Love of All
Your Kids Need Foundational Biblical Beliefs, Not Just Teaching About Sex
#526 How God Heals Us From Past Abuse and Trauma
![Q&A: How do I talk to my spouse about sex?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How do I talk to my spouse about sex?
#525 Churches and Porn: What isn’t Working and How to Change it
Overcoming Sexual Shame and Fear in Marriage
![#524 Her Freedom Journey: A Powerful New Book Helping Women Overcome Porn And Sexual Shame](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/524-Her-Freedom-Journey-A-Powerful-New-Book-Helping-Women-Overcome-Porn-And-Sexual-Shame-768x432.jpg)
#524 Her Freedom Journey: A Powerful New Book Helping Women Overcome Porn And Sexual Shame
![Q&A: How do I love my child and disagree with their sexual choices?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How do I love my child and disagree with their sexual choices?
![#523 How Past Family Patterns Impact the Way You Love Today](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/523-How-Past-Family-Patterns-Impact-the-Way-You-Love-Today-768x432.jpg)
#523 How Past Family Patterns Impact the Way You Love Today
![How We Become Angry People](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/How-We-Become-Angry-People--768x432.jpg)
How We Become Angry People
![#522 The Paradox of Hope and Brokenness: Jesus, Depression and SSA](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Paradox-of-Hope-and-Brokenness-Jesus-Depression-and-SSA-768x432.jpg)
#522 The Paradox of Hope and Brokenness: Jesus, Depression and SSA
![Q&A: Why can’t I orgasm?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Why can’t I orgasm?
![#521 How to Know if Your Marriage can Recover from Betrayal](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/How-to-Know-if-Your-Marriage-can-Recover-from-Betrayal-768x432.jpg)
#521 How to Know if Your Marriage can Recover from Betrayal
![5 Things Christians Can Do to Help Overcome Porn Addiction](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/5-Things-Christians-Can-Do-to-Help-Overcome-Porn-Addiction-768x432.jpg)
5 Things Christians Can Do to Help Overcome Porn Addiction
#520 Sex, Cancel Culture and the Church: How to Pursue Unity When we Disagree
![Q&A: Is masturbation bad?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is masturbation bad?
#519 Why we Need to be Better at Caring for Divorced People in the Church
How To Fight For Integrity In A Hyper-Sexualized World
#518 Single Sexuality and the Unique Challenges of Widowhood
![Q&A: Does my Spouse Watch Porn Because of me?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Does my Spouse Watch Porn Because of me?
#517 How to Beat Loneliness and Cultivate Deeper Friendships
Sexual Abuse: How the Church Should Respond
#516 Don’t Skip Foreplay! (and Other Advice from a Christian Sex Therapist)
![Q&A: How do I Respond to my Kid’s Sexual Questions?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How do I Respond to my Kid’s Sexual Questions?
#515 Is Attraction Sinful? Unpacking Attachment, Safety, Love and Desire
I Was Sexually Abused. Now, God Is Restoring My Identity
#514 How Deconstruction and Divorce Rocked a Young Couple’s Life
![Q&A: I’m same-sex attracted, am I just supposed to suppress my sexuality?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: I’m same-sex attracted, am I just supposed to suppress my sexuality?
#513 A Child Psychiatrist On The Truth About Transgender Activism
How to Bridge the Gap in Mismatched Libidos in Marriage
#512 Friends Who Hurt Us: How To Recognize Unlikely Sources Of Abuse
![Q&A: My Wife Left Me, What do I do?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: My Wife Left Me, What do I do?
#511 Why You Need to Laugh More
For a Better Marriage, Try This
#510 Influencer Anh Lin on Overcoming Trauma and Living a Beautiful Life
![Q&A: Why Don’t I Like Sex?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Why Don’t I Like Sex?
#509 Workaholism And Infidelity Almost Led To Divorce, But A Miracle Saved Their Marriage
Overcoming Addiction: The Crucial Element You Might Be Missing
#508 What Does Healthy Masculinity Actually Look Like?
![Q&A: Why is Gender Important?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Why is Gender Important?
#507 What You Need To Know About The Gender Conversation
When Your Adult Child Makes Sexual Choices You Disagree With
#506 How To Make Sense Of Grief And God’s Goodness
![Q&A: How do I Get Past the Shame of Sexual Sin?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How do I Get Past the Shame of Sexual Sin?
#505 What Does it Look Like to Struggle with Sexual Sin and Still Love Jesus?
How can you Know if You’re Ready for Marriage?
#504 Painful Intercourse, Fake Orgasms, And Aging Sex: Answers To The Most Popular Sex Questions
![Q&A: How do I Connect with my Emotionally Disconnected Husband?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How do I Connect with my Emotionally Disconnected Husband?
Should I Go to a Gay Wedding?
#503 Lies, Pornography and Sex Addiction Almost Ended Their Marriage, Now They Help Others Find Hope
Sexual Entitlement: What it is and Why it is Ruining Your Marriage
#502 How to Understand and Overcome the Challenges of Postpartum Sex
![Q&A: What am I Supposed to do With my Sexuality as a Single Christian?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: What am I Supposed to do With my Sexuality as a Single Christian?
#501 Going Beyond a Superficial Faith – with guest Jackie Hill Perry
3 Reasons Why “Faking It” is Making Your Bad Sex Life Even Worse
#500 Sex, Faith and Family: Conversations Every Couple Should Have Pre-Marriage
![Q&A: Is Porn Sinful?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is Porn Sinful?
#499 How Vulnerability Can Help You Heal From Sexual Trauma
How To Heal And Grow: Four Surprising Pathways To Christ-Likeness
#498 The Surprising Thing You’re Missing In Your Healing Journey
#497 Trying to Heal? Here’s Why Knowing Your Story is Essential
![Q&A: Can Sexual Sin be Forgiven?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Can Sexual Sin be Forgiven?
God Says Sex is For Marriage – Here’s Why
#496 Seeking Truth on Singleness, Married Sexuality and LGBTQ+ Issues – A 2023 Recap
![Q&A: How Do I Love My LGBTQ Friends Without Compromising Biblical Truth? (Part 2)](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Do I Love My LGBTQ Friends Without Compromising Biblical Truth? (Part 2)
#495 Why Narratives About Sex Matter
Purity Culture Failed Men Too
#494 Purity Culture, Men and Sexual Entitlement
Q&A: What Does God Say About Divorce?
#493 How the Bible’s Teachings About Sex Reveal God’s Goodness
Why Sexual Maturity Matters More Than Sexual Experience
#492 How Human Trafficking Causes Us to Rethink What We Believe About God
![Q&A: Is It OK to Call a Transgender Friend by Their Preferred Pronouns?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is It OK to Call a Transgender Friend by Their Preferred Pronouns?
#491 Why Debates About Women’s Roles Might be Missing the Point
How The American Church Reinforces Isolation and Why That Needs to Change
#490 How Do You Go From Being Stuck in Bondage to True Freedom?
![Q&A: Are Sexual Sin and Sexual Brokenness the Same Thing?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Are Sexual Sin and Sexual Brokenness the Same Thing?
#489 Thinking About Divorce? You Might Want to Listen to This First
#363: Why Are Christians Afraid Of the LGBT+ Conversation?
3 Subconscious Beliefs You May Hold About Living With Same-Sex Attraction
#488 What Does the Bible Really Say About Same-Sex Marriage?
#257: How Trauma Affects Our Bodies & Souls
Q&A: How Do I Know if My Spouse Is Repentant After a Betrayal?
#487 How to Cling to God When Your World is Falling Apart
#316: Sorry Mom & Dad, the “Sex Talk” Doesn’t Work
5 Healthy Ways to Respond to Your Husband’s Porn Problem
#486 Teaching Sexual Discipleship: How to Walk in Truth and Love with LGBTQ+ Kids
#386: What’s the Secret To Getting the Marriage & Intimacy You Want? Go Vertical
Q&A: How Often Is ‘Normal’ for Having Sex Within Marriage?
#485 Your Marriage Won’t Survive Without Grace: Why Marriages Built on Performance Fall Apart
#454 Mismatched in Sexual Desire? You May Be Closer Than You Think
4 Lies the Movies Told Us About Sex and The Truths You Need to Know
#484 Duty Sex, Feeling Objectified, and Other Reasons Women Don’t Enjoy Sex in Marriage
#388 Single & Sexually Whole
![Q&A: What Is the Purpose of My Sexuality as a Single?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: What Is the Purpose of My Sexuality as a Single?
#483 Why You Need a New Theology of Singleness, Even if You’re Married
#211: Understanding Pornography Addiction
Why You Still Need Boundaries As You Pursue Sexual Integrity
#482 Trying to Overcome a Sexual Addiction? Here’s Why You Can’t Do It Alone
![Q&A: How Can I Love Someone Who Is Struggling with Sexual Sin and Brokenness?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Can I Love Someone Who Is Struggling with Sexual Sin and Brokenness?
#481 Learning, Leading, and Growing: A Reflection on 10 Years of Java with Juli
If I’m Free, Why Can’t I Do What I Want? And Other Ways We Misunderstand Freedom
#480 How to Heal and Rebuild Trust and Sexual Intimacy After An Affair
![Q&A: Is Masturbation a Sin?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is Masturbation a Sin?
#479 More Than Just Behavior: Why Your Struggles With Sexual Sin Run Deeper Than You Think
Sexual Discipleship®: What Is It, and Why Is It Important?
#478 How To Love And Lead Your Adult Kids With Jim Burns
Q&A: Is It Possible For The Woman to Be The Higher Drive Partner?
#477 In-Laws or Outlaws? How to Handle The Challenge of Setting Boundaries with In-Laws
Help! I Know I Need to Talk to My Teenager About Sex, but How Do I Do It?
#476 When God Ran: How God’s Love Found a Woman Lost In Shame
![Q&A: Is God Okay With Me Having Sex With Someone I Love Even If We Are Not Married?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is God Okay With Me Having Sex With Someone I Love Even If We Are Not Married?
#475 Why Empathy, Inner Healing, and Teamwork Are at the Heart of Building Intimacy
I Love Being Bitter: How We Grow Bitter and 3 Ways to Overcome
#474 A Rebel’s Manifesto: How to Live Holy Different with Sean McDowell
Q&A: Is It My Responsibility to Meet My Spouse’s Sexual Needs?
#473 Repentance, Redemption, and Revolution: How to Accept the Invitation of Godly Sexuality
#472 Embracing Grief: Why We Need to Connect Sadness, Gratitude, and Celebration
Q&A: Past Sexual Trauma Inhibits My Ability to Enjoy Sex. Is There Hope That I Can Ever Heal?
#471 How to Understand, Celebrate, and Leverage Neurological Differences in Relationships
Contentment: How to Live Joyfully Through the Ups and Downs of Life
#470 Why Did We Start Hating Men? The Toxic War on Masculinity with Nancy Pearcey
![Q&A: What Should I Do If I Discover My Spouse Looking at Porn?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: What Should I Do If I Discover My Spouse Looking at Porn?
#469 Porn, Rape Culture, and Why The Battle Against Sexual Assault Starts at Home
Sexual Integrity: The Heart of Sexually Discipling Your Kids
#468 Teaching Your Kids How to Love Their Bodies with Francie Winslow
#467 Yes, Your Marriage Is Worth Fighting For (Here’s How to Save It)
5 Reasons You’re Not Talking to Your Kids About Sex (and How to Overcome Them)
#466 Enough is Enough: Recognizing and Combating Abusive Relationships
#465 Love Dares: Using Playfulness to Build Sexual Intimacy
Talking to Your Kids About Sex: Why, When, and How
#464 Why We Need to Remember The Dignity of Singleness
#463 (Bonus) The Need for Grace in Church-Based Conversations About Sex and Gender
#462 Beautiful Union: How Our Sexuality Reveals God’s Heart for Covenant Love
![Q&A: How Do I Learn to Trust My Spouse Again After an Affair?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Do I Learn to Trust My Spouse Again After an Affair?
![Q&A: How Can I Overcome the Shame I Experienced as a Result of Purity Culture?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Can I Overcome the Shame I Experienced as a Result of Purity Culture?
Q&A: Is Sex Necessary For Intimacy?
Does God Want Me to Love Myself?
#461 Pride, Lust, and Why We Do Things We Don’t Want To Do
![Q&A: We Have Sex Regularly, but My Husband Never Seems Satisfied. What Do I Do?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: We Have Sex Regularly, but My Husband Never Seems Satisfied. What Do I Do?
Q&A: What If I’m Not Attracted to My Spouse Anymore?
#460 How To Have Mini and Many Conversations About Sexuality With Your Kids
#459 How Sexual Abuse Affects You (And Why God Is Still Trustworthy)
![Q&A: Is There Any Hope for Me in My Struggle with Porn?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: Is There Any Hope for Me in My Struggle with Porn?
#458 Why Women Are Leaving the Church (And How To Find Your Way Back)
Help! I’m in a Sexless Marriage!
#457 How To Build a Flourishing (not Flawless) Sex Life You’ll Both Love
Q&A: Sex Has Never Been Pleasurable in Our Marriage. Should I Just Fake It?
#456 Overcoming Father Wounds: Trading My Pain for God’s Perfect Love
Why We Don’t Experience Victory
![Q&A: How Do I Love My LGBTQ Friends Without Compromising Biblical Truth?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Do I Love My LGBTQ Friends Without Compromising Biblical Truth?
#455 How God Changed My Heart (Even After I Changed My Gender) with Laura Smalts
Help! How Much Sex is “Normal” for Married Couples?
![Q&A: What Is the Difference Between Sexual Integrity and Purity?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: What Is the Difference Between Sexual Integrity and Purity?
#453 Teens Are Anxious, Sad and Lonely. Here’s How You Can Help
What Do I Do With My Sexual Desires?
#452 Porn Addiction in Marriage: How to Let God Redeem Your Story
Q&A: Is Sending Nudes and Homemade Porn Okay if We’re Married?
#451 Porn Addiction and Women: Break the Silence, Bring the Hope
What Defines an Intimate Relationship?
#450 Breaking the Marriage Idol
![Q&A: How Can I Steward My Sexuality as a Single?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)
Q&A: How Can I Steward My Sexuality as a Single?
#449 How to Guide Your Kids Through Confusing Messages About Gender
#448: When Did Sexual Identity Become a Thing? (and Why Are We Obsessed With It?)
#447: Strengthen Your Marriage Today (and Be Ready for Whatever 2023 May Bring)
![Q&A: Where Do I Begin Healing?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QA-New-Video-Thumbnail-768x432.jpg)