The Unseen Influence: How Culture Shapes Our Views on Sexuality (With Jonathan Storment)

11/04/23 • 23 min

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What if I told you that the way you understand sex and sexuality is influenced more by culture than you realize? In this episode, we venture through the history of Christian sexual ethics with our guest, Jonathan Storment, who talks about how the perception and treatment of women, sex, and children have evolved over the years. Jonathan illuminates why this understanding is pivotal to our modern culture, and highlights the struggle men face with pornography, despite its known detriments.
Commercial sexualization is also an important topic that has an impact on our lives. Later in the episode, we dissect how this phenomenon has obstructed our ability to celebrate Jesus with our bodies and has eroded the sanctity of human connection. We also reflect on the allure of secular perspectives on sex and how the divine encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman offers a fresh, sacred outlook on sex and sexuality. Tune in to this episode for a riveting exploration of Christian sexual ethics in the contemporary world.
Here's a link to a highly recommended book by Louis Perry called "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution" which gives an accurate depiction of what pornography and hook-up culture has been doing to our society: https://a.co/d/4JQAyce (Warning: the book does contain dark and explicit content which the author uses to make key points, so it is not advisable for children).

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Reclaimed & Unashamed - The Unseen Influence: How Culture Shapes Our Views on Sexuality (With Jonathan Storment)

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Kolton Thomas00:00:00.922

Welcome to the Reclaimed and Unashamed podcast where we are helping men to rewire their brains and overcome the shame that often surrounds unwanted pornography use . I'm your host , Kolton Thomas , and welcome to episode 19 , where we are going to have our guest , jonathan Stormant , back on the podcast . Jonathan was our guest a few episodes ago in episode 16 . In that episode w