Desire and Deceit: The Real Cost of the New Sexual Tolerance
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Manufacturer: Multnomah Books
EAN (European Article Number): 9781601420800
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Author: R. Albert Mohler Jr
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 241.66
Publication Date: 2008-09-16
Reading Level: 176
Description: Are you ready to respond to the most relevant questions of sexuality today?
Lifetime monogamy is passé. Pornography infiltrates nearly every home. Homosexuality is accepted. Lust has been redefined. The family as an institution is questioned.
We are reminded every day that assumptions about what is right and wrong, sexually, are different today than they were fifty–or even ten–years ago. Christian principles that formed the pattern for generations of American families are conspicuously absent. What happened and why? How do we respond to the dramatic shift in our culture’s perspective on sex?
As one of today’s most influential thinkers, Dr. Albert Mohler addresses these critical topics in a thoughtful, cut-to-the-chase style in Desire and Deceit. As you follow Mohler’s guidance in applying biblical solutions to today’s most highly charged issues, you will be not only equipped but also inspired to speak the truth in a society hungry for answers.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: Outstanding--but what, what are we going to do?
Date: 2008-11-09
Details: Anyone with a heart has to be disturbed by the state of marriage in our country. Illegitimacy is closing in on 40% of all births, living together is standard, and marriages tend to last as long as the expiration dates on milk cartons.
This is a great tragedy for our nation, and for the 50% of all children in our country who will expereience living with only a single parent. These children are at hugely higher risk for abuse, neglect, emotional problems, drug and alcohol abuse, promiscuity, and, at hugely higher risk later on of criminal behavior. (For statistics, please read "The Abolition of Marriage".)
In fact, our culture has become toxic to children.
Mohler's small, thoughtful book tackles the problem from the perspective of a Christian pastor. He states sadly that "All manners of faith and morality are now considered by a majority of Americans to be issues of mere private preference" (p47). The bitter fact is that "the left wing of the Enlightenment has finally won the day...a majority of Americans now reject the very notion of absolute truth" (p 47).
He discusses pornography and the effects of Kinsey, and the shattering of the once strong Christian ethics in our nation.
A disturbing but necessary book.
Review Summary: An Important Book to Read
Date: 2008-09-30
Details: Even before I bought this book, I didn't expect it to be a fun book to read. The topic is one that deals with the proliferation of evil in our world. There is almost no way to do anything except feel hopeless when we look at how people have been able to take sinful activity and make it look good and wholesome, but Mohler covers the subject truthfully and with a gentle spirit. This book is not enjoyable, but it is an important book for everyone to read because it shows the problems that accepting sex, in all of its forms, as the saving grace of our society is causing.
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