The Intimacy Cover-Up: Uncovering the Difference Between Love and Sex

by P. Roger Hillerstrom

There can be virtually no argument that all teens (including Christians) need a rational, relational, non-judgmental resource regarding pre-marital sexual abstinence. This book provides just that. It confronts the sexual myths set out by our society and proves them false and yet minimizes the predictable defensive reactions of the young adult readers.

"I would like to highly recommend Roger to you as a professional, committed, Christian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825428947
• ISBN13: 9780825428944
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

I wish I had read this book before I got married...

If you are one of those so-called free thinkers who is not willing to consider the validity of the Christian perspective on this issue, don't waste your money. You will just be annoyed and won't learn anything. But if you are truly open minded enough to consider that Biblical restrictions on sex are in humanity's best interest rather than the punitive actions of a Cosmic Party-Pooper, this is one of the best books I have ever read on this subject, and one I wish had been available to me 30 years ago before I was sexually active. My husband and I married in our thirties. We were not Christians in our youth, and everything that implies. So we were a little smug when it was suggested to us that we should receive some counseling in the area of sex before our wedding. It wasn't long after we were married that we discovered that everything we thought we knew about sex and love was wrong. In fact, it only took a couple of weeks. Moreover, it continued to be an issue throughout our marriage. We found out through the school of hard knocks why God strongly prefers that we confine sexual relations to marriage. Both spiritual reasons and "practical" reasons to avoid premarital sex are explored in this book, and I can confidently testify that the authors have told it like it is. If, by some miracle, you are the sort of person who can learn from someone else's mistakes and do not have to plunge headlong into your own disaster to discover that God's Word is still true in this area, you will save yourself considerable heartache if you will read this book FIRST. But chances are, if you are a young person you will not fall into that category. Parents, read this book and get it into the hands of your Christian teens BEFORE they have a chance to stumble. You might be surprised to learn how susceptible YOUR well-mannered, godly, soul-winning teen is to the siren song of the world.