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    A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace
    A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace
    A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace
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    A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace

    By Ed Hurst

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    You do not measure the Bible against Post-modern Western social expectations. Instead, you measure the West and every other society and culture against the standards God set forth in His Word. It’s not that God expects us to clone the Hebrew society in our own day and time; it won’t fit. Rather, in “rightly dividing the Word,” we discern the underlying facts of human nature manifested in Hebrew customs by reading about them from within the ancient Hebrew moral standards. This brief book should help to dispel popular Western myths about relationships and establish a solid biblical model.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEd Hurst
    Release dateAug 24, 2013
    ISBN9781301999644
    A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace
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    Ed Hurst

    Born 18 September 1956 in Seminole, OK. Traveled a great deal in Europe with the US Army, worked a series of odd jobs, and finally in public education. Ordained to the ministry as a Baptist, then with a non-denominational endorsement. Currently semi-retired.

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      A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace - Ed Hurst

      A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace

      By Ed Hurst

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 by Ed Hurst

      Copyright notice: People of honor need no copyright laws; they are only too happy to give credit where credit is due. Others will ignore copyright laws whenever they please. If you are of the latter, please note what Moses said about dishonorable behavior – be sure your sin will find you out (Numbers 32:23)

      Permission is granted to copy, reproduce and distribute for non-commercial reasons, provided the book remains in its original form.

      Cover Art: The author with a hand model, original composition, all rights reserved.

      Other books by the same author include A Course in Biblical Mysticism and The Mind of Christ. Get your free copies at Smashwords.

      A Christian Guide to the Sexual Marketplace

      Chapter 1: Credentials

      Chapter 2: What’s Wrong?

      Chapter 3: Fundamentals

      Chapter 4: Western Mythology

      Chapter 5: Underlying Structure

      Chapter 6: A Better Reality

      Chapter 7: Fallen World

      Chapter 8: Fallen Natures

      Chapter 9: Build It

      Chapter 10: Calling Her

      Chapter 11: Catching Him

      Chapter 12: Clear Foundation

      Chapter 13: Get Started

      Chapter 14: Keep It Together

      Chapter 15: Live in It

      All of my books are for the glory of Jesus Christ, but this one is also in honor of my one and only beloved:

      Veloyce

      The sound of her name falls gentle on my ears

      Like the music of tuned wind chimes

      wafting on the breeze of a soft summer night.

      The touch of her hand plays music on my skin,

      and electrifies my soul with the power of love

      that never dies.

      Chapter 1: Credentials

      Most of my books attempt to stand back, addressing the reader in the third person. That won’t work here.

      The nature of the topic draws far too much criticism and armchair analysis of motives and what some may suppose was the writer’s personal experience. While I can’t prevent readers doing that, perhaps I can blunt the obvious shallow critiques that would keep you from learning something useful.

      My intent is entirely pastoral. The book is free and I’m not attempting to build any little kingdoms of followers with an echo chamber effect. This is nothing more than my personal experience and observations. At least some of it simply won’t apply to you. That’s the nature of God’s work through those He calls in this fallen world.

      The 18th of September 2013 is my 57th birthday. I’m not in the hunt; I’ve been married to the same lady since 1978. I married exceptionally well, someone eminently suitable for my temperament and calling. I had the good fortune of training in pastoral marriage counseling before I met my spouse. It was too easy to recognize a good fit when I met her. She remains my one passion among women. I can claim a history of total fidelity, but you’ll have to decide for yourself how true that might be.

      Further, I am at the age and level of exposure to environmental pharmaceuticals that my libido is about gone. It still works somewhat with my wife only because of the vast ocean of trust she has earned. Otherwise, the wiring between my testosterone and my sense of taste in flesh is largely burned out. Not much of anything or anyone turns

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