Pure Pleasure: A Biblical, Historical, and Scientific Approach to Love, Sex, Dating

By the time most people find "the one," the familiar story goes, they've been through seven relationships, two heartbreaks, and a string of flings in between. The script feels normal because the culture wrote it. The problem? Too many Christians are still following it.Ivan Griffin knows that script firsthand. Before Christ, he was consumed by lust. After he came to faith, temptation kept knocking, sometimes literally, at his front door at midnight. Years of struggle finally gave way to real freedom, and now he wants that freedom for you.Pure Pleasure examines love, sex, and dating through three lenses: Scripture, history, and science. Inside, you'll discover:Why the Bible calls the one-flesh union a "great mystery," and what brain science reveals about the bonds sex createsHow courtship evolved into modern dating, and why it isn't leading more believers to the altarA practical, seven-step path to freedom from lust, pornography, and sexual sinA biblical alternative for moving from meeting to marriage without compromiseHow to let go of guilt and shame once God has already forgiven youThis isn't another round of competing opinions. It's a call to relationships designed to make you holy, not just happy, and to a church that looks different from the world.If you're ready for God's best, start here.