PURE

Linda Marshall This years UCCF hot book, aimed for students and young adults with the aim of re-establishing God’s view of sex and relationship in a sex obsessed society. There are many good short sections on gender, forgiveness and purity. Friendship: looking at how guys and girls tick and think, with the aim of helping you think through how you interact and develop friendship with the opposite sex. Forgiveness: in a sex saturated and obsessed society it is common for Christians pre-conversion (and sadly post-conversion) to have been sexually active, here Linda wonderfully reminds us the cross takes away our guilt and shame.

The section on gifts is short, it emphasizes that singleness and marriage are “gifts God gives for us to serve him” and she addresses the myths that surround the gift of singleness, then moving to look at contentment. The section is short and won’t answer all your questions in detail, but then it is not designed to. It is more a quick overview of singleness that provides a good foundation from which to expand with further reading.
Short and brief and very helpful for re-gaining God’s view on sex and relationships, aimed to help you re-adjust you life and attitudes back to how God wants you to be. It also comes with a course so groups can work through it together. There has been much positive feedback from students and reviewers. Defiantly worth a read alongside other books.