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The Delightful Duty of Married Sex
For married Christians, sex is a strange combination of function and fun, discipline and desire, heaven and hobby. But for the Christian wife in particular, married sex can also represent mystery, frustration, or even shame.Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 7:2–5 are wonderfully direct and clarifying, although they are sometimes misapplied or misunderstood:Because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his