Hillary Morgan Ferrer - Mama Bear Apologetics® Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out Gods Design

With compassion, empathy, and an unwavering commitment to Scripture, Ferrer and Davison equip parents and children to defend the biblical sexual worldview. And they do not mince words when it comes to the political agenda that is pushing sexuality on kids. Through Christlike love, this book is a call to arms to defend those held captive to sex-education curricula and its damaging ideas.

Josh D. McDowell,

bestselling author and speaker

As is typical for the Mama Bear team, the Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality transforms confusion into clarity, anxiety into action steps, and polarization into Christ-centered partnership. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to equip kids to biblically navigate gender, sexuality, and the cost of discipleship.

Elizabeth Urbanowicz,

founder of Foundation Worldview

The Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality is a timely and helpful book. Hillary tackles some of the thorniest issues of sex and identity today, and yet she does so with compassion, insight, and biblical clarity. And she also offers some practical steps for communicating these ideas to kids. I hope you will get a copy and start implementing these ideas today.

Sean McDowell,

PhD, associate professor of apologetics at Biola University and the author of Chasing Love

Sex is never just about sex. Teens and young adults often cite biblical sexuality for the reason behind their rejection of Christianity. That is why Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality is a crucial resource for every parent. Hillary and Amy address the most relevant and confusing aspects of parenting in the shifting sands of sexual morality in our culture, giving examples from research, media, and education. They present foundational and complicated truths in a format that is easy to understand and apply. This book will equip you to navigate the discipleship journey with your kids with grace and truth.

Dr. Juli Slattery,

author of Rethinking Sexuality and founder of sexualdiscipleship.com

As mothers and avid readers, we cant recommend this book enough. The culture is poisoning the hearts and minds of our children with a twisted vision of human sexuality and identity. Ferrer and Davison not only expose these lies, but they also replace them with a wonderful vision of the beautiful and breathtaking design God intends for human sexuality. This book will help you become the wise and trusted guide your kids need, leading them to the life-giving truths about love, sex, and identity that God has for His image bearers.

Erin Kunkle and Sarah Stonestreet,

cohosts of The Strong Women Podcast by the Colson Center

Hillarys book is an important parent resource to identify, deconstruct, and offer clarity to todays distorted views of sexuality. God has already created an ideal for humanity and sexual integrity, and this book reminds us to stay faithful to His truth.

Monica Leal Cline,

founder of It Takes a Family

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This book is dedicated to all those who have been willing to take up their sexual crosses and still follow Christ, even when it hurts.

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Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality

Copyright 2021 by Hillary Morgan Ferrer with Amy Davison

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

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ISBN 978-0-7369-8381-5 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-8382-2 (eBook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021935208

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Contents

H ILLARY AND A MY

O nce upon a time, the sex talk was simple. It was still mortifying for both parties, but it was simple. For the little ones, you talked about the anatomical differences between boys and girls. Where do babies come from? Im so horrified glad you asked! You discussed how those anatomical differences allowed the mommy and the daddy to make a baby, praying that the kids didnt ask for more details. As they got older, you discussed Gods design for marriage and Gods purpose for sex within a marriage. You read some verses from Ephesians, gave a very (very) light study from Song of Solomon about the goodness of sex (but only within marriageDONT DO IT OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE!!!!). And then you turned these fully prepared (*cough*) youngsters over to the youth pastor, who taught them who-knows-what out of a study guide on purity. Phew! Glad thats over.

One question though: Hows that been working out for us? Howd that work out for you ? Does it feel like were winning the culture war on this one? Because it doesnt to us. We are losing so badly that many people have just given up and opted for the safe sex talk because any discussion of abstinence is just laughed at. Like, How cute! As if you can convince teenagers not to have sexyoure funny!

To paraphrase legendary fighter Mike Tyson, everyone has a plan until theyve been hit. The church, unfortunately, is no different. Between hyper-fundamentalism, the fallout of purity culture, and the at-times graceless response to LGBTQ issues, the church has taken more than its share of hits. As Dr. Juli Slattery points out, the problem isnt that the spiritual battle defending biblical sexuality isnt worth having. The problem is that the church doesnt know how to fight . And the fallout isnt pretty.

Pew Research Journal conducted a survey on views regarding sexuality and found that 57 percent of Christians believed premarital sex in a committed relationship was fine, while 50 percent said that hookups (sleeping with someone you arent committed to) were no biggie!