407 - Resurrecting a View of Sexual and Single

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dig into the often overlooked intersection of singleness and sexuality, exploring how we can resurrect a healthier, more holistic view of both. We discuss the importance of stewarding sexual desire with integrity, especially in a culture that promotes instant gratification and casual relationships. Our guests share their personal stories of God’s redemptive work in their sexuality during their single years and offer insights on how the church can better support and value singles. We also explore the difference between sexuality and sensuality and how to hold space for both desire and disappointment with hope and faith.

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0:00.0	Hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to The Pure Desire
0:10.9	podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and breaking
0:16.5	free from compulsive sexual behavior. Today you are joining us for episode 407 and here joining me as
0:23.6	my co-host throughout this series is Mr. John Beggeman. John, welcome back to the podcast. Thanks,
0:29.2	Nick. Just to say, all the single ladies, all the single ladies, all the single ladies, put your hands up.
0:35.2	And I start there just because today we're talking about
0:38.6	singleness. Yes, we are. And I wish I was hip enough to know that song or where it was from,
0:44.6	but I don't, is who's the artist singing that song? I actually don't know if I know off the top
0:50.7	of my head as well. Is it Beyonce? Beyonce. Okay, John, when you bring a song to the
0:54.7	podcast, you should know from all of my intros that you've got to have a little tidbit about like who's
1:00.9	saying it or when. But yes, today is about singleness. And we had a great privilege I feel to have not
1:07.8	only you on as a single man, but a friend of yours, Isabel, on is a
1:11.7	single woman. And I think it's probably good that our listeners know you guys are not a couple.
1:16.1	Correct.
1:16.5	We didn't have you on because you're preparing for marriage. And that's so often the message
1:20.5	about singleness is prepare for marriage. We had you both on because your friends that are
1:25.7	in a lot of single community and group, and you
1:28.5	both have a story to process the value of being both single and a sexual being. Tell us a little bit
1:34.5	about that. Yeah, I think, man, as I was thinking about this episode, I'm like, there's only so much
1:38.4	I can bring to the table from my male perspective. That's not bad, but just like there are so many
1:43.3	females in our audience.
1:44.2	Your half of the equation.
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