Hey friend welcome to Java with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery. Let me remind you that this

podcast is listener supported and it's an outreach of the Ministry Authentic Envacy which

is dedicated to helping people make sense of God and their sexuality.

Over the years we've talked a lot about the fallout of purity culture that was so

dominant within the church during the 80s and the 90s.

And while I've loved those conversations,

most of them have been from the perspective of women,

exploring how purity culture has really impacted their understanding of sex and left them with mixed feelings about their sexuality.

Well today's episode is going to be a little bit different.

Finally we're going to get to hear the other side of the coin and talk about how

purity culture has affected men. My guest today is Pastor Noah Lipiac. He's

author of Beyond the Battle and the founder of Beyond Ministries, which is a ministry

that helps men find accountability

as they seek to know who they are in Christ

and live with integrity in our sexualized world. Now Noah's stories is in many ways the same story

for a lot of Christian men. He battled to save sex for marriage only to find that marriage

was not the sexual utopia that he had imagined.

Now this is a great episode if you are someone trying to understand your husband and a great

episode for men who are seeking to understand some of the damaging behaviors and

thought patterns they picked up from purity culture. Now grab your coffee and let's head to

the coffee shop for my conversation with Noah Philippiac.

Well, Noah, what a joy to have you on job with Julie. I didn't know about you until a few weeks

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