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“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true…” (2 Timothy 3:16a, NLT).

I was working on a project a few years ago called What God Says About Angels.  One day, someone asked me, “How do you know what God says about angels?”

It was a great question.  How did I know what God says about angels?  How did I know what God says about anything?

For me, whenever I’m ever looking for “a word from God,” the first place I look is in the Bible—it has over 800,000 of them!  The words in the Bible have given me encouragement and guidance, hope and inspiration, insight and understanding.  The Bible has given me more practical wisdom than any other book in the world.

I think this is true for two reasons:

1. The words of the Bible have stood the test of time.  These words were written by people who have been extremely close to God—people who have asked God honest questions and listened for His honest answers.  What happened in their lives as a result of hearing and doing what God said was phenomenal.  So phenomenal, in fact, that even to this day, thousands of years later, the Bible is still the most widely read, published and translated book in the world.
2. The words of the Bible have stood the test of trial and error.  My own trial and error!  Whenever I’ve read something in the Bible and have wondered if it might work in my own life, I’ve put it to the test.  What’s happened to me as a result of hearing and doing what God said has been phenomenal, too, as you’ll see in this book.

After putting into practice hundreds of things that I’ve read in the Bible, I’ve come to the same conclusion as the Apostle Paul who wrote:

“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It straightens us out and teaches us to do what is right” (2 Timothy 3:16, NLT).

In perhaps no other area of my life has this proven more true than in the area of what God says about sex.

I’d like to say a special word to those of you who may be learning about sex for the very first time.  I’ve written a special chapter just for you at the end of this book called, “What is Sex, Anyway?”  You’ll want to read this special chapter first as it will give you a good foundation as you go through the rest of this book.

For those of you who already know about sex, you might still want to read this special chapter first.  This may be the first time that you’ve ever heard sex described like this and it will give you a good foundation as you go through the rest of your life.