Barbara Wallace Erkins

By Any Other Name It's Still Sex Barbara Wallace Erkins

Sexuality is an integral part of our lives. For many it forms the basis for self-identification and worth, and for others it is an undefined mystery. Sex has been categorized as unmentionable yet unavoidable. As popular as it is today, to discuss it in any detail remains taboo. We cannot afford to ignore, hide, or fantasize about sex anymore. To do so could be lethal to not only our physical being, but to our emotional, psychological, and spiritual health. There is an epidemic in our nation regarding sexual problems. Venereal disease is no longer just an "adult" problem and AIDS has ravaged the land. The author has written an intriguing and thought provoking book that will challenge where you stand on the sex issue. Yes, sex is an issue, and, it is not just an issue for Christians, but for everyone. Sexual problems are not exclusive to any one group. They affect all of us. The book challenges us to look not only at how we view sex, but to examine our own sexuality. Without shame and in intriguing and often humorous fashion, Barbara Wallace Erkins brings us face to face with the sex issue. In examining the scriptures, she shares one dimension of what is going on and where we have failed. The book paints a picture of how it all began. In the intimate setting of man's first encounter with God, was it an apple that caused the fall? What did we lose in the garden, what did we inherit from it, can we undo the damage? The author gives us not only answers but hope.