GOD'S DESIGN FOR SEX

Christian book award winners

Over one million books sold in the series
All five books are recipients of the ECPA Medallion of Excellence

Praise for the series…

“Talking with your kids about sex sometimes feels like the hardest thing to do in the world, but these books have helped discussions happen in my household for over ten years now. I’ve also been recommending these books to listeners of my podcast for years and years. These books will help you guide a conversation between you and your child that glorifies God and his desire for our sexuality.”

– Jamie Ivey, Best Selling author of If You Only Knew, and host of The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey podcast
“This series is a helpful resource for parents seeking to teach their children about the good gift of sex and to counter the false messages that their children are exposed to. The God’s Design for Sex books are filled with wisdom and practical guidance. We have found these books very valuable in our parenting and often recommend them. Given the radically changing understanding—and promotion—of sex and sexuality in our culture, I am grateful that Stan and Brenna Jones have produced a new edition that tackles additional, difficult questions through the lens of the unchanging Word of God.”

-Ken Magnuson, PhD, professor of Christian Ethics
“It is comprehensive and deals sensitively with difficult topics, using research on parenting styles and sexual health to encourage and empower parents to be the first, principle, and continuing source of sex education for their children. In addressing relationships from the perspectives of chaste singleness and faithful, godly marriage, the book confronts the clash of cultures between a biblical worldview and the postmodern, individualistic mind-set. It challenges parents to enable children of all ages to live in a way that is countercultural to current tropes for sex, identity, and gender. Above all, it directs us all, as fallen and forgiven people, to grace-based (rather than law-driven) parenting.”

-Patricia Weerakoon, medical doctor, sexologist, and writer
“Stan and Brenna Jones have done their homework. In a world of great sexual confusion, where cheap opinions and “hot takes” seem to be winning the day, these two are rising up as incredibly sane and sophisticated voices that can help show us the way.”

-Daniel Grothe, associate senior pastor at New Life Church

The God’s Design for Sex series helps parents establish a biblical view of sexuality in the home. The parent’s guide, and four age-appropriate books, enable families to develop a healthy dialogue about sexuality. They provide children the foundation of truth and knowledge they need for when they are inevitably bombarded with confusing and potentially harmful messages about sex.

About the Authors

STAN JONES, PHD, recently retired from Wheaton College as a professor of psychology and core studies, where he earlier served as Provost for twenty years. He is a nationally recognized Christian expert on sexuality. He has written books on psychology and Christianity and on homosexuality and has contributed numerous articles to such professional journals as American Psychologist.

BRENNA JONES has graduate training in biblical and theological studies and leads an active ministry of discipleship and support for women. Stan and Brenna have three adult children.

CAROLYN NYSTROM is the author of more than 80 books for both children and adults, including What Happens When We Die?, winner of the ECPA Gold Medallion Award for children’s books. Carolyn and her husband, Roger, have four children, whose early questions about sex, pregnancy, and babies prompted her to write Before I Was Born.

About the Authors

BRENNA JONES has graduate training in biblical and theological studies and leads an active ministry of discipleship and support for women. Stan and Brenna have three adult children.

How & When to Tell Your Kids About Sex

Do you want to have healthy, honest, biblical conversations about sex with your kids? How and When to Tell Your Kids about Sex equips you with the strategies, tools, and insights for age-appropriate discussions at every stage of your child’s life. In this third revision of the bestselling series, Stan and Brenna Jones provide honest and practical suggestions for every parent. Learn how to:

• Affirm the goodness of God’s view of sex and sexuality
• Explain physical development and sexual intercourse in age-appropriate ways
• Prepare your child for the changes of puberty
• Dialogue about the pitfalls of our culture’s approach to sex
• Empower your child with the understanding and skills to resist negative pressures
• Encourage a commitment to purity
• Create an environment of trust and honesty in your family

Now revised and updated with helpful material on pornography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and more.

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How & When to Tell Your Kids About Sex

Now revised and updated with helpful material on pornography, sexual orientation, gender identity, and more.

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The Story of Me

It’s never too early to begin giving your child a practical understanding of his or her unique, beautiful body and why God designed it to be exactly the way it is. With candid, age-appropriate language and illustrations, The Story of Me explains:

• The growth of a child inside a mother’s body and the birth process
• The nurturing family as God’s context for love
• Proper names for private body parts
• The specialness of being made a boy or a girl
• God’s love and the goodness of all He has made

Help your child get excited by how God has designed them- and discover that their story is part of God’s bigger story.

Before I Was Born

Before I Was Born emphasizes the creational goodness of our bodies and explains sex as a special gift God gives to a husband and wife. It covers such topics as

• Why God made boys’ and girls’ bodies different
• God’s plan for loving marriages and families
• The basic facts about intercourse, presented in the context of marital love and intimacy
• Conception and fetal development
• Childbirth and breastfeeding

Created to answer the questions your young child will inevitably ask, Before I Was Born will help you give your child a head start in understanding God’s good plan for them, their family, and their sexuality.

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Before I Was Born

Before I Was Born emphasizes the creational goodness of our bodies and explains sex as a special gift God gives to a husband and wife. It covers such topics as

Take a Look Inside Each Book

View the series sampler to read sample chapters and illustrations from each book.

God's Design for Sex Sampler

What’s the Big Deal?

Your kids probably know about sex. But what they’ve gathered from TV, other kids, or the internet is often distorted or incomplete and falls far short of God’s good plan for their sexuality. What’s the Big Deal? will help you walk your child through a biblically based understanding of sex and prepare them for the changes ahead in puberty. Find insights and answers to tough questions like:

• What does God actually say about sex in the Bible?
• Why is it best to save sex for marriage?
• What is pornography, and why is it dangerous?
• What is puberty, and what does it look like for boys and girls?
• How should you respond to sexual pressure from friends, TV shows, movies, and magazines?

Read this book with your child, and get started on healthy, thoughtful conversations about sex. Together, you can learn about what a beautiful and exciting gift from God sexuality is meant to be!

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Facing the Facts

Transitioning through puberty into life as an adolescent is an exciting—and often stressful—time for your kids, but you don’t need to sweat the hard conversations! Facing the Facts helps inform your kids about the maturation of their bodies, why God planned it to happen just that way, and how they can live in a way that prepares them for a flourishing life as an adult. Dive into healthy, biblically informed conversations about:

• The wonders and complexities of a young adult body
• Sex, pregnancy, and birth
• Saving sex for marriage
• Worldviews and sex
• Masturbation, sexual addiction, gender identity, and same-sex attraction
• The meaning of sex in God’s story

Equip your child with God’s truth about bodies, sex, and relationships as you discuss this book with your child!

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Facing the Facts

Equip your child with God’s truth about bodies, sex, and relationships as you discuss this book with your child!

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More Resources for Christian Parents

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