Christianity Without Compromise: Rebuilding Faith Around Jesus Alone

Purity culture taught many people to fear their own bodies, desires, and capacity for pleasure. Kelly Edmiston, pastor and author, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss how purity culture created a damaging divide between the body and spiritual life. Kelly distinguishes Christian chastity from sexual repression, explains why desire can reveal what is forming us, and argues that embodied faith takes seriously both the goodness of pleasure and the moral significance of sexuality. Drawing from creation, Song of Songs, and the broader story of the Bible, Kelly offers a vision for moving beyond purity culture toward a Christian sexuality shaped by covenant, community, consent, and spiritual formation.

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Kelly Edmiston is a pastor, author, and spiritual director with a doctorate in spiritual formation and roughly two decades of vocational ministry experience. Her work explores sexuality, embodiment, desire, and spiritual formation, including helping couples pursue sexual flourishing. She also preaches and creates resources designed to help Christians develop a more integrated understanding of their bodies and spiritual lives.

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