Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 176 Pages
- Publisher: The Good Book Co
- Publication Date: January 2024
- ISBN: FKVAMMJEM___MORETOTHESTORYDEEPAN9781784989514
More to the Story: Deep Answers to Real Questions on Attraction, Identity, and Relationships
What does the Bible really say about identity and gender, dating and sex? Are its teachings out of date and repressive? Or are they the way to joy and contentment?
Long-time youth worker Jennifer Kvamme knows teens are grappling with these questions. In this book she helps readers cut through the cultural confusion and find answers to questions like:
- why does God care what I do with my body (if I'm not hurting anyone)?
- why does it matter what pronouns I use?
- why is sex "good" in marriage but "bad" before it? Isn't love love?
- is the Bible really against gay marriage?
Rather than listing dos and don'ts, this book looks at the whole story of God's love for us to give readers an essential backdrop for the Bible's teachings on sexuality. It will help you navigate wisely complex issues around dating, sex and gender. You'll not only learn how to honor Jesus in this area of life, but why he can be trusted to bring the kind of lasting joy and contentment that "sexual freedom" can't. You'll discover there's hope even if your experience of sexuality has been painful, complicated or filled with shame.
Each chapter includes reflection questions to help you think through these issues and apply them to your own life, as well as a discussion guide for youth groups.
You will be encouraged to trust Jesus with your deepest desires as you follow him in all of life, including your sexuality and relationships.
Free Downloads
Discussion Guide (PDF)
Teaching Plan (PDF)
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“This book manages to be wise, persuasive, warm, and sensitive in answering the hardest questions, in a hopeful and helpful way. A great resource for giving away, but also worth keeping in your back pocket!”
Linda Allcock
Author, Deeper Still
“These are the issues where our teenage children most need help. That help has arrived! This book tells the better story about sex, gender, and sexuality that our teenagers desperately need to hear. Thank you, Jennifer! ”
Ed Drew
These are the issues where our teenage children most need help. That help has arrived! This book tells the better story about sex, gender, and sexuality that our teenagers desperately need to hear. Thank you, Jennifer!
“More to the Story is such an important book. Jennifer talks about some of the most challenging topics of the day—body, gender, dating, abuse—in such a clear manner. There's so much that's helpful in this accessible resource. A vital book for parents and youth workers to put in the hands of their pre-teen, teen, or older.”
John Perritt
Director of Resources, Reformed Youth Ministries; Author, Mark: How Jesus Changes Everything
“Our culture’s story around gender, sex, and identity is told loudly and often enough to be compelling to those hearing it. But, as Jennifer Kvamme wisely and winsomely demonstrates, God has another, better story for us. This is an easily accessible, up-to-date, and compassionate take on our culture’s false promises that we can find true satisfaction in things that are good but which are not ultimate. Written in an engaging and down-to-earth style, it’s perfectly pitched to answer the burning questions young people are asking. That it does so with humility, grace, openness, and a genuine sense of inquiry makes it a safe, sage book in these bewildering times.”
Stephen McAlpine
“Jennifer Kvamme answers students’ difficult questions with the deep compassion that comes from two decades of dedicated next-generation ministry. She infuses every page with a personal freshness that relates to the real-life struggles and highest joys of a teenager’s world. Guided by the whole story of God’s word, this book is a trustworthy map that leads students to discover joy and freedom in God’s wonderful design for human connection. ”
Ken Castor
Next-generation pastor and author
“Clear and gracious, this book shows how God's story of redemption and a committed relationship with Jesus are the foundation for making sense of some of the most important questions young people are facing today. An essential read for teens and young adults. Pastors, youth workers, parents, and grandparents will also benefit greatly from this well-written explanation of God's perspective on these significant issues.”
Kevin Kompelien
President, Evangelical Free Church of America
“Full of compassion and grace, truth and love, Jennifer paints a better picture—a glorious picture—of God’s good design. This book will be a catalyst for desires to become realigned with the heart of God. ”
Kristen Hatton
Author of The Gospel Centered Life in Exodus, Face Time, and Get Your Story Straight
“Every pastor, every youth worker, every parent needs to read this powerful conversation tool as they wrestle honestly with reaching and discipling this generation. These are conversations that need to be had, and Jennifer approaches them with clear, compassionate biblical wisdom. ”
Doug Holliday
President, SonLife Ministries
“This book is an essential read for those who are feeling lost or uncertain about their true self, or for those seeking deeper understanding of their purpose according to God's plan.”
Rennie Garda
Cadre Disciplemaking Missionary
“For the person who desires more clarity about God’s perspective, purpose, and plan, this book builds a foundation of how to think about God and self. I am thankful that there is more to the story that God invites us to embrace and live out. I highly recommend this book! ”
Glenn Olson
Director of Student Ministries, North Central District EFCA
“This is an important discussion for students right now (and adults too), and Jennifer is the right person to address it. Writing with years of experience as a youth worker and with commitment to the gospel, she addresses this topic through the lens of who God is and who we are in him. I recommend getting this book into the hands of any student in your life! ”
Laurie Seay
Event Director, EFCA
Product Description
What does the Bible really say about identity and gender, dating and sex? Are its teachings out of date and repressive? Or are they the way to joy and contentment?
Long-time youth worker Jennifer Kvamme knows teens are grappling with these questions. In this book she helps readers cut through the cultural confusion and find answers to questions like:
- why does God care what I do with my body (if I'm not hurting anyone)?
- why does it matter what pronouns I use?
- why is sex "good" in marriage but "bad" before it? Isn't love love?
- is the Bible really against gay marriage?
Rather than listing dos and don'ts, this book looks at the whole story of God's love for us to give readers an essential backdrop for the Bible's teachings on sexuality. It will help you navigate wisely complex issues around dating, sex and gender. You'll not only learn how to honor Jesus in this area of life, but why he can be trusted to bring the kind of lasting joy and contentment that "sexual freedom" can't. You'll discover there's hope even if your experience of sexuality has been painful, complicated or filled with shame.
Each chapter includes reflection questions to help you think through these issues and apply them to your own life, as well as a discussion guide for youth groups.
You will be encouraged to trust Jesus with your deepest desires as you follow him in all of life, including your sexuality and relationships.
Free Downloads
Discussion Guide (PDF)
Teaching Plan (PDF)
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Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 176 Pages
- Publisher: The Good Book Co
- Publication Date: January 2024
- ISBN: FKVAMMJEM___MORETOTHESTORYDEEPAN9781784989514