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Sex and faith in marriage aren’t enemies—they’re meant to work together. God designed sex for pleasure, bonding, and connection, yet many faithful couples wrestle with shame, hesitation about desire, and seasons when faith and sexuality feel at odds. This guide maps the whole landscape and points you to deeper help on each part. I’m Dan Purcell, a Christian marriage and intimacy coach, and few topics come up more in my work than the relationship between sex and faith. For years I assumed the two were incompatible. I was wrong—and learning why changed my marriage and my ministry. Think of this guide as a map. Each section gives you the big picture and points you to a deeper dive whenever you’re ready. Does God actually want sex to be good? The foundation of everything in this guide is a single, freeing truth: God designed sex to be good. Pleasure, desire, and the deep bonding of becoming “one flesh” were built into the design on purpose—not tacked on as a concession. Experts like Dr. Juli Slattery, Francie Winslow, and Ruth Buezis have shaped how I understand this, and I lay out the full case in the cornerstone of this series: why God’s