The Gospel Coalition’s article saying that a man’s orgasm is his ‘sacrificial offering’ is deeply concerning

Author of The Great Sex Rescue, Sheila Wray Gregoire, explains why she was horrified at Joshua Ryan Butler’s Gospel Coalition article that equated the Holy Spirit with semen.

Every now and again something so awful appears on the internet that the only response is: “What in the world did I just read?”

On March 1, the US based Gospel Coalition published an excerpt of Joshua Ryan Butler’s new book Beautiful Union, which paints sex as an icon of salvation. Butler wrote: “Christ penetrates his church with the generative seed of his Word and the life-giving presence of his Spirit, which takes root within her and grows to bring new life into the world. Inversely, back in the wedding suite, the bride embraces her most intimate guest on the threshold of her dwelling place and welcomes him into the sanctuary of her very self. She gladly receives the warmth of his presence and accepts the sacrificial offering he bestows upon the altar within her Most Holy Place.”