Sex180: The Next Revolution

by Chip Ingram, Tim Walker (Contributor)

Young adults are fed up with our sex-saturated culture. They realize that there's more to sex than what the media feeds them, and they realize that there's more to responsibility that "just wait until you're married." Youth want to have God's perspective. Not only that, they want to show their peers there's a better way to relate to the opposite sex. It's time for a revolution. A 180-degree turn is underway.

Sex 180 is a guide to that revolution. It's more than a book that preaches abstinence before marriage. Sex 180 shows teens what's wrong with the way people talk and think about sex and challenges them to think differently. With solid biblical teaching, interactive sidebars, and real-life stories, teens, parents, and youth leaders will start to think about sex in a whole new way.

Genres: Relationships, Nonfiction, Christian Non Fiction, Christianity, Church

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Chip Ingram is the teaching pastor and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. A pastor for over thirty years, Chip is the author of many books, including Culture Shock, The Real Heaven, The Real God, The Invisible War, and Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships. Chip and his wife, Theresa, have four grown children and twelve grandchildren and live in California.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had this book lying around so I figured I’d give it a shot. Bad idea. It was a terrible book. The concepts were good and all that but so much of it was really cheesy and written for people who seem to come from the “more experienced” side of the issue. Maybe I’m just not in the target demographic, but I didn’t learn very much at all. It seemed to be really watered down with a lot of meaningless repetition. I have read Chip Ingram’s stuff before and I love some of his other things, but this one was not so great. There are much better books on this topic out there.

[Paul]

What i have learned from this is that in everything i do is to put GOD first

[Ethan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book written for teenagers regarding decisions regarding sex.

The premise of "sex180" is that it is an "invitation to a revolution" exactly the opposite of modern cultural views regarding sexuality; hence, a 180 about sex. The authors attempt to speak of a Biblical understanding of sexuality in such a way as to be appealing to teenagers.

They seek to get teenagers to buy into waiting for sex until marriage, to not get too serious too quickly in relationships, but instead to first focus on the brother/sister in Christ relationship so as to have romantic relationships develop out of Christian/friend relationships.

If they can get teens to buy into that, sure; well and good. The authors confess that they did not live up to that standard for various reasons; hopefully those who read will listen more to their suggestions than their behaviors. Now, how realistic is it to expect teenagers to buy into this theme or to expect romance to come out of friendships? That indeed is the question.

Since I'm not a teenager I cannot attest to whether the book is actually engaging to a teenager or if it is clear that the authors are trying too hard. I'm afraid it's the latter.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book does well for itself, guiding young people in a way which manages not to be patronising. It backs up most of it's points with strong biblical referances, which I found useful to look back over. Greatly encouraging, although perhaps a little extreme/idealistic in places? I don't know. All in all, a worthwhile read.

[Chris Hovater · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was an excellent book and plan to have my teenage daughter read it. It deals with why teens should not get involved in sexual relationships - rather than just telling them to say no. it really is for anyone who would like a Godly perspective on why to not have sexual relationships outside of marriage. There is no graphic language or explanations involved.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too fundamentalist approach to talking about, thinking about and understanding sex and God's plan --in my opinion. There are a few pages I'll show my teen but I definitely wouldn't recommend that my teen read the entire book.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to:

Youth/Adult
Girl/Boy
Man/Woman
Student/Professional
Virgin/Experienced
Christian/Non-Christian
Single/Married

(Choose any combination of the above.)

In other words, pretty much everybody.

[Sarai Aldana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring book. This book will teach you so much in relationships.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learned nothing new from the book, but it was useful to discuss the questions that were raised.

[Tiffani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really only had one new point to talk about and spent most of the book on that point.

[Glenn Crouch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting points, and I like the intention of the authors. However I did find it a bit too "American" in some of the approaches, and they did seem a bit repetitive.

[Joshua Foote · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad

But not for me as a 34 year old married male I thought it was about married sex and not teen abstinence