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The Intimacy Deficit

Fully Enjoying God, Self, Others and Creation [Paperback]

by Ed Shaw

Author
Ed Shaw
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Published
June 2024

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The biggest problem facing humanity is a lack of intimacy - the relational intimacy we were created to need and enjoy in the very beginning. This intimacy can be best understood as an experience of oneness with our Creator God, with ourselves, with others, and with God's creation. Life is often unhappy and frustrating because we lack this true intimacy in one (or more) of these 4 key contexts, and then go searching for it in wrong relationships and places where it was not meant to be found. Among many other things, our culture's religious consumerism, identity politics, porn addiction and mental health crisis can be traced back to the intimacy deficit we are all experiencing in different ways today. Wired for Intimacy 1 The intimacy deficit 2 Intimacy defined With God 3 Intimacy with God 4 Through biblical meditation 5 Through biblical prayer With ourselves 6 Intimacy with ourselves 7 Through rejoicing 8 Through repentance With others 9 Intimacy with others 10 Through spiritual friendship 11 Through spiritual parenting With creation 12 Intimacy with creation 13 Through work 14 Through play Living with intimacy 15 The intimacy quadrant Appendix 1 The intimacy quadrant and pornography Appendix 2 The intimacy quadrant and anxiety