What happens when the messages we were given about purity, sexuality, and masculinity follow us long after we’ve grown up? In this conversation, Michael Krommendyk sits down with Zachary Wagner, author of Non-Toxic Masculinity: Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality, to unpack the ways purity culture shaped how many Christian men understood their bodies, desires, faith, and relationships. Zachary shares from his own story of carrying shame into marriage and discovering that following the “rules” did not automatically lead to the healthy, fulfilling sex life he had been promised. Together, they explore the voices of women who have challenged these patterns, the ways men have also been harmed and dehumanized, and the responsibility men have to grow beyond entitlement and immaturity. They also talk about what younger men and women may need to hear instead: that their bodies are good, sexuality is part of being human, and growing into maturity is a process marked by kindness, compassion, and Christlikeness.

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