Sex on Sabbath? | unScripted EP 19
27 May 2026
The question Adventists ask more than any other — even more than the state of the dead — finally gets a straight answer. And it comes from the Biblical Research Institute.
In this episode of unScripted, Justin Kim and Shawn Boonstra go somewhere most churches refuse to: a real, raw, biblical conversation about sex. Not the mechanics. The theology. And it might change the way you think about Sabbath, marriage, and what God actually designed humanity for.
What we cover:
✔️ Why the church's silence on sex may be doing more damage than the internet
✔️ The #1 question Adventists around the world ask — and the BRI's actual answer
✔️ What the Hebrew word "hefesh" in Isaiah 58 actually means (hint: it's NOT what you think)
✔️ The science of oxytocin and why it proves God's design for sex in marriage
✔️ The "Flame of Yahweh" — what Dick Davidson discovered in Song of Solomon
✔️ Why Seventh-day Adventists should have the best understanding of sexuality on the planet
This is NOT salacious. This is scripture. And it's long overdue.
📖 Read the full BQA column by Clinton Waleen in the Adventist Review at AdventistReview.org
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction & Why We're Talking About Sex
1:31 Victorian dualism and how the church inherited shame
6:33 The #1 question at GC World Headquarters
7:49 What the Biblical Research Institute actually said
8:58 Premarital counseling & the "couch story"
13:00 The Flame of Yahweh: Dick Davidson & Song of Solomon
15:23 Oxytocin, pair bonding, and the science of covenant
19:39 Isaiah 58 and the Hebrew word hefesh — exegeted
23:40 Helping new believers navigate living together
26:37 Closing & Father's Day thoughts
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📖 Visit AdventistReview.org for the full June issue on biblical sexuality
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