John Piper on the Song of Solomon

"It is no accident that centuries of biblical scholars construed the Song of Solomon as a story about Christ and the church ... they were not wrong in seeing that the ultimate meaning of marital sex is about the final delight between Christ and His Church".

John Piper - "This Momentary Marriage - a Parable of Permamence" - IVP, Leicester (2009) - (p128).

Mark Driscoll on Singles and the Song of Solomon

"Sex in the Song of Solomon ... (this) is my favorite part of the Bible. If you are single, I apologize in advance. This will be a very unpleasant sermon for you, because the Bible says to not merely listen to the Word but do what it says. And you can’t".

Mark Driscoll - "“Sex, a Study of the Good Bits from Song of Solomon” - Preached in Edinburgh, Scotland on a Sunday morning [at a 12:00 service] on November 18, 2007.

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Fighting Immorality

"No one has ever been cured of immorality by reading books on the control of sex - never has been, never will".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "God's Way Not Ours" - Banner of Truth Trust, Edinburgh (2003) - (p68).

C J Mahaney on the Song of Solomon

NB: I hardly need mention that I do not quote this because I agree with this statement. I have written extensively about how I disagree with Mahaney's views on the Song of Solomon - as well as a whole host of other Christian theologians including the Puritans. I quote it for a point of reference if anyone is any doubt about what Mahaney is actually teaching. A key point of context can be found when C J Mahaney says: "I'm no scholar" (p154).

"The Song of Solomon. It's about sex ... his "Song of Songs" is nothing less than an explicit and unblushing celebration of sex within marriage ... That's right gentlemen. Solomon's Song of Songs is an entire book of the Bible devoted to the promotion of sexual intimacy within the covenant of marriage. It's an eight chapter feast of unbridled, uninhibited joyous immersion in verbal and physical expressions of passion between a man and a woman ... Spiritualizing the Song of Solomon just doesn't make sense. What's worse, it denies to us the powerful impact that God intends for it to have on our marriage".

C J Mahaney - "Sex, Romance and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know" in "Sex and the Supremacy of Christ" - Piper, John and Taylor, Justin (editors) - Crossway Books (2005) - (pp151-152, 154).