it, or preaching it—we keep ourselves from clearly hearing God’s voice on sex, and sexuality is a significant and often confusing part of our human experience. If the Song of Songs is not an allegory and is in fact a collection of erotic love poems, then does it speak only of human sexuality and say little or nothing about our relationship with God? Far from it. Our central conviction, which we will explore throughout the book, is that sex is a window into the heart of God, pure and simple, even