a six session study · nick t ogle, phd

song of songs

a study in desire, the body & the sacred

Not your grandmother's sex talk.

An installable app with six teaching sessions, a private interactive workbook, and a “where are you in the song” assessment. Do it on your own, as a couple, or as a group.

start session one, free
the opening of session one is free · no account needed
what you get

everything that is inside

One app, one study, the whole thing. Here is exactly what is included.

the app

Installs on your phone, tablet, or laptop and opens full screen like any app. It works offline, with no App Store and no account.

six sessions

Each session pairs a teaching video with an interactive workbook you keep. The teaching videos are coming soon. All six sessions are fully written and ready to read today.

private journaling

Reflection prompts run through every session, and everything you write is saved only to your own device. Yours alone.

the assessment

A short, honest mirror. You take it first on your own, then as a couple, so you can see your sexuality alone and in relationship.

three ways in

Do it on your own, with your partner, or as a group. Present Mode lets a leader project the teaching to a whole room.

an optional printed book

On the top tier, a beautiful printed workbook is mailed to you, to write in and keep alongside the app.

how this works

three steps to begin

The whole path, start to finish. Walk it on your own, with your partner, or as a group.

1

take the assessment

Start with a short, private mirror. It names where you are with desire and intimacy right now, one of five honest portraits, and points you to the teaching that meets you there.

find your portrait →
2

add the app

Add the study to your phone, iPad, or laptop in about thirty seconds. It opens full screen and works offline, and everything you write stays private on your own device. No App Store, no account.

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3

work the six sessions

One session a week. A teaching video, then an interactive workbook you keep, with reflection prompts and journaling. Every session offers three ways in.

on your ownas a coupleas a group
the map

six sessions through the song

The poem moves through the whole arc of a real erotic life. So do we. One session a week, a teaching video (coming soon) plus an interactive workbook you keep.

free opening
session one

the invitation

desire, spoken first
song 1:1 to 2:7

Into the light. The most erotic book in the Bible, and why it was almost hidden. We name the shame handed to us, and set it down.

with the study
session two

come away

seeking, and being found
song 2:8 to 3:5

How desire actually works. Seeking and being found, the brakes and the accelerator of wanting, and the courage to name what you long for.

with the study
session three

praise & knowing

to know, and to be known
song 3:6 to 5:1

The body, honestly. Praise without shame, presence over performance, and what it means to truly know another person and stay.

with the study
session four

when the beloved is gone

the long night, and the way home
song 5:2 to 6:3

The long night. The missed doorway, the wound, the withholding, and the real, patient road back to each other.

with the study
session five

desire that endures

the best is yet to come
song 6:4 to 8:4

Desire that lasts. Aging, orientation, the honest hard questions, and the truth the world hides, that the best is yet to come.

with the study
session six

set me as a seal

love as strong as death
song 8:5 to 8:14

Love as strong as death. Becoming a whole sexual being, and handing something better than you were given to those who come after.

before you begin

where are you in the song?

Before you begin, a mirror. A short, honest assessment that shows where you are with desire and intimacy right now. It names your place, one of five honest portraits, and points you to the exact teaching that meets you there. Grounded in real sexuality science, not a personality quiz.

The HiddenThe FoxThe AwakeningThe LoverThe Whole
level one · for you

your portrait

about 10 minutes, completely private
  • See which of the five portraits fits where you are right now
  • Your seven dimension profile, honestly scaled and easy to read
  • The specific struggles you flag, routed to the exact teaching for them
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level two · for the two of you

your shared map

you each answer privately, then compare
  • Both of you answer on your own device, nothing forced into the open
  • One shared view of where you fit, and where you differ
  • A sexual compatibility map of what to actually talk about
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why this book, why now

a 3,000 year old answer to a very modern ache.

We are the most sexually saturated generation alive, and among the least whole. Endless images, almost no wisdom. The Song of Songs is the oldest, boldest, unashamed voice in the room. Two lovers, unhidden, and a sacredness that never once looks away. Watch the short introduction, then decide for yourself.

Maybe shame was handed to you before you understood your own body. Maybe you are just now asking what you actually believe about sex, faith, and being human. Either way, this was written for you.

new to faith, or new to your bodya college student, figuring it outquestioning what you were taughtraised on purity rulesdeconstructing, but not done with faithmarried and quietly lonelydone with slogans, hungry for honesty
the book they were afraid of

For two thousand years, the church did not know what to do with the most sensual book in the Bible. So it hid it.

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The age you had to reach, in ancient tradition, before you were allowed to read it.

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The number of times the book names God. The only book in Scripture like it.

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Sermons one medieval monk preached on it, without ever making it past the early chapters.

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The book a great rabbi called the Holy of Holies. The holiest of them all.

Sex is something you do. Sexuality is something you are.

the idea this whole study turns on
taste it first

watch the opening, free

See how it feels before you decide. The opening of Session One, the teaser and the scandal of the book, is yours to walk through free, video and interactive workbook. No account. No card. When you are ready for the rest, the full study is one step away.

choose how you want it

choose how you want it

start with the app. add the videos. add the book in your hands.
digital
$39.99
  • the full interactive workbook, all six sessions
  • private journaling on your device
  • the where are you in the song assessment
  • installs on your phone, iPad, or laptop
  • works offline
get digital
most complete
digital + video
$79
  • everything in digital
  • all six teaching videos, 60 to 90 min each
  • stream anywhere, anytime
  • Present Mode for leaders, project to your group
  • perfect for hosting a study at home
get digital + video
digital + video + book
$119
  • everything in digital + video
  • the beautiful printed workbook, mailed to you
  • write in it, keep it, return to it
  • the full experience, on screen and in hand
get everything
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who is teaching you

part professor, part wounded counselor

For over a decade Nick was a professor and a therapist in sex and sexuality. He taught it in the classroom. He counseled it one on one, sitting with real people in real pain and real hope. He has spent years in the private business world too. Through all of it, one thing has never cooled in him. A passion for people finding freedom, and honest knowledge, when it comes to their sex and their sexuality.

What you meet in this study is not a distant expert. You meet a vulnerable professor and a wounded counselor who is honest about his own journey even as he teaches. He does not hand you tidy answers from a safe distance. He walks it with you.

Across six sessions he brings together the theological, the psychological, and the practical, all through the Song of Songs, his favorite book in all of Scripture. It is the one place the Bible sings about desire without shame, and it is where he has spent years learning to teach the whole of it, mind, body, and soul.

My own story, the broken parts and the healed parts, is not a disqualification. It is the reason I can teach this now, with less certainty and far more compassion.
nick t ogle, phd
get the app

put it on your phone, in seconds

It is a web app, which just means there is no App Store, nothing to download, and no account. You add it straight to your home screen, and it opens full screen like any other app, even offline.

we will show you exactly how

on iphone or ipad

  1. Open songofsongs.app in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up.
  3. Tap Add to Home Screen.

on android

  1. Open songofsongs.app in Chrome.
  2. Tap the menu, the three dots at the top right.
  3. Tap Install app, or Add to Home screen.

on your computer

  1. Open songofsongs.app in Chrome or Edge.
  2. Click the install icon at the right of the address bar.
  3. Click Install.
for leaders

bring it to your people.

for churches & groups

Buy seats in bulk for your class, your small group, or your whole church, with volume pricing that drops as the count rises. Present Mode lets a leader project the teaching to a room while everyone follows along in their own workbook.

ask about bulk seats

hire nick to speak

Bring this teaching, live, to your conference, retreat, or church. A counselor who brings theology and clinical care together in a way almost no one does. Topics include recovering from purity culture, sex and the sacred, and healing after betrayal.

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honest answers

questions people actually ask

is this against the church?
No. This is taught by someone who grew up in the church, served on pastoral staff, and still holds his faith seriously. It is honest about the harm done in the name of purity, and it does not flinch from that. But it is not a hit job on faith. It is an attempt to recover something the tradition largely lost, and the Song of Songs itself is the evidence that it was always there.
is it explicit?
It is honest and direct about sex, the body, and desire, more direct than most Christian teaching has ever dared. It is never crude, and never gratuitous. It uses real language, real history, and real historical art. It is made for adults who are done being talked to like children about their own bodies.
can my small group use it?
Yes, and it is built for exactly that. The Digital plus Video tier includes Present Mode, so a leader can project the teaching video and slides to a room while everyone follows along in their own workbook. Group discussion questions are built into every session, at three levels: on your own, with your partner, and with the group.
do i have to be married?
No. Married, single, dating, divorced, the study is about becoming a whole sexual person, which matters wherever you are. Some prompts have an option to do them with your partner. Every one of them also stands on its own.
is it a real app?
Yes. It installs on your phone, iPad, or laptop and opens full screen like any app, and it works offline once loaded. There is no App Store download, you add it straight to your home screen, and we walk you through it in about thirty seconds after you buy.
is my journal private?
Completely. What you write in the Naked Truth boxes and note fields is saved only to your own device. No one else can see it unless you choose to share it.
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