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8 Ways the Purity Movement Went Wonky, Part 2

Last week’s blog post listed four of the 8 major flaws that the purity movement had. While these weren’t things the purity movement set out to do, they were unintended consequences of its main messages about purity, sexuality, etc. We left off with problem number four last week, so we’ll pick up with number five this week. 5. Unhealthy obsession …

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8 Ways the Purity Movement Went Wonky, Part 1

Last week on the blog, we looked at some things that the purity movement got right. There were some good things about the movement, things that we need to remember and embrace. However, there were many ways that the purity movement, though it had a good goal, went a little wonky. I’ve come up with eight ways that the purity …

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4 Things the Purity Movement Got Right

Last week, my blog post looked at basics of the purity movement of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. You can go back to read the full post here, but here’s the Reader’s Digest version: It was a movement within the church to encourage Christian young people to stay sexually pure until marriage. The purity movement still matters today because we …

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The Purity Movement: What Is It and Why Should I Care?

When I was 11 years old, I didn’t know it, but I became a part of something that would be come to be known as the purity movement. I entered the movement by reading the book I Kissed Dating Good-Bye by Joshua Harris. The focus of the purity movement was to help young people remain sexually pure. In our sexualized …

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Let’s Be Real: We Need Each Other

This month on the blog, we’ve looked at the various ways men and women are different. Our bodies are different. Because of these differences, we think differently and our brains don’t function the same way. This, in turn, causes us to have different priorities. There are many differences in the ways that men and women function. What I’m Not Saying …

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Let’s Be Real: Men and Women Have Different Priorities

The last two weeks we’ve looked at how men and women are different both in the way their bodies function and in the way that they think. These differences in physical make up and ways of thinking cause males and females to have different priorities. Of course, these priority differences are generalities. Every time we make a statement about men …

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Let’s Be Real: Men and Women Think Differently

Last week’s blog post was about how men and women are different physically. Our physical differences are not the only distinctive. We also think and feel differently. This isn’t just popular opinion. It’s science. These differences in thought and feeling are related to and caused by our physical differences. Men and women’s brains are different, which causes many of the …

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The History of Singleness in The Church (And Why You Should Care)

In my humble opinion, February is the worst month (you can read more about my feelings here). You just want winter to be over, but it’s still in full force. If you’re single, February can be a terrible month for another reason: February means Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day means an awkward day where you don’t have any special someone to …

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