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June 2021

June 10, 2021

Growing Old and the Gun Lap

The first few minutes of Pixar’s 2009 smash hit “Up” are unforgettable for a lot...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

A Goodbye to Grandma’s House

A house is an inanimate object, and as a terrifying number of people in the...

November 2020

November 23, 2020

Did Purity Culture Overstate the Danger of Sin?

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but...

April 2020

April 13, 2020

In Praise of Moms-In-Quarantine

Our gym has closed during the coronavirus quarantine. That means more than me having to...

January 2020

January 15, 2020

Screwtape Loves Your Imaginary Community

Contrary to some Christian pundits since the days of the Moral Majority, cultures seldom give up on having moral values....

November 2019

November 07, 2019

5 Reflections on Turning 30

I’m actually 31. This column is adapted from a Facebook post one year ago. It...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

From Apology to Apostasy: Joshua Harris Joins His Critics

Joshua Harris, author of “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” and inarguably the biggest name in so-called...

June 2019

June 18, 2019

What Do You Want? (Why We Just Can’t Kiss Purity Culture Goodbye)

There's a scene in the 2004 adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel, "The Notebook" in which...

December 2018

December 12, 2018

The Misguided Backlash Against ‘Purity Culture’

I never tire of citing one of C. S. Lewis’ most insightful passages in “The...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

The Idolatry-of-Children Fire Brigade

Writing at Christ and Pop Culture, Allison Barron makes the case that Christian couples who...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Be Afraid of Yourself: A Plea to Christian Leaders on Sexual Sin

Another prominent Christian leader has confessed to inappropriate behavior with two young women on his...

January 2018

January 08, 2018

Not Content with Consent: Re-Moralizing Sex

It begins to look very much as if consent, by its lonesome, is not a...

January 02, 2018

On Outliving the Stars: A Reflection from My Grandpa’s Funeral

A question has haunted us since we began dying: At the end of a man’s...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

The Media Myth of Casual Sex

The dirty little secret of the modern era is that the kind of behavior entertainment...

September 2017

September 29, 2017

Hugh Hefner’s Legacy Is Remaking Women in Man’s Image

More than anything else, Hefner will be remembered for remaking women to be as much...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

In Defense of Purity Culture’s Tape Analogy

Sexual sin has lasting consequences.

May 2017

May 15, 2017

Purity Culture on Trial, Part 2: Love, Not License

Read part 1 here. Following my recent post on the victim culture that’s grown up...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Purity Culture on Trial, Part 1 – The Backlash to the Backlash

This week a friend sent me a piece by Rebecca Calhoun at Christ and Pop...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

A Dying Wife’s Dating Profile – The Point

You may want to grab some tissues for this. Not long ago Amy and Jason Rosenthal...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

Against Evangelical Victim Culture (Stop Blaming Josh Harris for Your Problems)

Like probably most of you, I read Josh Harris' "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" as a...