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July 2021

July 07, 2021

God’s “Yes” and Long Flights

Some of my most revealing discussions happen on airplanes, during long flights. They usually begin...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

‘The Wheel of Time’ As a Celebration of Gender

Two years ago, I embarked on my longest fictional read to date with Robert Jordan’s...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

There Are No Egalitarians When the Dog Attacks

On my drive home from a men’s Bible study on Tuesday night, my five-year-old son...

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...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Franklin Graham and Evangelicals Aren’t the Ones Obsessed with Sex

Progressives keep promising conservative evangelicals they’ll be our friends if only we stop harping on...

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...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

The Deep-Heavenly Symbolism of Sex

Christianity really is the answer key to the human experience. This is nowhere truer than...

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...

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...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

No, ‘Game of Thrones’ Nudity Isn’t ‘Meat Sacrificed to Idols’

Ah yes, the excuses Christians come up with for watching "Game of Thrones."

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...