“But What About…?”: Challenges to the Church’s Ban on Premarital Sex
We look at some exceptions to the marriage-then-sex sequence in Scripture and whether the typical biblical example still applies.
Christianity and premarital sex
Why You Feel Worse Than He Does about the Premarital Sex
Did you have sex before marriage? Either with your husband or someone else? Or maybe several someone elses? Welcome to the majority. Statistics show that 97% of Americans have sex before marriage. In highly religious groups, that number goes down to 80%, which is quite a difference. However, that’s still 4 out of 5 devoted …
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Waiting for Sexual Intimacy
I read a very interesting article last week from The Art of Manliness. Being thoroughly female, I still enjoy many of the posts from this male-directed blog. Last Monday, the article How Delaying Intimacy Can Benefit Your Relationship looked at studies on why it’s not such a good idea to jump into bed willy-nilly and …
The Premarital Sex Felt Great
How’s that for a title you didn’t expect from me? Sheila Gregoire at To Love, Honor and Vacuum recently had two opportunities to be interviewed about sexuality by the Huffington Post. Not surprisingly, Sheila was outnumbered in her moral perspective…FOUR to one. I suspect those are better odds than we firm-stance Christians have in the secular world as a …
Purity B4 Marriage, Sexual Intimacy After: Teen’s Q
More Q&A today! Here’s a question from a teen reader. While I don’t encourage teens to read my site, this young lady popped by and asked the following. Hi J, let me start by saying I am sixteen and not married. I know that I do not really fit your qualifications for questions, but hear …
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