- Wed, Dec 23, 2009
- Sexual Purity
Accountability Groups: Men Helping Men in Their Walk With God
To experience true accountability, we have both the right and the responsibility to ask each other hard and to-the-point questions.
Resources: sexual purity
- Thu, Jul 28, 2005
- Sexual Purity
Addiction Proofing: A Strategy for Spiritual Renewal
At any one time, 10% of our congregations are addicted (involved in damaging behaviors), 30% are compulsive (hearts preoccupied with pleasure), and all are eventually tempted.
- Mon, Jan 18, 2010
- Sexual Purity
As someone who has remained sexually pure, how do I forgive my girlfriend, who lost her virginity in the past?
Your desire to marry someone who has remained pure is a great goal. However, because we are sinful by nature, some people do have sex outside of marriage, maybe even before they became a Christian.
- Thu, Dec 31, 2009
- Christian Life, Sexual Purity
Deterring Immorality by Counting Its Cost
If only we would rehearse in advance the ugly and overwhelming consequences of immorality, we would be far more prone to avoid it.
- Wed, Sep 07, 2011
- Sexual Purity
Do you have any modesty tips for men?
Avoiding frontal hugs is one of the ways a man can pursue modesty and sexual purity.
- Tue, Jan 12, 2010
- Sexual Purity
Easily Entangled (Hebrews 12:1): One Christian Man’s Battle with Pornography
At the age of eleven I put my faith in Christ. I was drawn to the foot of the cross and decided to follow Jesus. I loved God with all my heart and was so grateful to be one of His forgiven children.
Shortly after that milestone in my life, I entered puberty. All of a sudden things changed. My interest in females went from high to “off the charts.” The girls at school now touched off emotions that went to the core of my very being. I was a hormone on legs.
- Mon, May 17, 2010
- Marriage and Family, Sexual Purity
Enjoying Mental and Sexual Purity (audio)
Randy Alcorn speaks on sexual purity at Good Shepherd Community Church. May 15 & 16, 2010.
- Wed, Sep 28, 2005
- Sexual Purity
Grateful Heart: An Antidote to Lust
Did you ever wonder why your struggles with lust seem to come in cycles? For some reason you seem to struggle mightily with lust for a number of days or weeks and then, for no apparent reason, the struggle subsides. You go through a relatively easy time, but then, almost inevitably the powerful temptations return and the struggles start all over again.
When I was acting out homosexually—before I was a Christian—I used to wonder about this. I remember wondering if it had something to do with the phases of the moon. At times it seemed that regular ...
- Thu, Jan 28, 2010
- Sexual Purity
Guidelines for Sexual Purity
I’ve developed the following material and presented it to many young people and their parents over many years. When my now married daughters were teenagers, I honed it further for sharing and discussion with them and the young men who asked to date them. Until we had gone over these principles together (my wife and I, our daughter and the boy) and made sure there was complete agreement, we didn’t allow a dating relationship to begin.
- Wed, Feb 03, 2010
- Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Sexual Purity
Has Christianity made up its own meaning of fornication to mean sex before marriage?
The Greek word for “fornication” is “porneia”, which means harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry: The NKJ renders “fornication” as “sexual immorality.” The NIV renders it as “marital unfaithfulness/infidelity.” As you can see Christianity has made up its own meaning of fornication to mean sex before marriage. Christianity continues to define and redefine itself. I continue to question Christians in these matters.
Answered by Marshall Beretta, EPM Volunteer
I was not sure from your comments on “porneia” whether you were arguing for personal support of pre-marital sex. I’ll treat the general issue of the word. The Bible ...
