Scam Artists and Sex Education
by Carl R. TruemanModern sex education keeps plunging society into deeper problems—and it keeps proposing as the solution more and more of the same. Continue Reading »
Modern sex education keeps plunging society into deeper problems—and it keeps proposing as the solution more and more of the same. Continue Reading »
We can best chasten and instruct sexual predators by approaching sex with not only responsibility, but reverence. Continue Reading »
Something strange is going on in America’s bedrooms. In a recent issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers reported that on average, Americans have sex about nine fewer times a year than they did in the late 1990s. The trend is most pronounced among the young. Controlling for age and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Benedict Option: Whatever we label it, it is something to which all Christians everywhere are called. Continue Reading »
Trying to argue for intellectual diversity and good faith by sticking up for kink is like trying to get high-school students excited about reading Romeo and Juliet by comparing it to Fifty Shades of Grey—it’s not just ridiculous, but dishonest. Continue Reading »
Anna Stubblefield had dedicated much of her career to advocating for the “radical inclusion” of disabled persons—and given her principles, rape was the only way to do it. Continue Reading »
A survey administered by California schools makes children disclose their sexual behavior and marginalizes mom and dad. Continue Reading »
Mosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »
Abiding by moral rules, especially when they are explained meaningfully and mercifully, gives teenagers swimming in a sea of relativism and nihilism a “moral vocabulary.” Sympathy isn’t enough. People need norms. Continue Reading »
Recent, ugly nonsense about those who supposedly cannot refrain from sinful sexual relations is pastoral cruelty disguised as kindness. The voice of Archbishop Chaput, by contrast, strikes a welcome and profound note of clarity and true compassion. Continue Reading »
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