Sexual Purity: What You Need To Know
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries and author of best-selling novels such as Deadline, Dominion, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, The Ishbane Conspiracy and Safely Home. His non-fiction books include Heaven, The Purity Principle, Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments, and Money, Possessions and Eternity. He and his wife, Nanci, are old friends of our parents and reside in our hometown of Gresham, Oregon.
Sexual Purity: What You Need To Know
By Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspective Ministries
When it comes to sexual purity, we don’t have to wonder what God’s will is. Scripture tells us straight out. His expectations of his children are much higher than for those who don’t know him . . . [Continue Reading]
August 19th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Pretty awsome article. Very good points, guidlines, and safety measures. Very applicable. One can never be too safe.
It does appear that he has not considered the advantages of courting vs. dating. (Or has and, at the time of article’s writting, prefers dating). I suppose it is importent to know also his definition of dating and courtship.
August 20th, 2006 at 1:25 am
Well, the article was originally published in 1997, so my brother’s book (I Kissed Dating Goodbye) was just coming out. But you’re right, there are many temptations that can simply be avoided.
August 20th, 2006 at 2:18 am
Very useful imformation!! But I agree with Agent 507.Dating just leads people into bad scenerios.Courtship brings out the true beauty of a pure and godly relationship.Though it is not always the case.Some people claim to be courting and their witness is far from Christ-like.
August 20th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
I agree with Christina. I personally would want to court but I know that there can be good dating relationships and bad courting relationships. We shouldn’t get too caught up in the technical terms that we miss the heart of the matter.
August 21st, 2006 at 5:24 am
Awesome article. Thanks for sharing it. I really like how he reminds us that, “[I]t is his appraisal of our life that ultimately matters.” With that in mined, it does not matter how I compare to others, or the opinion that others have of me–God knows my thoughts, he knows my actions, and yet he still desires me to be absolutely holey and pure. I greatly appreciate his reminder that God would not tell us to abstain from impurity if it was impossible to obey him.