Was Purity Culture a Bad Idea? 6 Myths You Should Kiss Goodbye
Stand Alone | Were purity rings, banquets, and pledges the best or worst thing to happen to Christianity? Did purity culture teach good lessons about chastity, or offer a sexual prosperity gospel? Did it give a spacious vision of faith or narrow the scope of God's c...
Were purity rings, banquets, and pledges the best or worst thing to happen to Christianity? Did purity culture teach good lessons about chastity, or offer a sexual prosperity gospel? Did it give a spacious vision of faith or narrow the scope of God's concerns to sexual morality? Did it train us to celebrate sex or create shame around sex? In this episode, Keith and Patrick explain purity culture to those who did not grow up around it and explore how it caused damage in Christian culture. They...
Read MoreWere purity rings, banquets, and pledges the best or worst thing to happen to Christianity? Did purity culture teach good lessons about chastity, or offer a sexual prosperity gospel? Did it give a spacious vision of faith or narrow the scope of God's concerns to sexual morality? Did it train us to celebrate sex or create shame around sex? In this episode, Keith and Patrick explain purity culture to those who did not grow up around it and explore how it caused damage in Christian culture. They warn against swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction by abandoning a Biblical sexual ethic and offer a new model: sexual wholeness and integrity. To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (Facebook) and https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TMBTpodcast.
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Keith Simon
Keith Simon is the pastor and co-founder of The Crossing, a large, politically diverse church. He’s also a cultural commentator, has written for Newsweek and contributes his thoughts weekly on his top news commentary podcast, Truth Over Tribe. He's...
Read MoreKeith Simon is the pastor and co-founder of The Crossing, a large, politically diverse church. He’s also a cultural commentator, has written for Newsweek and contributes his thoughts weekly on his top news commentary podcast, Truth Over Tribe. He's the co-author of Truth Over Tribe, and Joyful Outsiders. Keith received a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Christine, have four children.
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