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An excellent list that should be read carefully. Promiscuity comes at a price.

25 Signs American Women Are Being Destroyed By The Sexual Revolution And Our Promiscuous Culture

Michael Snyder, January 22nd 2013

"Has the sexual revolution been good for American women?  Not at all.  In fact, when you look at the facts it becomes clear that the sexual revolution has been an absolute disaster for American women.

In the United States today, men have been trained to primarily view women as sex objects, and our culture has become exceedingly promiscuous.

As a result, the United States leads the world in teen pregnancy, there are 19 million new STD infections every single year, more than half of all children born to women under the age of 30 are being born out of wedlock and we are witnessing the systematic breakdown of the family unit in America.

And yet anyone that tries to teach our young women that they should dress modestly and keep themselves pure for marriage is severely criticized.  Well, if all Americans actually did keep themselves pure until marriage, we wouldn’t have nearly the problems with STDs, teen pregnancy and abortion that we do today.

The consequences of teaching our young women that they should be “free” to run around and sleep with a whole bunch of different men have been dramatic.

The following are 25 signs that American women are being destroyed by the sexual revolution and our promiscuous culture…

Another compelling article from Derek Rishmawy, this time about what his mother taught him about theology.

It is essential we encourage proper theological lessons that start at home.

5 Things My Mom Taught Me About Theology — What That Means For Your Kid

Derek Rishmawy, March 26th 2013

"So what exactly did my mom teach me that’s still with me today? Plenty, but I think I’ll limit it to 5 key points:

1. The Trinity is Non-Negotiable - Back when I was a kid we had Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons walking door to door a lot in our neighborhood. My mom was aware of this and told us one key question we should always ask when someone came around trying to talk about Jesus was “Do you believe in the Trinity?” If they didn’t, just tell them you do and don’t continue the conversation. While maybe not the best example of ecumenical dialogue, she wasn’t much interested in it at that point, but rather with the spiritual health of her children. She never mentioned Arianism, tri-theism, modalism, or the difference between the economic and immanent Trinity, but she did teach us very clearly that Christians confess a Triune God who is wonderfully Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Anything else is not the God of Jesus Christ.
   

Mark Regnerus, of New Family Structures Study fame, wrote an article looking at how regularly watching porn may have some correlation to supporting same-sex marriage. Here's an extract.

Porn Use and Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

Mark Regnerus, December 20th 2012

"But of the men who view pornographic material “every day or almost every day,” 54 percent “strongly agreed” that gay and lesbian marriage should be legal, compared with around 13 percent of those whose porn-use patterns were either monthly or less often than that. Statistical tests confirmed that porn use is a (very) significant predictor of men’s support for same-sex marriage, even after controlling for other obvious factors that might influence one’s perspective, such as political affiliation, religiosity, marital status, age, education, and sexual orientation.

The same pattern emerges for the statement, “Gay and lesbian couples do just as good a job raising children as heterosexual couples.” Only 26 percent of the lightest porn users concurred, compared to 63 percent of the heaviest consumers. It’s a linear association for men: the more porn they consume, the more they affirm this statement. More rigorous statistical tests confirmed that this association too is a very robust one....."

Click here to read the full article.

Article by Cameron Spink

So the “civil rights” battle of our day has come to a head. With two cases presented in front of the U.S. Supreme Court we may now see the end to traditional marriage in America as a new version of marriage is created.

For young adults my age this is considered a great thing. Apparently 81% of 18-29 year olds support marriage equality (link here). The Human Rights Campaign has decided to really stir up a frenzy by creating a logo which is being shared via those on social media (predominantly teenagers-30 yr olds). It looks like this:

A very important article about two key cases to be taken to the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow:

Marriage in the Dock—The Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Marriage

Article by Albert Mohler, March 26th 2013

"For Christians, the issue of marriage is not merely a legal or constitutional issue. The Bible reveals marriage to be the sacred union of a man and a woman for a lifetime. The goods of marriage are revealed to be intimacy, union, companionship, friendship, procreation, children, and a host of related gifts. Christians must see marriage as essential for human flourishing and not open for human negotiation.

The very fact that the march for same-sex marriage has reached this point is telling. It reveals a fundamental confusion at the very heart of our society. The ideological support for same-sex marriage is deeply embedded in a host of ideas that are driving our society to the point of moral breakdown.

The U.S. Supreme Court may well decide the future of marriage as a legal institution, but the church must hold to marriage as far more, but not less than, a legal reality. Marriage is one of God’s most gracious gifts to humanity. It will be the Church’s responsibility to honor marriage, no matter what the Court may decide....."

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An excellent article on patheos.com about why we shouldn't follow Rob Bell and his new found belief in "marriage equality".

Rob Bell on Gay Marriage: Why the Church Can’t Follow

Brad Williams, March 18th 2013

"Rob Bell is back in the news lately. He has a new book (CaPC review forthcoming!), in which he teaches that there are ways of speaking about by Coupon Companion Plugin">God that are going to go the way of the Oldsmobile. Apparently, one of the things that is going to fall by the wayside is the church’s opposition to homosexual marriage. “That ship has sailed,” says Rob Bell recently.

Bell may be correct. At least, he is correct that the evangelical conservative political machine is a sputtering mess right now. If conservative evangelicals are going to have any political clout moving forward, they are going to have to learn how to live in a democracy where everyone gets a voice, not as if they are living in a great big church where appeals to the Bible are able to end the discussion. If they are going to win votes, they are going to have to persuade, not demand, what they want. That means that we have to get better at thinking and articulating our arguments.