To Flirt or not to Flirt
The “look.” The tilt of the head. The flip of the hair. The sway of the hips. Is flirting just a game? Even the toddlers in the beauty pageants are taught to playfully writhe and pose in a seductive way.
Category: Sexual Conduct
The Royal Wedding
Last week’s Royal Wedding was a joyous event. I was so glad to hear the Officiate acknowledge—right up front—that as splendid as the marriage of William and Kate was, it pales in comparison with that to which it points.
Black Swan deserves an Oscar?
Black Swan inundates young women with the idea that they need to explore and discover their dark, seductive, sensual side to be beautiful and “perfect.” For convincingly portraying this lie, Portman does deserve an Oscar!
Sexual Purity Means Using Protection
When it comes to premarital sex what are you told today? Everyone says, “Just make sure you use protection.” But God’s protection is different. It isn’t a pill you take the morning after or in a box you buy at Wal-Mart. So what is God method of protection? It’s sexual purity. His protection saves your body and your heart.
The Godly Girl’s Guide to Guys
Healthy emotional boundaries can be the difference between a break up and a break down! Discover how to navigate through the world of dating in The Godly Girl’s Guide to Guys.
The Playground of Your Mind
When it comes to inner purity, our thought-lives could be compared to a playground. One moment we climb the ladder toward victory and the next we’re nudged over the edge and can’t stop the downward spiral until we’ve fallen back where we started.
Book Blog 10: How Far is Too Far?
“How far is too far?” How much can I mess around with my boyfriend before I cross the line? That’s the question that Christian girls usually ask. But I don’t think a young woman can figure out where to draw the line until she figures out why God created sex and what it’s all about. [...]
Book Blog 8: Flirt to Convert
No one wants a reputation of being a BIG flirt—but what about just a bit of flirting? What if you just flirt for fun? Or flirt to convert? The ancient prophet Isaiah had something to say about women who’d perfected the art of “the walk” and “the look”—you know the look he’s talking about… that [...]
The Abstinent Vampire Attraction
Vampires aside, last year’s block-buster movie, Twilight, has provoked some interesting research. New research from the University of Missouri shows that the reason teenage girls have fallen hard for the Twilight book and film series has to do with its portrayal of a traditional, abstinent romantic relationship. In the series, vampire Edward Cullen doesn’t want [...]
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #11: Boundaries
It always amazes me that women think they can expose themselves to immoral ideas, go to immoral environments, and constantly hang out with immoral people and suffer no ill consequence. The Sage Father asks, “Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?”
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #10: Sexual Conduct
The young believers in the church in Thessalonica were trying to figure out what their new faith meant. Some undoubtedly had promiscuous sexual histories and were carting around a bunch of sexual baggage.
Wild vs. Wild Contrast #8: Body Language
A Wild Thing turns on her seductive charm in order to get a man to turn on to her. The sage father warns his son about a woman like this: “Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.” (Proverbs 6:25) The father didn’t want his son to be enticed by flirtatious, coy glances. He wanted him to be aware of the danger of women who used body language to seduce men.
