By Steve Wyatt Our Creator has never succumbed to cultural pressure, not even when lonely Adam was checking out birds, elephants, and orangutans looking for relationship. Adam’s task was to name the animals, but evidently he was also screening for a potential mate. We know that because “no suitable helper was found” (Genesis 2:20). […]
Deborah J. Amend “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God,” Jesus told his followers, thousands of years before NC-17 movies, Internet pornography, rampant divorce, and scantily clad fashion models. Purity and modesty, once cherished traits, appear to have been thrown to the wayside in our current culture. The Christian’s challenge is […]
In January 2002 Craig Gross did something that had never before been attempted to impact the pornography industry. While some Christians protested outside the AVN Porn Convention in Las Vegas, he set up a booth inside to minister to those involved in the industry. Thus began the ministry known as xxxchurch.com. The Lookout recently interviewed […]
by Kara L. Johnson My first lessons in sexuality came from gestures and jokes made by kids on my elementary school bus. Once my mom tried to have “the talk” with me, and all I remember is sitting on the couch, gawking at a book with brightly colored medical illustrations and suddenly feeling an uncomfortable […]
by Rick Ezell We live in a sex-crazed culture. According to the Web site Students Against Destructive Decisions, “Currently 46.8 percent of all high school students report they have had sexual intercourse” (http://www.sadd.org/stats.htm). Teenage “dating” Web sites that boast millions of members encourage teenage patrons to select not prom dates but partners for casual sexual […]
