The Honeymoon Night - sex

The Honeymoon Night

QUESTION I am a virgin, but one day when I am married (hopefully) I’ll have sex. I keep hearing all of my friends that are going to get married talk about having to stretch themselves so that their husbands will…

Sexting - sex

Sexting

SEXTING QUESTION Is sexting or sending naked pictures wrong to do between a boyfriend and girlfriend? What if it makes them feel closer or more connected? I have read in the Bible of stories where someone saw somebody else naked…

Are Abortions Safer Than Having a Baby - abortion

Are Abortions Safer Than Having a Baby?

QUESTION  I’ve heard that having an abortion is actually safer than having a baby. Is this true?   DOCTOR’S ANSWER No, though we’ve heard the sales pitch about it being otherwise, haven’t we? A long term study from Finland published in…

Is Birth Control Morally Right - sex

Is Birth Control Morally Right?

QUESTION I’m a newly-wed. My wife wants to have sex using condoms/pills to prevent pregnancy. I don’t think that is morally right for the same reason I am against abortion. I understand that sex is about intimacy, but it is…

IUD's for Birth Control - sex

IUD’s for Birth Control

QUESTION I am getting married and started reading about birth control. I am thinking about using the IUD. Do you have any thoughts on that? DOCTOR’S ANSWER With the older generation of IUDs, I would have considered this among the…

Same Sex Practice - same sex practice Bible

Same Sex Practice

QUESTION Why are same-sex sexual practices not good for you?   DOCTOR’S ANSWER I frequently receive questions about same sex practice.  Sexual intercourse was designed to be between man and woman. Theologically speaking, God is quite clear in scripture both…

The Reality of Slavery - sex trafficking

The Reality of Slavery

 AN ALL TOO COMMON TALE When I started working at the call center that year, I didn’t really know how this meaningless job would impact me so greatly. Yes, it was the worst, soul-sucking job of my life, but for…

Women's Rights or Human Rights - abortion

Women’s Rights or Human Rights?

MORE THAN JUST YOUR BODY As a woman, there are just some days when I bury my head under the sand and cringe at what my fellow gender is doing and saying. In particular, the pendulum swing seen among most…

Finding Freedom in Community - healing & restoration

Finding Freedom in Community

I Am Not Alone  I’m in the men’s purity group in the church. I didn’t start going because I was struggling with a pornography issue that I couldn’t control, I went because the way that I had chosen to “control”…

Pornography and Addiction - pornography

Pornography and Addiction

THE REALITY: AN ABUNDANT LIFE Mike Bickle says in his book, ‘The Seven Longings of the Human Heart’, Addiction wraps itself around a person, giving their natural appetites an artificial life of their own, while simultaneously short-circuiting their ability to…