499. Five Lies of Purity Culture | davidTrig

davidtrig.com/internship If we travel back in time to the decade of the 90’s, youth groups and rallies will be discussing a new campaign geared toward sexual purity. This campaign is called “True Love Waits” and its goal is to create a wave of young men and women who choose not to have sex before marriage. The message of True Love Waits is just as important and pertinent to our culture today as it was in the 90’s. There is a resurgence of the sexual revolution in our culture that says that if it feels good then it’s okay. But in an effort to instill godly morals in our youth, we must still consider if there are toxic aspects to the messages we are communicating through purity culture. Through my research and teenage experience, I have realized that there are 4 aspects of purity culture that can have a negative impact on our lives. After uncovering these aspects, let’s consider if we still need a purity campaign and if so, does this campaign have room for improvement? Where Is Purity Culture Discussed in the Bible? Purity culture is a term we have created based on the scriptural instruction, like that of 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8. The apostle Paul is speaking to the church at Thessalonica. He instructs them to live a life pleasing to God and to do that, they must abstain from sexual immorality. Paul says specifically in verse 4 that we are to learn to control our own bodies in a way that is holy and honorable. Further down, Paul says we were not called to live a life of impurity.