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 “Study: Teen Sex Doesn’t Affect School Performance”
That’s the headline this week reporting on the results of a joint study by researchers from the Universities of California and Minnesota. You can read the article on FOXNEWS.com here.
This bothers me on many levels: As a father. As a Christian. As an engineer/statistician.
This headline “greenlights” teen sex, in my opinion.
The headline also LIES. It actually contradicts the article’s text in what I would call a deceptive manner.
Let’s see what the truth is behind the headline!
Continue reading Teens, Sex, & Grades: A Response – Part I
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DEFENSE…
 In football it means preventing the other team from scoring and getting the ball back. Same in many other sports, and in many non-sport endeavors.
But, when I think of “defense” in terms of the moral impurities in this world I don’t think of sports. I think: COLD WAR.
You see, I was a Cold War sailor, back when it was just the U.S. vs. the USSR. One aspect of the Cold War was preparation for NBC warfare: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical. At our level this did not include “don’t be there when a nuke goes off,” although that was good advice. When we dealt with NBC defense we were concerned with preventing and, if need be, responding to “contamination” from nuclear fallout, biological agents, and chemical agents.
There were four major aspects to our efforts:
- Prevent exposure to NBC weapons
- Have an NBC infrastructure to protect you (ship, tank, NBC suit, etc.)
- Have an immediate plan to deal with contamination
- Have a recovery plan to deal with contamination.
We had to have this because we understood that, no matter how “tight” our systems were, if fallout, bugs, or chemicals were being used then there was no 100% way to ensure we would not be contaminated or injured. But, we could limit the danger. We had to hope for the best but plan for the worst.
This is where defending against impurity comes in. We live in a Society that can contaminate us morally, mentally, and spiritually. To live in our “contaminated” world we need to see how NBC defense can be a model for our ” purity defense”. This model also has four similar components:
- PREVENT
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- REACT
- RECOVER
Continue reading Living Pure In An Impure World: Defense
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NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s standard for humanity. If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
 Impure. Impurity.
We all know we are sinful. So, when we talk about impurity we often just chalk it up to not being “sinless”? If we’re not yet sinless, I guess we have to tolerate a “little sin” mixed in with our piety. So, a little impurity, even sexual impurity, is inevitable and should not be feared. Right?
WRONG!
Continue reading Staying Pure In An Impure World:
The Danger of “Impurity”!!!
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NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s standard for humanity. If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
 “Keep your wits about you.”
That’s what my dad said when I went out on dates, ‘WAY back when I was in high school. He said that to remind me to stay pure in God’s eyes.
Today we see purity rings, purity pledges, and more. Within the Church, purity is an important subject that needs dicussion.
But, in our society, before we can discuss a subject, we have to define it. Today’s language is far too slippery.
That includes “purity”.
Continue reading Staying Pure In An Impure World:
What Is Purity?
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 Over the years I’ve heard a lot of “support” for pornography:
- “I’m not really cheating.”
- “I’m only looking.”
- “It’s a substitute until I get married (or while we deal with issues).”
- I haven’t seen “THOU SHALT NOT VIEW PORN!” in the Bible.
Recent surveys show that more and more Americans, even Evangelicals, find nothing wrong with viewing pornography. With today’s teens and adults inundated by both soft-core and hard-core pornography it is a challenge to properly teach and equip them to remain pure.
That’s why I use the FOOD COURT analogy.
Continue reading Why Viewing Porn Is Like Visiting The Food Court At The Mall!
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Knights’ Quest Ministries is proud to announce the availability of the SEX, KIDS, & THE INTERNET™ Workbook, 4th Edition. This workbook is a complete stand-alone “course-in-a-book” for parents wanting to know what is happening in children’s lives, online, and how to parent them through new, 21st Century dangers.
This 2010 update addresses developments in the threats to family, posed by technology, that have arising since publication of the 3rd Edition in 2006. In addition to the extensive information from the 3rd Edition, the new edition includes:
- Explanation of the new ways that children access pornography, such as through game consoles such as the Wii and PS3.
- New chapters and updates for WINDOWS 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- Discussions on “sexting” and other new dangers.
- Expanded discussion of “portable porn” and the ability to access and obtain pornography on small systems such as iPhone, PSPs, iPads, etc.
- Updates to the roles and dangers of social networking sites such as FACEBOOK, MySpace, and more.
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That’s the answer to the question:
“Why should I install parental controls and filters?
How bad can it be?”
When I talk about what I do, helping parents keep kids outta pornography on the Internet, I often get the following responses:
“C’mon, we had porn in our day, and it didn’t hurt us!”
“Aren’t you being a little too protective?”
Now, propriety and Christian concern for not tempting you prevents me from listing the bad, bad, BAD things that are out there. So, here’s an alternative method to convince you how bad the porn on the Internet can be.
Continue reading …Because What’s On The Internet
Even Grosses Out the HOOKERS!!!
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 Unless you’ve been on a submarine for the past few weeks you have heard about Apple’s latest game-changer:
The iPad™!
After playing with one for a couple of weeks I have go to tell you that “game-changer” is not an understatement! I feel no fear in “prophesying” that the iPad will soon become the delivery method of choice for textbooks in college and high-schools in just a few years! It will also replace the printed newspaper! Trust me! Go to an Apple store and play with one!
Depending on the version you have the iPad connects to the rest of the world via either WIFI or 3G cell service. That means you have the World at your fingertips (literally).
That’s where the problem shows up.
Continue reading Securing the iPad: A Step-By-Step Guide
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 Every day I have at least one struggle with the temptation of sinful lust!
Many tempting things can trigger this inner battle:
- A woman dressed in a revealing or provocative manner.
- A woman acting “flirty” or affectionate in public.
- Messages on T-shirts, shorts, and bumper stickers
- Billboards
- Certain songs
- TV shows
- Commercials
- Movies
- Internet ads
- Suggestive or revealing pictures in the news, and in articles on news web sites.
- Just living and breathing in America!
It’s a fair bet that 99.999% of the adult males on the planet share my struggle, too!
So, why do I struggle with these things? If we look we will find that the answer is in the wisdom of that famous Blue Collar comedian, Bill Engvall:
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 Our kids are being fed a cultural lie:
If you have sex outside of marriage, and you use a condom, you are safe and protected from pregnancy and from STDs.
Unfortunately, scientific evidence does not indicate you are safe or “protected” if you use a condom. It only states that the risk of pregnancy and/or infection by an STD is REDUCED. This is from the National Institutes of Health.
Having a false belief in the effectiveness of “protection” is dangerous. And, as we all well know, young people will interpret anything and everything to their advantage, so they won’t hear the true story!
Continue reading “Safe Sex” Is Not Proven – The Scientific Truth!
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