The Purity of Your Motive Does Not Negate the Effects Of Your Actions
One of the highest forms of pride is the idea that I need only be concerned about myself and that I need not worry about those around me or how my actions will affect them. We see this in young children all the time—they want what they want when they want it, and if they [...]
Purity vs. Puritanism
June 26, 2011 by MInTheGap
Filed under Biblical Focus
Purity, I fear, has gotten mixed up in people’s minds with the caricature of Puritanism, which, in the popular imagination, is a dour, brittle revolt against all the pleasures of the flesh. Puritans were in fact very earthy people, robust in their affirmation of life, not by any means ‘Victorian’ (another word grossly misunderstood today [...]
More Than Just Clothing
We spend so much time on this site talking about clothing that I think that it’s important to remember that modesty is more than just clothing. It’s an external expression of an internal state. It’s a desire to show who we are instead of what we are—and who we are should be something pure! I [...]
Are You Pure?
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Guard Your Heart
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 I don’t think we realize just how important it is to guard our hearts. I believe it is so important to understand this at as young an age as possible. Guarding our hearts protects us from heartache, regret, and [...]
The Wedding and After
After a man marries a woman, he no longer struggles with immodesty. He delights in his wife, and can see all he needs to at any time. She fulfils his every desire and need, and he needs no other. I wish, very hard, to say this was true, but it is not, and this is [...]
They Just Can’t Be Understood
As boys and girls become teens and then young ladies and men, there are subtle changes in the way they react to each other. The physical attraction is still there, and the pressure is still very real, but the relationships that a person goes through and their life experiences can help discipline them or cause [...]
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