Virgin Regret (Part 5): Conclusion
This is the last post in the series responding to Samantha Pugsley’s article about her regret in remaining a virgin until her wedding night.
Month: February 2015
Virgin Regret (Part 4): Getting to the wedding
Earlier this week, I wrote a couple more parts to my series which exames the story of a girl named Samantha, who remained a virgin until her wedding night, but who now regrets this decision.
So far in this series, I have spoken about the distinction between chastity and abstinence and I have also presented the Catholic vision for sex and marriage, contrasting this to the woefully inadequate formation which Samantha appears to have received.
Today I would like to begin by looking at the reasons Samantha was taught for remaining a virgin until marriage and then look at what she wrote about the road to her wedding day.
Calling guest posters!
In a couple of weeks I’m going to be publishing a series written by a guest writer on the subject of Catholics dating online. I’ve had guest posts before and I’d like to see more of them! So, if you have an article in mind and would like a platform on which to publish it, please contact me!
Debunking Zeitgeist
Over the last few months I discovered the website Labarum, in which the author has been going through the various claims of the popular movie Zeitgeist, and debunking its various claims. The series just came to an end. I’d thoroughly recommend reading it to prepare yourself to rebut the typical Jesus-is-zeus-recycled claims:
Friday Frivolity: Church Sanitizer
I’ve noticed that hand sanitizer becoming increasingly common in churches. Tim Hawkins has a few things to say about this…
The Epistle of Joy: Episode #5 (Audio)
The audio-only version of the latest episode in the Philippians video series is now available to download below.
In today’s episode we work our way through Paul’s explanation as to the consequences of his incarceration.
Epistle of Joy – Episode #5 (Download)
The Epistle of Joy: Episode #5 (Video)
In today’s episode we look at the penultimate section of Chapter 1:
I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ; and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of partisanship, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. – Philippians 1:12-18
Here’s what I had to say:
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