“And all men, single or married, should recognize that solitary sex is not the normative biblical pattern. Recalling that the love between a man and woman is a picture of Christ and the church, we should note that, quite apart from the moral and self-discipline issues involved, masturbation is lousy theology” (Fidelity, p. 113).
No, Not Really Prudish
“This biblical silence [on masturbation] cannot be explained by attributing a prudish silence to the biblical writers. They were not shy about condemning all kinds of sexual practices — sex with your grandchildren (Lev. 18:10), sex with your stepmother (1 Cor. 5:1), sex with your barnyard animals (Lev. 18:23), and so forth. No, the silence …
One Man, One Woman, One Time
“The first point to note is that when God determined to solve the problem of Adam’s loneliness, He did not do it with a harem” (Fidelity, p. 91).
And at the Heart
“True authority and true submission are therefore an erotic necessity” (Fidelity, p. 87)
Keeping Reality Mandatory
“When we quarrel with the way the world is, we find that the world has ways of getting back at us” (Fidelity, p. 86).
All the Feminist Screeds in the World
“In other words, if God will not judge the rapist on the Last Day, then all the feminist screeds in the world should not make a rapist feel bad about what he is doing. A great desire is evident in our culture to ‘absolutize’ the evil of rape, but since the process is an arbitrary …
No, You Can’t Be Just Friends
“A man should resolve before God that he will have no one-on-one friendships (or close working relationships) with women unless they are with his mother, grandmother, sister, or wife. Now, what is meant by ‘friends’? We have been taught ad nauseam by means of feminist propaganda that men and women are simply interchangeable units, and …
Telling Just Another Lie
“One of the more astonishing things about our modern immoralities is the identification we have sought to create between sexual laxity on the one hand and ‘openness and honesty’ on the other. This is one of the central lies, which is the desire to detach lying as a way of life from adultery. According to …
Small Compromises and Great Transgression
“Happily married men do not wake up one morning and decide they are going to commit adultery that day. Particularly with Christians, the consummation of infidelity usually comes as the last in a series of mild compromises and unobtrusive self-deceptions. More believing men have drifted into adultery than lurched into it” (Fidelity, p. 59).
Reflections
“Shame is not honorable in itself, but it at least reflects a memory of honor” (Fidelity, p. 55).
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