I was born in 1992. I wasn’t a teenager until 2005, which means I narrowly missed the biggest “purity” era. I never attended a conference surrounding the topic of abstinence, made a vow in front of my youth group or was awarded a piece of jewelry symbolic of my commitment. My parents did things the old fashioned way by giving me my own Bible, praying for me, exemplifying a faithful marriage, and discouraging promiscuous behavior as I grew up.
However, I had a spiritual awakening at a young age and have been deeply committed to the teachings of Scripture and the pursuit of righteousness ever since. The result of this was a very early commitment to abstinence until marriage (and, in the case of marriage, purity within that relationship). The Bible is not your grandma’s sex talk: it is frank and clear and hard to misunderstand in most cases.
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