“If porn isn’t sex…what is sex?” That’s the handwritten question I got from one of the 16 year old boys I was speaking to at a local high school. I need you to consider the meaning behind his question. Why would a 16 year old boy ask what sex is? There are a number of possibilities. But, after talking with … Read More
Your Friday Link-Tacular
Here are a few links you need to click on. Well you don’t need to, but we did and we thought you might want to. Is everything you ever knew about the sexual revolution a giant lie? That depends on your definition of giant. But it’s almost assuredly a lie. Strength To Fight’s Jonathon Van Maren explains how our view of history should … Read More
Heroes & Villains
By Josh Gilman When I was 5, my Grandmother gave me a couple of superhero figurines. To my parents’ embarrassment, I wasn’t particularly grateful and kept playing with whatever cereal box I deemed a more entertaining toy at that moment. My Grandma, however, just picked up the batman figurine. “I love Batman!”, she said. “He’s my favourite, he’s my hero.” … Read More
Are We Forgetting Something?
By Colette Aikema Porn is a problem. We know this. We’ve heard it many times before. We know it is extremely addictive. We know it destroys the human brain the same way heroin does. We know it destroys marriages. We know it creates abusers and rapists. We know it perpetuates human trafficking. But have we ever thought about how it affects … Read More
Four Rape Myths Exposed
By Daniel Gilman: “You weren’t raped,” my friend was told. “If you didn’t fight back enough to make the assailant cry out, then you didn’t resist enough for it to be called rape.” My friend had gone on a missions trip and was sexually assaulted by one of the other volunteers. When she told her mentor, my friend was told … Read More