Chapter 5

What’s so bad about having sex before marriage?

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Study Questions

• Why do you think so many churches are growing complacent on the issue of sex before marriage? 

• What are some of the dangers of “individual sexual ethics”? 

• How can you walk alongside young couples in the church and encourage them to pursue holiness? 

• How can we talk about remaining pure before marriage while still emphasizing the goodness of sex? 

Related Scripture

• Matthew 19:1–9 

• Mark 10:1–12 

• 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 

• 1 Corinthians 7 

• 1 Thessalonians 4:1–7 

Resources

• Article: The Consequences of Putting Off Marriage

• Article: Marriage Story and the Disease of Selfishness

• Article: Is God a Sex Killjoy?

Related Reading

• Our Bodies Tell God’s Story, Christopher West 

• Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, Ben Stuart 

• Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan 

• The Case for Marriage, Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher 

• The Meaning of Marriage, Timothy and Kathy Keller 

• The Ring Makes All the Difference, Glenn Stanton 

• Boundaries in Dating, Henry Cloud and John Townsend 

• Rethinking Sexuality, Juli Slattery 

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