I heard something interesting from a person who spoke with me during the recent Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) homeschool conference. This person was a retired homeschool parent who was interested in my “Fiercest Blaze: Guide Your Child’s Christian Sex Education” book and spoke frankly to me about how their family had handled sex education back… Continue reading ‘Stir not up, nor awaken love’ applied to Christian sex ed?
Category: Bible Teaching
Sexual education in the church: What is its role?
As Christians, we all agree with what the Bible says about sex education – sex is good, it’s ordained by a good God, and it should take place within the boundaries of a godly, mutually honoring marriage between man and woman. We probably also agree that parents are primarily responsible for educating their children about… Continue reading Sexual education in the church: What is its role?
‘Is showing off your body a sin?’
When I first saw that question – “Is showing off your body a sin?” – I did a double-take. My immediate response was, “In what circumstances would you ask such a question?” Take, for example, the Garden of Eden – the Creation story account for the Christian faith. The Bible clearly tells us that the… Continue reading ‘Is showing off your body a sin?’
When to start a Christian sex education
As parents, we can see the wisdom in passing on real-life skills to our children. For example, we want them to be financially literate, socially adept, independent in running their own households, and so forth. And yes, I would imagine that we all want them to be knowledgeable about sex. The big question is: At… Continue reading When to start a Christian sex education
Sex education approaches: What’s most Biblical?
I was searching online for “sex education approaches” or “approaches to sex education” and was fascinated by the results: The two main approaches to adolescent sexual education in the USA are abstinence-only-until-marriage and comprehensive sexual education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14681810220133604 Did you notice the interesting word choice? Abstinence-based vs. “comprehensive” – the very word choice is making a judgement that abstinence-based approaches to… Continue reading Sex education approaches: What’s most Biblical?
What does the Bible say about sex education?
I once read on Facebook from another homeschool mom who found herself having to explain the Bible story of Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30-38) to her elementary-age schoolgirls (they asked her what happened after Abraham rescued Lot from Sodom). Needless to say, the conversation was awkward in the extreme! What puzzled me, however, were… Continue reading What does the Bible say about sex education?