Recently I had the great honor of revisiting a book that I loved as a child – and now as an adult, I find so much more richness and perspective reading it again! I’m referring to The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, with Elizabeth and John Sherrill. Here’s the book cover description from Hendrickson… Continue reading ‘The Hiding Place’ (Review)
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?
3 challenges to Christian sex education
In an earlier post I talked about why I think sex education is an important, healthy topic for Christian families to discuss. However, it’s also something that we find difficult to discuss, for various reasons. I’ve outlined a list of the most common challenges I can think of when bringing up the subject of Christian… Continue reading 3 challenges to Christian sex education
Sex education for Christian homeschool families?
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm.For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol.Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.”Song of Songs 8:6, Berean Study Bible (BSB) Hi everyone! If you had told me even a few years ago that… Continue reading Sex education for Christian homeschool families?