The Platform: Make Straight Paths II

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The Platform: Make Straight Paths II

One of the most overlooked elements of modern Christianity is the general lack of distinctly Christian culture.

There are varying degrees of culture universally associated with the world's major religions. Muslims have a distinctive Islamic culture. Hinduism has a broad and colorful culture. Although not, per se, a separate religion from Christianity, there is a very strong and defined Jewish culture. Buddhism has its own culture. All of the varying pagan religions have their own cultural symbolism and sub-contexts. Sikhs, Taoists, and even Jedi cultists (they're real, look it up) have their own cultures. Here s the shocker: so does Christianity.

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Chastity in the Culture of Now

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Chastity in the Culture of Now

Sex is everywhere today, and I don’t think that there is a man reading this blog who has seen a time in his life when it wasn’t. I remember catching a boob on ShowTime through scrambled cable and age 9, and downloading some pretty bad 80’s porn off Limewire with my friends at age 11, and losing my virginity at 16. Billboards and advertisements everywhere show women and men in various states of undress with seductive looks on their faces, urging you to…buy shampoo? Moreover, finding pornography or casual sex today is as easy as pulling my phone out and either opening my web browser or preferred dating app(for the love of almighty God, delete tinder and repent). From birth it seems, we men are exposed to a constant barrage of sexually suggestive advertisement, entertainment, and interaction pulling us this way and that way, quite literally by the balls. Sex has an incredible power and allure over us that are often times irresistible. So, what are we to do in an era where so much sex and so much deviancy is so readily available, and where all it takes to get us to buy some shitty smelling cologne these days is to show us a video of some guy attracting women? How do we stop letting sex have so much power over us?

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Associative Reality

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Presenting ourselves to others will always be an intrinsic instinct of human nature. Even as young children, whatever the cause and origin may be, we have some idea of how we wish others to view us. This is true of all relationships.
The idea is often presented that we should be primarily concerned with what God thinks of us, and rightfully so. I do not intend to undertake so noble a feat in this email. We shall discuss presentation of ourselves as perceived by other men.

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