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Opinion|Tue, Apr. 22 2008 09:52 AM EDT

The High Cost of Immorality

By S. Michael Craven|Christian Post Guest Columnist

By living in obedience in these areas we can once again advance the establishment of social and legal structures that promote and protect marriage as the only acceptable relationship for sex. This is not mere moralizing on the part of simple “religious folk” but the answer to a pressing social problem that, as the evidence demonstrates, has enormous human, social and economic costs.

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S. Michael Craven is the President of the Center for Christ & Culture, a ministry of discipleship and Church renewal that works to equip Christians with an intelligent, thoroughly Christian and missional approach to culture. For more information on the Center for Christ & Culture, additional resources, and other works by S. Michael Craven visit: www.battlefortruth.org

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  • ForHim »
    Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:39 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

    russellstjohn,
    Your are some what right that, "As procreation was increasingly separated from the marriage act. No not increasingly, but it did happen, of course, I'm speaking of Biblical times, but in each case there was consequences that came with it. Contraceptives are not part of God's plan for His people. Why would He say they are a gift and then limit them?

  • russellstjohn »
    Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:06 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 3

    Too bad Mr. Craven didn't explore a deeper and more sinister root of "private" sexuality, i.e. the practice of contraception. It seems to be a taboo subject and as long as it is there will likely be no solutions advanced to curb the immorality problem that Mr. Craven speaks of. As procreation was increasingly separated from the marriage act, sex was increasingly separated from marriage. Why is that so difficult to acknowledge? Perhaps because contraception is treated as an inviolable, unquestioned right of even Christian couples. But for nineteen centuries it was condemned by all Christian bodies so Craven ought to back up a little more and include contraception under the umbrella of "God’s rule related to sex and the family."
    Until this great sin of modern Christian societies is exposed for what it is, all Mr. Craven has to hold on to is wishful thinking.

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