I’m basically having a digital clear out of all the links I’ve saved which in theory I was going to turn into articles . Yet the reality is I’m probably not quite going to manage that. So rather than letting some good links go to waste I’m sort of turning them into an article by sharing them here. As always a mention here does not = endorsement, just that I found it worth reading.

In the early church one of the features that distinguished Christians from other citizens of the Roman Empire was their distinctive sexual ethic, which had much in common with Jewish practices (unsurprisingly). One of the noticeable trends in evangelicalism has been over recent years a shift from enforcing the what of Christian sexual ethics (mostly ‘don’t do that’) to the why of it all. Why the Christian ethic is more beautiful and healthy and compelling than any of the alternatives. This probably explains why there’s been so much interest in Louise Perry’s The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. So these links deal with the most pervasive issue for many – pornography but also other more broader topics around the distinctiveness of the Christian ethic.

• Why does ‘sexuality’ have such a unique power to divide the church? by Thomas Creedy
• We All Have the Power of Caligula Now. An important read from Alan Noble. Make sure you read this one.
• Opposing Porn Isn’t as Lonely as It Once Was for UK Evangelicals
• A Crucial Court Case Exposes the Darkness of America’s Worst Industry
• Louisiana’s Great New Porn Law
• 5 Myths about Porn
• Is watching pornography bad for men — but good for women? Er…no. But we live in a world where that question gets asked! “By the time they reach adulthood, about 84.4% of American males and 57% of females have viewed pornography.”
• How to Quit Porn
• Encouragement for Parents in Our Sexually Confused Culture
• Too Casual? Oh yes.
• And if you want evidence that young people (even the brightest) have a distorted view of sex then this article on a survey from Cambridge (UK) should be enough.