Is Abstinence Really ‘Not for Everyone?’ Rethinking The Narrative For Believers

Is Abstinence Really ‘Not for Everyone?’ Rethinking The Narrative For Believers

Source: FatCamera / Getty Let’s just be real: there’s this running message in and outside the church that says abstinence is only for a particular “type” of Christian. You know, the super spiritual ones. The ones who don’t struggle. The ones who aren’t dating. Or the ones who are “called to singleness forever.” Somehow, we’ve watered down abstinence to a suggestion, instead of seeing it as what it is, a call to holiness. And I get it. When your …

Is Abstinence Really 'Not for Everyone?' Rethinking The Narrative For Believers

Source: FatCamera / Getty Let’s just be real: there’s this running message in and outside the church that says abstinence is only for a particular “type” of Christian. You know, the super spiritual ones. The ones who don’t struggle. The ones who aren’t dating. Or the ones who are “called to singleness forever.” Somehow, we’ve watered down abstinence to a suggestion, instead of seeing it as what it is, a call to holiness. And I get it. When your …