Is there any hope for me?

Question: I went through your article, “A Sin Leading to Death.” Like so many other articles on the sin that leads to death and apostasy, there seems to be no final consensus on what are these sins, what are their consequences, and the chances of reversing these consequences. So the article held some hope for…

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If you repented of past sexual sins, is it wrong to wear a purity ring?

Question: If you have had “relations” with someone, but have asked forgiveness and seen the errors of your ways and want to rededicate yourself to God, would it be considered wrong to wear a purity ring or something along those lines? Answer: If you are doing so to make it appear that you are something…

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Do I tell my boyfriend that I had a one-night stand?

Question: Hello. Well, first of all, I came across your site by asking the question: “By not telling my boyfriend about a one night stand am I sinning even though I have cried and prayed to God to ask for forgiveness?” I have been living with my boyfriend for several years and we have been…

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Must I marry the girl I had sex with?

Question: Praise the LORD! I have read some of your replies to other questions and I perceive that you have knowledge. So, I come to you in regard to a question of mine. But, first let me explain: At one time in my walk with God, I was struggling, and instead of leaning on God,…

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What Boys, Girls, and Their Parents Need To Know

by Wendi Capehart The following is adapted from an old post the good blogger at Wit-nit wrote. He wished to illustrate just how heady and disorienting a brew lust can be, how dangerous in the hands of the immature, but he is not a believer and he wrote an R-rated post. He allowed me to…

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Do I let my son and his live-in girlfriend come for Thanksgiving?

Question: My son is in his late twenties, a college graduate, and in the military. He is very responsible and has had a Christian upbringing. He has just returned from deployment, and his wife has left him. He is now “serious” about someone else and living with her. Now says that he believes this is all…

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How do I turn myself around?

Question: I am a 30-year-old single man. I lost my virginity about the age of 15, but the girl couldn’t stay with me as she was a foreigner and had to return home. Having sex with women became a priority in life for me, but I have been single for most of my life and…

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How do I keep my desires from getting out of control?

Question: Hi My fiancee told me that she’d sent a question to you about me, and showed me your response today. Her email wasn’t exactly truthful, so I decided to email you myself and hope for advice about my situation. Sex was never a problem for me; I was in my early twenties when I did it,…

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Is my fiance a real Christian?

Question: I’ve been dating for a year, and now I’m engaged, but it still will take two years for us to marry. My fiance and I have strong sexual temptations, it seems like I have a lot more control than him. Sometimes it scares me because he seems to want sex too much. He’s not…

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Should we marry now or when we are in a better financial situation?

Question: My girlfriend and I intend to get married in the future and want to wait until we are in a better financial situation to marry. Also being in a long-distance relationship would mean that if we did marry, we would be unable to live together straight away just yet. But I’m in fear of…

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Can my bride wear white even though we committed fornication?

Question: Please, sir, I need your advice on what to do. I have dated my partner for over a year. We trust and love each other very much, but we fell into the sin of fornication. My questions are: Can she still wear a white dress on her wedding day? Is it right to tell…

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If a virgin marries a non-virgin, will he be condemned to hell?

Question: If a pure man marries a woman who he thinks is a pure woman (virgin), and he finds out later she wasn’t a virgin when they married, is he condemned to hell because it wasn’t a pure and holy marriage, even though he is a member of the true New Testament church? Answer: God…

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Should my friend pursue a relationship with a boy who had sex in the past?

Question: This question is for my friend’s situation: A boy recently started to pursue more-than-friends moves on my friend. She’s liked him on-and-off for three years, but in those three years, he’s had a girlfriend. She just found out that the boy had sex a few times several months ago with his girlfriend. Since that…

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How can I help my boyfriend with his sexual desires?

Question: I’m 25 years old and a Christian. I am in my first relationship as a Christian. My boyfriend is a backslider. We had sex once. I know it was wrong. I repented and I believe God has forgiven me. I am not going to do it again until we are married. I have downloaded…

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Doesn’t sex create a marriage?

Question: Hello, it’s me, the same girl who had sent you a message before asking about sex without marriage. I know God’s laws, and I know he made them in order to keep us safe and happy. The thing is, the person and I have already done it, we’ve had sex. Now Jesus said that when…

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How do I recover from pre-marital sex?

Question: I was reading your articles about waiting for marriage and why sex outside of marriage is wrong. Your advice is something I wish I had understood sooner. Unfortunately, I have already sinned sexually. Now I am trying to discern God’s will so that I may do what is right in His eyes. I have a girlfriend…

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What do I do? My boyfriend doesn’t want to get married and I do

Question: My boyfriend and I live together. We’ve been living together for two years. He doesn’t want to get married. I do. Also, I am Christian, he is agnostic. I have tried to talk to him about God, but he wants proof. I don’t know what to do. When we first got together, I was…

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Does “sexual immorality” (porneia) include masturbation?

Question: I would like to just say in some previous answers you have said that masturbation is not mentioned as a sin, but it is. We are told in Acts 15:20 to flee from sexual immorality. Today, most of the world sees masturbation as sexual immorality, and it has always been considered that. Because the term isn’t…

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My boyfriend proposed to me. Are we sinning if we have sex?

Question: My boyfriend proposed to me. I’m not pregnant and I do love him. Does this make me a sinner, if we have sex? Answer: “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge” (Hebrews 13:4). Sex outside of marriage is a sin. A proposal to marry doesn’t…

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My boyfriend broke up with me and I don’t know what to do

Question: Writing because I seem to be fighting feelings right now, and I don’t know where to turn. My boyfriend of almost a year broke up with me last week. This time I didn’t even see it coming because we got along so well. His reason was he can’t stand not being with me every…

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