2015 Class

This is a printable version of the class handout, "Benefits of Pure Living". Instructions and inspirational quotes are on the back (page 2).

Class will be meeting next Sunday, May 29.

Last time, we discussed how pornography kills love, degrades persons, and harms relationships. It also leads to a loss of personal freedom and often to addiction.

Key points:

Porn is any media — songs, stories, images, or videos — intended to ...

What is addiction, and how does it happen?

The American Society for Addiction Medicine explains:
We all have the brain reward circuitry that makes food and sex rewarding. In fact, this is a survival mechanism. In a healthy brain, these rewards have feedback mechanisms for satiety or ‘enough.’ In someone ...

Good Pictures, Bad Pictures by Kristen A. Jenson and Gail Poyner. I based my talk on this book plus online resources including those below.

All of the resources below include links to relevant research.

Protect Young Minds - Information for parents of younger children, from the authors of Good Pictures ...

No class this Sunday. We will meet again the following Sunday, May 22.

Last time, we had our "Boys Only" class meeting with Mr. Lee Harrison's able assistance. Most of what we discussed wasn't in the workbook, but here are some of the key points.

• The world proposes an ...

Class will be meeting next Sunday, April 24, for the girls only.

Last time, we finished up Chapter 11: Dating with Purpose and Purity. Some important points:

• The modern dating "norm" of recreational dating loses sight of the actual purpose of dating (to find a spouse).
• It hurts rather ...

Sorry for the delayed update. The assigned reading is short. :-)

Class will be meeting next Sunday, April 17.

Last time, we started on Chapter 11: Dating with Purpose and Purity. Some important points:

• The purpose of dating is to find a spouse.
• That being the case, it makes ...

Try to guess which article refers to what vocation before clicking the links. :o)

This Vocation is Shaped Like a Cross
A Commitment of Service Until Death
 

Class will be meeting next Sunday, April 10.

Last time, we completed Chapter 10: Finding Your Vocation. Key points:

• Once you understand and experience the reality of God, everything changes.
• Each person is unique and unrepeatable, and God, who created us out of love, has a unique plan for ...

Class will be meeting next Sunday, March 13.

Last time, we started on Chapter 9: Celibacy & Religious Life. Since our time was short, we will finish up next time. Some key points covered so far:

• Celibacy in an exceptional calling from God.
• Just like marriage, celibacy is a ...