High School Scraps Abstinence Only Plans

I'm not sure we're keeping something is perspective here...

Even though Christians know the difference between what is sinful and what is righteous, we often choose what is sinful - even though we have all the resources of Christ's righteousness and the full power of God willing and available to support us in our rejection of sin and embrace of righteousness.

The simple fact is that we enjoy sin (for the moment), we are comfortable with sin, and we are in the habit of sin. And, simply put, many of us who claim the name of Jesus are not actually following Him in transformational discipleship to change our attitudes and lifestyles from something characterized by sin, into a lifestyle characterized by love and righteousness, energized by the power of the Spirit.

If we, as Christians, are heavily involved in sin, why do we have any illusions that people to whom Jesus is a stranger have much hope of rejecting the current cultural values and living a life characterized by righteousness?

Certainly there are secular character-building institutions in our culture like the military, scouting programs, and a few schools, colleges and universities, but most of them have given themselves over to moral relativism and denial that moral knowledge exists.

In the face of this dire situation in Western culture, a pragmatic public policy combined with discipleship-oriented churches is about the only solution we have. Those who claim the name of Jesus need to stop playing cultural Christianity games and begin engaging in personal, transformational discipleship to Christ.