Eric Metaxas wants to know why does the world think “abstinence” is a four-letter word when it comes to sex, but not when it comes to cigarettes? In his August 10, 2016  BreakPoint column he wrote:

…nobody says smoking cigarettes or drinking huge amounts of sugary drinks is healthy and normal – or distributes pills in schools to off set the effects of tobacco and sugar. Instead, we urge young people to avoid cigarettes altogether, and cut down on the soft drinks. But heaven forbid we tell them to avoid sex.

These are the sorts of troublemaking questions we need to ask our friends, neighbors and classmates. And from there we can highlight how God’s design for sex is wonderful…and safe. Let’s ask pointed questions and then encourage the world to compare and contrast the heart-breaking, disease-spreading, child-fearing sort of sex that they’re proposing, with God’s wonderful design for disease-free, heart-binding, child-embracing monogamous married sex.