Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: The modern sexual revolution find the idea of abstinence till marriage to be so unrealistic as to be ludicrous. In fact, many people believe it is psychologically unhealthy and harmful. Yet despite the contemporary incredulity, this has been the unquestioned uniform teaching of not only one but all of the Christian churches—Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. The Bible does not counsel sexual abstinence before marriage because it has such a low view of sex but because... Read more