Virgin Soldiers
For it is a shame even to speak of the things they do in secret.
—Ephesians 5:12
We live in a society that is far more interested in promoting vice than virtue. Perhaps all cultures have found sin to be more entertaining than purity, but we seem to be obsessed with sexual impurity to a degree that surpasses that of previous generations this century. Of course, this state of affairs has been much lamented in this journal and in many others.
The Apostle Paul told the Ephesians that it was not appropriate even to speak of the things done by those who . . .
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Thomas S. Buchanan is a member of the Orthodox Church and lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children. He is a senior editor of Touchstone.
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