Celibacy, Chastity and Purity

February 18, 1981

Rolling Hills Covenant Church

This is session #6 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”

Clarification of Terms:

Celibacy, chastity, and purity are three dimensions of the same topic.

Celibacy is the choice of a single life; the choice of a state without sexual relationships.

Chastity refers to restraining oneself within the bounds of proper sexual relations; mainly referring to external behavior.

Purity refers to the insides of the soul; not only to external behavior but also to the condition of the heart.

FOR FURTHER STUDY

Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster

The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard

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