{"id":1481,"date":"2019-10-07T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"podlove-2019-10-07t16:13:44+00:00-ed9585f627a3034"},"modified":"2019-10-07T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:25:08","slug":"cultivating-chastity-part-10","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/matthewcochran.net\/blog\/cultivating-chastity-part-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivating Chastity &#8211; Part 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t[podlove-episode-web-player publisher=\"1481\" post_id=\"1481\"]\n\t\n\t\t\n<p>In this conclusion to our series, we consider some of the ways Christians sabotage themselves as they seek out marriage. Whether it&#8217;s due to worldliness, greed, a rejection of God&#8217;s designs for men and women, or despair in the face of a sinful and antagonistic culture, there are many ways in which we shoot ourselves in the foot.<\/p>\n<p>But, although we all suffer defeats sometimes, it doesn&#8217;t mean we have to accept being defeated by ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HG-thPLxW9E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Previous Installments:<br \/>\n1) Introduction: https:\/\/youtu.be\/IPr0LyLKSVk<br \/>\n2) The Church&#8217;s Failure: https:\/\/youtu.be\/s_ImO_Ip7eo<br \/>\n3) Stop Teaching Celibacy: https:\/\/youtu.be\/1aGzk0d4zPA<br \/>\n4) The Virtue of Chastity: https:\/\/youtu.be\/hNCtZxA496Y<br \/>\n5) Chastity in the Bible: https:\/\/youtu.be\/pCJ5eTHtkbg<br \/>\n6) Chastity in Natural Law: https:\/\/youtu.be\/snhqfQcJq6Q<br \/>\n7) Distorting Natural Law: https:\/\/youtu.be\/F_JR7XpCoKg<br \/>\n8) Resisting Temptation: https:\/\/youtu.be\/xDcW5BIrsL8<br \/>\n9) Pursuing Marriage: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ppFZv1r__w8<\/p>\n<p>You can find more of my material at&#8230;<br \/>\nThe 96th Thesis: http:\/\/matthewcochran.net\/blog\/<br \/>\nThe Federalist: http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/matthewcochran\/<br \/>\nAmazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Though-Were-Actually-True-Apologetics-ebook\/dp\/B01G4KWQJW\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cultivating Chastity - Part 10 - The 96th Thesis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewcochran.net\/blog\/cultivating-chastity-part-10\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cultivating Chastity - Part 10 - The 96th Thesis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this conclusion to our series, we consider some of the ways Christians sabotage themselves as they seek out marriage. 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