To gently confront a young, single woman who is requesting birth control pills for reasons of contraception (marriage not imminent) and see the reaction change from puzzlement to astonishment and finally to admitted concern for her errant "lifestyle" [that marvelous euphemism now for sin] is rewarding. Rather than being morally uninvolved or professionally detached, it seems essential to offer to get nearer to the root of such problems. The root is spiritual. Rather than acquiescing to the blunted sense of sin which our culture inculcates, it is rewarding to sharpen it. The trick is to do it gently, by example and by the Word, allowing the Holy Spirit to do any convicting that is to be done.
Excerpt from a private letter
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