They say honesty is the best policy. And so today we're getting super honest about the history of so-called purity culture, how it helped, how it hurt, and how we should navigate the sexual purity conversation now. The truth is, sexual purity is only part of a really beautiful picture. I'm excited for us to get at some legalism destroying grace-saturated

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For May 5th, 2026, I'm Dana Gresh.

I'm Susie Weibel.

You know, Dana, today's a big day because your book and the Bride War White is being

re-released into the world. We're celebrating over here. We began a conversation about this book

yesterday. Go back and listen to that at revive our hearts.com if you missed it. It's also available

on the Revive Our Hearts app or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Yes, I hope you will go back and listen to that.

We talked yesterday about how to address biblical sexuality with our girls, and we touched

on kind of that elephant in the room, purity culture.

It's a topic we're ready to dive into further.

Oh, we're going to go there. We're going to go there. So purity culture is something, it's a time

I think during which you and I grew up our own high school years, we're during the birth of

this purity culture. Yep. And I remain confused.

So I'm wondering if we can bring some clarity to the conversation today. I have teenage,

well, they're not teenagers any longer, but I had teenage daughters of my own, as did you.

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