While sex may be presented today as little more than a recreational activity, sexuality is presented as that which lies at the very heart of what it means to be an authentic person. That is a profound claim that is arguably unprecedented in history. Carl Trueman

Pulled up a bit short as my body was not very co-operative. A good ride though.

The task of the Christian is not to whine about the moment in which he or she lives but to understand its problems and respond appropriately to them. Carl Trueman

A beautiful morning for riding! It has warmed up a little over the last few days, and there is virtually no wind.

I was too busy to fit in a ride this morning so I went out for a late afternoon ride instead. It gets dark around 5 o’clock this time of the year, so there isn’t much time to get out! There is a full moon rising above the tree but the phone helpfully cropped it out.

My conclusion is that the triumph of the erotic does not simply involve an expansion of the boundaries of acceptable sexual behavior or of notions of modesty but actually requires the abolition of such in their entirety. Carl Trueman

A beautiful but cold morning! I would have ridden further but my body was not very co-operative.

The changes we have witnessed in the content and significance of sexual codes since the 1960s are symptomatic of deeper changes in how we think of the purpose of life, the meaning of happiness, and what actually constitutes people’s sense of who they are and what they are. Carl Trueman

A longer ride today. The weather looked promising earlier, but the clouds rolled in and the cold southerly wind sprang up. Good to be out on the bike though

The old sexual codes of celibacy outside marriage and chastity within it are considered ridiculous and oppressive, and their advocates wicked or stupid or both. The sexual revolution is truly a revolution in that it has turned the moral world upside down.  Carl Trueman