 Okay, so you met at church, you've been dating for six months, uh, are you waiting until marriage to have sex? You are. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm glad someone said it. Look, I can take a joke as much as the next guy, but this is a pretty good example of what actually happens in real life when you live out the Christian faith. It looks weird to the world, comical even. Why would you live like that, they ask? Why would you deny something so fundamental to human nature as intimacy until after marriage? I think one of the most important things to explain to people is that our obedience is the outflowing of our love towards God. We don't do this stuff because we think it makes us good people or it'll get us to heaven. We seek to obey God as a direct response of God's love for us in sending Jesus to take the punishment for our sin on himself. It's out of joy that we seek to obey him, not duty or obligation. God's ways may seem weird to the wisdom of the wise, but we can trust that they are best.