Cynthia Garrett says ‘purity revolution’ starts in the mind, is key to restoring sacred view of sex

The word “purity” has often gotten a bad rap — even in some Christian circles. But long-time television host and ministry leader Cynthia Garret is working to change that.
She recently sat down with The Washington Times Higher Ground to discuss her latest book, “The Naked Truth: Reclaiming Sexual Freedom in a Culture of Lies,” and how Hollywood and the media have been complicit in twisting the narrative around sex in a way that has damaged countless young people over the years.

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“[As a young woman], I didn’t have a relationship to sex as sacred,” Ms. Garrett explained. “I was sexually abused as a young girl, [but] that doesn’t really matter because I see a lot of people making the same mistakes I made. And their backgrounds and their brokenness have less to do with anything than just the consumption of lies that we’ve been fed historically around this topic.”
The 60-year-old said those lies were bolstered by the sexual revolution …