The Issues of My Time

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MATH. APRIL 16TH. PRESAVE NOW!

Trevor Sheatz isn’t some humble husband sharing a sweet redemption story. He’s a disingenuous little twat running a full-blown grift, and the mask is slipping hard. He proudly announces his wife was “formerly promiscuous” while he stayed a virgin, then has the audacity to declare she’s “more pure than most virgins.” He turns their altar-first-kiss wedding photo into viral bait, racks up millions of views, and uses the whole thing to grow his “On the Mount Inc.” business — the one where he teaches Christians how to monetize their faith stories online. Bro, you’re literally pimping your wife’s body count for clout and clients. That’s not testimony. That’s content farming with a cross filter. Disgusting. Then comes the gaslighting masterclass. When men push back and say, “Yeah, God forgives, but I still don’t want to marry a woman with a long sexual history,” Trevor and his defenders scream: “You’re idolizing virginity! You’re a Pharisee! You don’t believe in grace!” WTF?! Men aren’t denying God’s forgiveness. We’re not saying a repentant woman can’t be saved. We’re saying stop shoving “forgiveness” down our throats as an obligation to ignore reality. Stop pretending there’s no difference between the girl who guarded her purity and the one who didn’t. And for the love of God, stop claiming the ex-promiscuous woman is somehow purer now. That’s not biblical — that’s cope on steroids. Trevor twists Scripture like a pretzel: Luke 7 becomes “see, the biggest sluts love Jesus the most,” 2 Corinthians 5:17 becomes “her past literally doesn’t matter,” and 1 Corinthians 7 gets mangled to shame men who have preferences. All while he quietly admits “past sin carries consequences” in the same thread. Pick a lane, you disingenuous twat. He’s not defending grace. He’s defending his own choice by trying to make every man who wants a virgin wife feel like a graceless legalist. He’s not elevating redemption — he’s lowering the bar so his story looks like the premium package. “Sin big, repent loud, get praised as purer than the virgins, and land a simp who’ll brag about it online.” That’s the message young women are hearing, and it’s poison. Meanwhile, this same guy built his brand on the salacious details of his wife’s past. He coaches people on turning personal stories into engagement bait, then acts shocked when people call out the hypocrisy. Newsflash, Trevor: Real grace doesn’t need to shame men for having standards. Real grace doesn’t erase consequences just because it feels better for your narrative. Real grace doesn’t turn “go and sin no more” into “go and sin, then monetize the testimony.” You’re not a bold voice for the gospel. You’re a slick little operator who found a way to profit off the exact sexual chaos the Bible warns against, all while calling anyone who notices a Pharisee. That’s why so many men are fed up. It’s not hate. It’s exhaustion with the endless gaslighting, the deliberate distortions, and the weaponization of forgiveness to bulldoze basic wisdom and self-respect. Trevor Sheatz isn’t preaching Christ. He’s preaching cope, clout, and compromise — wrapped in just enough Bible verses to sound spiritual. And that, folks, is exactly why he’s a disingenuous little twat.

My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world ​— ​what is viewed as nothing ​— ​to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)

If someone argues that a former promiscuous woman is "damaged goods" and questions whether a Christian young man should marry her, remember Rahab. She was a Canaanite prostitute but became a mother in the lineage of Jesus. God redeemed her, cleansed her, and Salmon married her.