Catalyst
This Sunday i will be speaking to a group of high school students about the dangers of pornography. i get 30 minutes. Thirty minutes are better…
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False Comfort
One of the main characters on ABC’s show Nashville, Deacon, struggles with alcohol addiction. Tonight that addiction featured prominently in the storyline and the writers…
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Identity
For men in general, and addicts in particular, there is not overstating the importance of having our identity solidly in Christ. Part 3 of PureHope’s series “Know…
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The UK’s Masculinity Crisis
According to a report in the Guardian, Labour MP Diane Abbott is preparing remarks to be delivered tomorrow in which she will say Britain is facing a “crisis of…
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Defining Beauty
This post at the blog for Beauty Redefined hits on a lot of issues pertaining to the pornification of culture. It’s exhaustive in detailing, from the perspective of two…
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Perseverance
One of the realities we cannot escape in the fight for purity and freedom is this: it requires perseverance. We will face temptation, at times it will be very strong. We must…
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Vagueness And Hiding
Back when i was actively looking at porn; indulging my addiction with a continual lust for more, i developed a proficiency at vagueness. When people asked me a direct question…
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The Good Life
The Good Life. We all want it. But where do we actually find it? In the last post, Life, Death And Porn, i mentioned that the subtle lie — tremendously powerful — is that when…
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Intentional Warriors: Get The Book
Men and women are meant for more than the false promises of pornography. For men, there is a siren call that is broadcast constantly in our sexually saturated society encouraging…
Great Sex? Not With Porn
Breaking Free, the blog of Covenant Eyes ran a great piece on the ways porn kills great sex: i know from experience that it’s true. When i…
The UK Porn Debate
The subject of porn has been getting a lot of attention in the UK for quite some time. This piece ran in The Guardian on Saturday.…
Life Breaks In
It was a beautiful, powerful and redemptive weekend of pursuing the continual healing of our hearts as men who need release from sexual addiction. It was…
Uncovering What’s Hidden
For addicts, there is plenty that remains hidden. We pour so much energy into keeping our secrets. Yet it is one of the greatest moments of…
Life, Death And Porn
Some lies are so well-crafted that even in their simplicity their power endures through, literally, millennia. And in their simplicity these lies slip past our defenses…
The Marriage ‘Fix’
Like many men who struggle seriously with lust, before i was married i thought — mistakenly — that once i was married the issue would disappear.…
Boston
One of the realities emerging from the week in Boston and the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings is that age-old issue of a secret life.…
So Lonely
Our Intentional Warriors group just started reading and discussing Surfing for God by Michael John Cusick. A really good book. There is a part of the…
Don’t Try This Alone
Among the four keys, the essentials, that all men need if they are going to overcome porn addiction is a Real Brotherhood. Real Brotherhood is a…
