Is ABC’s ‘Mistresses’ Insulting?
ABC, needing to guard against the potential loss of viewers that usually occurs in summer, is ready to roll out ‘Mistresses,’ a (sort of) new show…
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The Odds Are 400:1. Be The 1
The text for the sermon at church yesterday was 1 Kings 22. It is a story i haven’t looked at in a long time. The gist of it is that the prophet Micaiah has the audacity to…
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Sex Trafficker? Me?
i sat on a comfortable chair in a very nice house as a pleasant breeze blew away the humidity of a humid late spring day and listened to tales upon tales of horror. Good friends…
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C.S. Lewis, Imagination & Porn
Capturing the Imagination is actually a crucial aspect of our journey out of any sort of involvement with pornography. Consider this video where Max McLean talks about the genius…
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D Day And The Day After
Yesterday marked the 69th anniversary of the D Day invasion that changed the course of World War 2. On June 6, 1944, allied troops stormed the beach in Normandy, France and so…
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Reaching The Finish Line
It was somewhere around Mile 8 when it happened: i stopped all forward progress. Doubled over, hands on my knees, i was panting. My body had stopped moving, but my mind was…
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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…
Be Prepared
PureHope nails it right here, in Tempting, But No. Joseph’s reaction to Potiphar’s wife is nothing short of amazing. And it is the response we must…
Pinterest Pornification
It’s official policy now: Nude pictures are acceptable on Pinterest. While various pinners had been sneaking them in before, they will have the full blessing of…
Porn Hijacks Your Brain
One of the things i talked to the students about on Sunday was the fact that pornography hijacks your brain, particularly the developing brain of pre-teens…
The Student Conversation
Nothing has the potential to bring a chill over a room of high school students at church quite like saying: “Today we are going to talk…
People Are Strange
PureHope had a great post today about the strangeness of acting out sexually with porn, strip clubs, prostitutes or even “just” an active fantasy life. Read…
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 did…
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…
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…
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…
