Pornography and Actually Changing Things
June 23rd, 2015
"The path to deep change in real life isn't paved with your good intentions, your willpower, or your knowledge base...Your hope is not in your own strength... it is God who fixes things."Read part 1, ...  Read More
Pornography and Idols of the Heart
June 9th, 2015
"Any sexual sin in your life is often about much deeper desires.  Focusing on the heart, by the power of the Holy Spirit, produces the kind of change that goes all the way down."    Read part 1, part ...  Read More
Pornography and Idols of the Heart
June 4th, 2015
“The act of sexual immorality is the tip of the iceberg of our sin. And to properly deal with it, we have to aim deep. We’ll look at three levels of sexual immorality in the fight against pornography....  Read More
Gentle and Quiet
June 3rd, 2015
Last week I wrote about modesty and its relation to 1 Peter 3:3-4:“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your a...  Read More
The Intersection of Reading and Spirituality
June 2nd, 2015
Here’s a confession—I buy a lot more books than I read. Don’t tell on me, OK? It’ll be our secret. But I had to teach myself to do this. My family of origin didn’t have much money, and so each book ha...  Read More
Pornography, Purity Talks,
May 28th, 2015
“The Bible is clear that sexuality is not just good, but also sacred.”    Read part 1 here.When I was in high school, I had an experience common to many young Christians: the “purity talk” at youth gr...  Read More
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