Archive for the ‘Lust – Fighting the Battle’ Category

Internet Accountability for Android™: The Covenant Eyes app is here

We are proud to announce the new Covenant Eyes app is available on Google Play. (Note: Your device must be enabled to allow non-market apps.) After many months of testing, we are pleased to release this new product! Give the app a try and tell us what you think about it! Below we answered some [...]

Caught Red Handed: A story of sex addiction, accountability, and recovery

Thanks to Dan Hall for sharing with us the history of his addiction to sex and pornography. Dan Hall is a co-leader for Celebrate Recovery at Kentwood Community Church. Watch more testimonies like this at ScratchingTheSurfaceDoc.com. There you’ll find a growing body of documentary footage about the subject of porn addiction from both experts and [...]

Beyond the Worship Service: Calling Your Church to Small Group Life

by Stephen Altrogge Do you remember that scene in The Sound of Music where Julie Andrews goes into the spiel about her favorite things? She starts singing about how much she loves raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens and schnitzel on noodles (whatever that means). If she gets bitten by a dog or stung [...]

Beyond the Pancake Breakfast: Using Events to Spark Real Friendships

by David Dusek For decades, Christian men have flocked by the thousands to catalytic events, from Promise Keepers events to men’s breakfasts, and from weekend retreats to wild game dinners. Thousands, perhaps even millions, of men have given or re-dedicated their lives to Christ in the context of these incredible experiences. We gather for a [...]

Christ Has Never Forsaken Me: How God Rescued Me from Sex Addiction

I’m grateful for the folks at I Am Second for continuing to tell stories through film. In this video David Rodenberg shares his story of sex addiction, crime, and the way Christ rescued him from a nearly ruined life. You can read more about David on IAmSecond.com. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Print for [...]

Counseling Single Men (and Men in General) Toward Lasting Freedom from Pornography

by J. Alasdair Groves I have heard a lot of theories on how to help men deal with the sins of pornography, masturbation and other expressions of sexual lust. “Just stop it.” “You have to recognize that it’s your parents’ fault for the way they raised you.” “Just change your clothes quickly and do not [...]

Sex, God, and the Gospel

by Dr. Tim Chester A recent survey suggested that one in two evangelical men and one in five evangelical women are struggling with pornography. Other surveys bear out these proportions. This means that when you look out on your congregation on a Sunday morning, one in three people are struggling with pornography. What good news [...]

The Ugly Connections Between Porn, Prostitution, and Sex Trafficking

by Noel Bouché Discretion will guard you, understanding will watch over you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things. -Proverbs 2:11-12 (NASB) In our sexualized, technology-driven society, pornography is everywhere. The Internet has channeled it into homes, schools, businesses, and now (through smartphones) public venues—everywhere one turns, [...]

Sex in the Media – The Price Our Kids Pay

by Michael Leahy New evidence points to the media adolescents use frequently (television, music, movies, magazines, and the Internet) as important factors in the initiation of sexual intercourse. There is a major disconnect between what mainstream media portray—casual sex and sexuality with no consequences—and what children and teenagers need. – American Association of Pediatrics policy [...]

Porn in the Church: The High Cost of Silence

by Bill Perkins Several years ago I performed the marriage ceremony for a young couple. Both had grown up in Christian homes and done well professionally. She had won the state’s “Best Teacher” award, and he was a successful salesman. They completed six weeks of premarital counseling with me and also met numerous times with [...]

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