Episode 168 [powerpress] In the modern world, media consumes our lives. From TVs to touchscreens, from text messages to tablets, media is part of our every day lives. How much is too much? Today we are speaking with Phillip Telfer, founder of Media Talk 101. Media Talk 101 has been serving…
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Preaching About Sex: Using the Song of Solomon to Challenge a Porn Culture
Episode 167 [powerpress] Three thousand years ago, Solomon’s most celebrated love song, “The Song of Songs,” presented a very countercultural view of sex, one that shattered both pagan and prudish views of sexuality. Today, the message of the Song of Songs is needed just as much as when it was written,…
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The Missing Foundation of Family Life
Episode 166 [powerpress] When couples hit a marriage crisis or when parents hit a parenting crisis, often what is needed is not just more or better information to solve the problems. Rather, what is needed most are deeper and richer relationships—relationships that equip us to react to one another in love,…
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How to Conquer the Power of Sin
Episode 165 [powerpress] Paul tells us in Galatians 5:16-18, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to…
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Bringing the Sexual Spark Back to a Porn-Scarred Marriage
Episode 164 [powerpress] Often we hear from couples struggling in their marriages because of a husband’s use of porn. How do couples bring both trust and real sexual intimacy back to their marriages when they’re facing a deep feeling of betrayal and insecurity about their sex life? To help us…
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The Lies Men Believe About Porn
Episode 163 [powerpress] Often when it comes to overcoming a deeply ingrained habit of looking at pornography, men often don’t know where to start. The most pressing need they feel is quitting something that has taken over their lives, but what men often overlook is that pornography use is often not…
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Is Courtship in Crisis? (Part 3 of 3)
Episode 162 [powerpress] For the last two weeks we’ve been interviewing Thomas Umstattd, Jr., author of Courtship in Crisis: The Case for Traditional Dating. For seven years Thomas ran the website PracticalCourtship.com, but eventually, after speaking with a lot of people trying to follow the so-called “courtship model,” he began to wonder if courtship…
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Is Courtship in Crisis? (Part 2 of 3)
Episode 161 [powerpress] Last week we began our conversation with Thomas Umstattd, Jr., author of Courtship in Crisis: The Case for Traditional Dating. Seven years ago, Thomas would have been an unlikely person to write such a book—he was a big proponent of the so-called “courtship model.” However, after many conversations with both singles…
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Is Courtship in Crisis? (Part 1 of 3)
Episode 160 [powerpress] For seven years, Thomas Umstattd, Jr. ran the website PracticalCourtship.com to encourage a national conversation to help the so-called “courtship model” work for more singles. He eventually became convinced that courtship wasn’t working for most people. He wrote the article “Why Courtship is Fundamentally Flawed” which went viral…
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A Marriage Redeemed from Porn: Darren and April’s Story
Episode 159 [powerpress] Darren was in seminary, in training to be a minister, but his secret addiction to porn was growing. His wife April tried many things to help Darren to stop, but finally after 11 years of marriage, she left him. Last week, we talked to Darren and April about…