Regeneration Ministries
Becoming Whole
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with our emotions. But emotions can actually lead us to God. It seems to me we live in a world with conflicting and confusing ideas about the place of emotions. I spoke with one man recently who remembers being scolded by his father for expressing anger as a …
When someone is struggling with an ongoing habitual behavior, many of us can be quick to give advice. Ironically, this usually makes things worse. Here’s why… Advice is great when it’s given by a qualified person, at the right time, and in the right way. In contrast, here are three times advice can backfire: When …
Every one of us is living in a story. The problem is that most of us don’t usually recognize the actual story we’re in. And if we want to walk in sexual integrity, we need to. Think about the movie Shadowlands, the powerful 1993 film about C.S. Lewis’s journey from faith through meeting, marrying, and …
When was the last time you thought of your biological sex—your manhood or womanhood—as a gift? When I was in college, in the throes of my habitual unwanted sexual behaviors, I remember hearing a pastor teach that integrity means acting like the same person wherever you are, whether at church on a Sunday morning, at …
If you want sexual integrity, you’ve got to become more emotionally healthy. For many people who wrestle with habitual unwanted sexual behaviors, it can come as a surprise that the journey toward sexual integrity is one wrought with emotion. But it’s true. When I first came to Regeneration years ago, I remember telling the man …
Is sexual integrity something you aspire to? If so, find an old-fashioned clock. When does a clock most exhibit integrity? You might be tempted to think it’s when the clock is telling the correct time, but that’s not it. Even a stopped clock will tell the right time twice a day. Integrity is not first …
