A growing number of men and women are viewing pornography. But what’s even more disquieting is how many people view pornography use as unavoidable. Even among Christians who believe watching pornography is sinful, a growing number seem to believe porn use is inevitable, at least occasionally. It’s not my fault, it’s everywhere! What am I supposed to do, act like I don’t like it? It’s a part of...
Battle Training For Men In the War Against Temptation
What Challenges Do You Face With Temptation? Is looking at pornography a problem for you? Or do you find yourself doing something against your beliefs online or with some other person? Have you tried to stop and found yourself still going there anyway? Do you ask yourself why and don’t have the answers or resources to see the change in your life that you want to see? Do you want more life, joy...
Courage to Love
People aren’t created to lust. But many people do. Most Christians I know who struggle with lust have one of two responses: They give in to temptation or they run away. Given the option between the two, running away is better. But running away from temptation isn’t our goal. At least not if we want to become like Jesus. If we want to become like Jesus, our goal should be to no longer see people...
A Different Approach to Desire
We have two typical responses when confronted with desire. The first is to indulge it. We want what we want and we want it now. This is the starting place for most of us even as little children. Some of us never outgrow it. We can trace this approach back to our first father and mother who, though God said not to, ate the forbidden fruit because it looked good and seemed to promise what they...
Beautiful
When I was young, I would beg my dad to pull over whenever we’d drive by a beautiful sunset. I didn’t know why, I just knew it was something too good to miss. I had to see it, had to take it in. As a teenager, I became captivated by pornography. I didn’t know why, I just knew the images were intoxicating, and I wanted to see more. As human beings, we long for beauty. To do so is in our DNA. But...
Don’t Be Fullish
Every week, men and women contact Regen because their desires keep getting them into trouble. Or so they think. But desire isn’t their problem. Fullishness is. Here’s what I mean: The greatest threat to a person deprived of nutrients is not hunger. It’s believing he’s had enough to eat. But as long as a man is hungry, he’ll seek out the nourishment he needs. We’re saturated with what’s...