There is a serious challenge facing Christians who struggle with same-sex attractions or gender confusion in our day. Whether or not these are issues for you personally, for the sake of our brothers and sisters who do, read on. A few years ago, I read an article about a man I know who left his gay identity and gay relationships because of his Christian convictions. The article outlined how he got...
Increase Motivation with Just One Word
In your pursuit of change, how’s your motivation level? For many who are trying unsuccessfully to leave unwanted sexual behaviors, low motivation is a significant problem. So how can you increase how motivated you are? With just one word. To discover if this one word can help you, you first need to ask yourself why you’re trying to change. Why are you...
When You Want Sex but Can’t Have It
Join Josh and Kit as the unravel the God-given longing for sexual desire, for physical touch and the longing for something much much bigger. Highlights: …to be seen, to be heard, to be understood… …what if we would wait, and see what God would do… …I think we live in a culture that ignores the souls longing and just listens to the body… Click for Full Podcast Transcription Kit...
Connected?
My phone stopped working last week. Maybe this is why I’ve been noticing so many people are on their mobile devices recently. The dad scrolling through newsfeed at his daughter’s softball game. The guy in the car next to me glancing back and forth between his phone and the road. The half a dozen tables of teenagers at the coffee shop with their friends—phones out, heads down, and fingers swiping...
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...