By: Allie Joy Hudson DO We Need God? Something that God has been placing on my heart over and over (and over) this week is the uncomfortable and humbling revelation that I cannot exist in a way that is pleasing to Him or life-giving or fulfilling in my own strength. Everything good in me…
4 Questions to Ask Your Significant Other This Valentine’s Day
By: Shane James O’Neill It’s that time of year — good ol’ Valentine’s Day. In the midst of our sexualized culture, what does it look like to love well? For Valentine’s Day, here are four questions to ask your significant other that will help you to know their heart, not just their body. For…
Face to Face With Sex Trafficking
By: Shane James O’Neill Strip Club The first time I came face-to-face with sex trafficking I was 16 and working in Philadelphia. A guy named Matt would often come in, flaunting money and confidence. As an impressionable 16-year-old, I thought he was pretty cool. His uncle owned a strip club in Philadelphia and Matt…
Mental Health, Depression, Suicide, and Pornography
By: Shane James O’Neill Massive Problems As I’ve mentioned here before, I began to watch pornography before my body was able to respond to the content. My first love was the fantasy world of pornography. Which, tragically enough, isn’t actually unique. Most of the hundreds of millions of pornography addicts in North America began…
Why Sex in Marriage Matters
By: Michael Baker The Sexless Marriage “Do you find your sex life fulfilling?” The latest statistics tell us that 53% of couples say Yes, while 47% of couples say No. Connecting that 47% with the current divorce rate in America, which is 50%, it is interesting that these numbers are so close together. I…
Rescued from the Nightmare of Lust
By: Allie Joy Hudson A Big Change with New Lessons A lot has changed in my life since my last blog post in November. Since then, I got married and moved to a different state, leaving my family and close friends behind. Being Michael’s wife has been so so good, but it’s also been…
The Science of Confession
By: Shane James O’Neill Sex Compulsion Have you ever felt a compulsive need to watch porn or hook up with someone? Of course, you have. Ever wonder what that is and how the heck to combat it? So, this is cool. In the book of James (a letter in the Bible), we are told…
Three Ways to Know Purity in 2019
By: Shane James O’Neill Just like that, it’s a new year. But purity doesn’t happen overnight: years of messing around and feasting your imagination on raw lust takes time to rework. The practices of lust we’ve allowed to shape us are only transformed by practices of purity. Looking at people as social, physical, and…
2018, From Sex Trafficking to Pornography
By: Shane James O’Neill Every January all the big pornography organizations release their growth numbers. And every year the numbers double and then triple as the porn industry grows from a garden snake into a dragon. Of course, this growth has an immediate affect on sex trafficking, as nearly all trafficking is advertised through…
How to Find Purity This Christmas
By: Shane James O’Neill All of Creation Waiting The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. John 1:9 We’re told that Jesus came at the fullness of time. Prophecy and promise were building through the ages until the Word became flesh. It’s crazy to think that all of creation…
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