Sexual Integrity After “I Do”: Continuing the Fight By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read What About After Marriage? “Lord, why won’t my struggle with lust just go away? Please take it from me!” This prayer is not just the prayer of a single man. Sexual struggles can be long-lasting and stubborn for both…
Lust and New Year’s Resolutions
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min. read Lusting at the Gym I was reading about a therapist’s struggle with lust in the book An Impossible Marriage, and the therapist described his temptation typically hangs out at a three or four — zero being none at all, and ten being quite high. It’s a simple…
Discipleship, Sexual Integrity, and Sanctification
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read Emmanuel “O come, O come, Emmanuel / and ransom captive Israel.” This is such a striking line from my favorite Christmas carol. (I really like this version by MercyMe.) I love singing and reflecting on these beautiful, poignant words that capture so well our need for a…
Discipleship, Sexual Integrity, and Awareness
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read Growing Together Earlier this year, I was thinking about ways I want to grow. Something I often came back to was the word confidence. Over the past months, a friend of mine helped me to see how vital it is for me to know who God made…
Sex Week and Advent
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min read (reader discretion advised) Sex Week Sex Week is an event that first began at Yale and it takes place on campuses all over the country. It’s advertised as a time of education for students as “adult” porn stars and porn vendors are brought in to educate and…
Discipleship, Sexual Integrity, and Community
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Community Grounds Us Last month, my husband and I went to four weddings. And though these weddings involved masks and social distancing, it was beautiful to see friends and family surrounding each of the couples on their special day. Community looks pretty darn different this year than…
Thailand Bans Pornhub!
By: Shane James O’Neill 3 min. read Thailand Bans Pornhub Thailand has officially banned Pornhub, along with 190 other porn sites! Of course that’s a big deal. But why? It’s a big deal for a lot of reasons, but mostly because Thailand is one of the prostitution capitals of the world. Thailand sex-tourism is…
Discipleship, Sexual Integrity, and Exhortation
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Exhortation – a High Call I love the challenge that the author of Hebrews gives to his readers (and to us today). Hebrews 10:24 tells us, “and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds.” The word that this short verse brings to my mind…
Is Porn Actually Bad?
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min. read. Is Porn the Problem? It’s true that we all use porn to hide. Most of us know that. Porn is a way we all medicate our pain, our loneliness, our boredom, anxiety, and depression; we use porn to get to bed, we use it to start our…
Jesus, Discipleship, and Sexual Integrity
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Jesus and Sex Jesus and His twelve disciples spent a whole lot of time walking together. As they moved across Israel preaching, teaching, and healing from city to city, I’m sure they all wore through some sandals. I love the image of Jesus walking, something so normal,…
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