The Protector Initiative: Building an Army to Fight the Darkest Battle in the Church Most ministries don’t talk about this. Most churches won’t touch it. Most Christians assume someone else will fix it. But pornography, sexual brokenness, and hidden shame are gutting the Bride of Christ from the inside out, and for too long, we’ve…
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Sex, Christmas & Silk Stockings
Approximately eight years ago, Proven Ministries financed Barna research into the status of sexual integrity throughout American churches. More recently, our colleagues at Pure Desire have revisited the data with Barna research of their own, bringing more current statistics before our observation. Eight years ago, only 8% of churches reported having anything programmatic in regard…
Pornography is Idolatry
Pornography is idolatry – the single most ostentatious idolatry of our day. Someone might think that’s a bit harsh, even from a Christian perspective. For all the shame so common among sexual addictions, most especially with people of faith, who in their right mind would even *imply* that a believer would worship pornography‽ How could…
How Pastors Can Save the Next Generation from Porn and Exploitation
The world today is saturated with messages about sex. Whether we like it or not, it’s a conversation happening everywhere—both inside and outside the church. As pastors, we are called to shepherd our people through every aspect of life, even the challenging and sometimes uncomfortable terrain of sexuality. The church cannot afford silence, especially when…
The Silent Complicity of the Church: Sexual Integrity and the Fall of Pastors
***Musings on the recent fall of another prominent pastor and a response to Albert Mohler’s comments. The Silent Complicity of the Church: Sexual Integrity and the Fall of Pastors The church, as the body of Christ, is meant to be a light in a dark world—a city on a hill, illuminating the path for those…
An Apocalyptic Dystopia
Step into an IMAX Theater with me for a few moments. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d like to invite you into a thought experiment. Let’s pretend that we lived in a different kind of world for a brief spell. Imagine that we lived in an apocalyptic dystopia. inside the nightmare Depending upon your political convictions,…
Sexualizing the Church – The Call of our Generation
Every generation has its one definitive crisis of conscience, its greatest principle failing. We are not only endeavoring to revitalize the sexual integrity of the Church. Our mission is also sexualizing the Church once again. I think that the problem of sexual immorality stems from the de-sexualization of God’s people. In the time of William…
Pray with Power
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read A Question A few weeks ago, I was sharing with a close friend of mine about some challenges that my husband and I had been going through. I was frustrated about the same few things that kept coming up and I confessed to her that I was…
Let’s Talk About Sex
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read My Confession If you know me or if you’ve read my blogs before, you’ve probably noticed that I’m pretty open in talking about sex. Sex is such a gift and a beautiful reflection of Jesus’ love for His people. I think it’s really important to talk about…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Fight Against Pornography
Joseph Gordon-Levitt By: Shane James O’Neill Your Value? In talking about the way our culture lives, Joseph Gordon-Levitt remarks that we’re actually objectifying ourselves. This strikes me as insightful, because I’m so often told that pornography objectifies other people. I don’t often consider that treating other people as objects, means I’m treating myself as an object, as…
When a Pastor Falls
By: Shane James O’Neill A Pastor Falls My pastor fell to unfaithfulness at my childhood church. I really liked him. His teaching was captivating, he was personable, he had children my age. He was kind and he listened. The infidelity wasn’t overt; he didn’t sleep with another woman. My pastor pursued another woman emotionally…