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…
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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,…
Healthy Porn
Healthy porn Does Not Exist In truth, I wish that I could leave it at that single statement. “Healthy porn does not exist.” Period. Paragraph. End of story. Hard stop. Sadly, however, we live in an era that is scrambling desperately to justify all of its vices. If we want a thing then we must…
AI Porn
ai porn “Adult entertainment” is a paradoxical, absurd, self-defeating term. What exactly is *adult* about the entertainment? Any juvenile can fixate on the erotic even in their naïveté. Absolutely zero emotional maturity comes into the arrangement, whether it’s digitized or in person. The labeling is ridiculous. While the content might be restricted, there is nothing…
Joshua Ryan Butler and the Erotic Philotic
Joshua Ryan Butler and the Erotic Philotic Here’s your trigger warning: if you are already decided upon despising Joshua Ryan Butler and his erotic philotic theology, then read no further. On the other hand, if you’re on the fence or willing to engage in honest dialogue, then come on in! This is Proven Ministries, after…
Nancy Pearcey: Hookup Culture vs Biblical Sexuality
(Listen to this episode on any major podcast platform by looking up The Naked Gospel podcast) EPISODE RECAP: Professor and bestselling author, Nancy Pearcey, joins us to discuss what a biblical theology of sexuality means and looks like. Nancy and Shane spend the first half examining hookup culture—modern day sexuality. They explore the features…
How do we fight the culture war?
The culture war we fight today is deadly and tragic. These battles are not of flesh and blood…but against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12). David Platt in the description of his book Counter Culture writes, “as difficult conversations about homosexuality [sic],…
Billie Eilish and Porn
Billie Eilish Billie Eilish is one of the most popular and influential pop artist alive. Eilish is a British singer/songwriter who has won seven Grammy Awards. Although Billie is only 19 years old yet she is a literal icon for millions people. She was exposed to porn at 11 and has wrestled with it since…
Peter Kreeft: Porn, Pleasure, and Boredom
Peter Kreeft: Porn, Pleasure, and Boredom In this conversation, Shane and Dr. Peter Kreeft touch on everything from Boredom, to Neitzsche’s insanity, to pleasure and pornography. This is one of our nerdiest podcast episodes and we hope you thoroughly enjoy it! Shane and Dr. Kreeft begin this conversation by looking at goodness, truth, and beauty….
C. S. Lewis: Sex, Sexuality, and Marriage w/ Michael Ward
C.S. Lewis: Sex, Sexuality, and Marriage w/ Michael Ward The world renowned C. S. Lewis scholar, Dr. Michael Ward, joins Proven’s podcast The Naked Gospel to discuss Lewis’ view of sexuality. In this episode, Shane and Michael discuss everything from Lewis’ personal struggles to his views on gender and contraceptives. There have been many questions…
Transgenderism with Preston Sprinkle
Transgenderism with Preston Sprinkle Recently, New York Times best selling author Dr. Preston Sprinkle joined us for an interview about Transgenderism. In our current culture many Christians are trying to figure out how to process the issue of human identity. In this interview, Shane and Preston explore what transgenderism is, what the Bible has…
Sean McDowell: Porn and Sex
Sean McDowell: Porn and Sex Sean McDowell joins us to discuss what we should do when we’re trapped in porn or sex-addiction. He also helps us to process how Christians can approach a sexualized culture. Statistics show us that nearly as many Christians are watching porn as non-Christians, so Sean and Shane begin this conversation…
Bi-Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Following Jesus
Bi-Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Following Jesus THE NAKED GOSPEL PODCAST What does God think of homosexuality? How should Christians live in a culture of porn and hooking up? What does it look like to follow Jesus with our sexuality and speak the truth in grace? Come listen as we process these questions and so many more! …
Social Media and Sexual Integrity
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read A Cultural Gamechanger I remember one part of my thirteenth birthday so clearly. I had been waiting for about a year to get my own Facebook. (Sorry, Dad, for all of the random quizzes I took on your account in the meantime. I just really had to…
Is Masturbation Wrong??
By: Shane James O’Neill 4 min. read Is masturbating wrong? If the answer is yes, then why is it wrong? The ultimate answer to that questions is it’s wrong because our Rabbi and King has said as much: “whoever looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his…
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…
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…
Is Sexual Purity Even Possible — When our Leaders Fall
When Leaders Fall By: Hope Johnson 4 min. read Only Two Kinds of Men A friend once rolled her eyes at my seemingly naïve idealism about faithfulness in marriage. “There are two kinds of men, Hope,” she said. “Those who know how to hide they’re cheating, and those who don’t.” Men like the late…
The History of Pornography
The History of Pornography By: Shane James O’Neill 3 min. read Easy sex has been around since the dawn of humankind, and so has sex displayed through images. But modern pornography is an altogether new phenomenon. I recall the first time I was exposed to pornography. I was visiting some older friends…
The Relationship Between Pornography and Pedophilia
By: Andrew Scoles 5 min. read Sex Culture As our world continues to go down a path of subjective moral relativism and an era of sexual activity and deviance that has been escalating for decades, we’re going to continue to see the normalization of sexual immorality in our culture. I don’t need to tell…
Simple Truths from Hugh Grant
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Unexpected Insight Hugh Grant is a British actor known for his romantic comedies as well as his charming and sarcastic personality. And Grant just turned sixty yesterday actually. So happy belated birthday, Hugh! He’s now the father of five, and he only began the fatherhood journey about…
Raquel Welch: Humanizing a Sex Icon
By: Shane James O’Neill 3-4 min. read Raquel Welch Raquel Welch — the sex icon of the 60’s and 70’s and ranked at no. 2 on the “Hottest Women of all Time” list — referred to our current historical moment as the “era of porn”. Welch is one of the few actresses who…
David Duchovny: Wrestling with Porn Addiction
By: Allie Joy Hudson 5 min. read David Duchovny’s Reputation David Duchovny is a Golden Globe-awarded actor known for playing FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on Californication. He also earned English degrees from two different Ivy League schools, authored three books, and is a singer, musician, songwriter, producer,…
Josh Radnor and Porn Culture
By Shane James O’Neill 4 min. read Josh Radnor Josh Radnor. Or, as many of us know him, Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother. Although we may love the child-like, and at times childish, idiosyncratic professor, there is more to Josh Radnor than our beloved and gullible Ted Mosby. Josh Radnor is…
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