For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast The Gospel and Porn The podcast episode “The Gospel and Porn” tackles the gritty, often overlooked struggle against pornography addiction. The episode begins with a candid discussion about the perils of pornography addiction, shedding light on its devastating impact for early exposure. Shane…
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Lewis and Tolkien: Imagination and Sexuality w/ Michael Ward and Holly Ordway
For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast Lewis and Tolkien In the latest episode of the podcast, “Lewis and Tolkien: Imagination and Sexuality,” host Shane O’Neill delves into the profound impact of imagination on our understanding of faith, morality, and sexuality. Joined by renowned Lewis and Tolkien scholars, Michael Ward and…
The Death of Porn: Ray Ortlund
For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast Pornography and Social Justice Ready to dive into a thought-provoking discussion shaking up the conversation around pornography and social justice? This electrifying conversation between Shane O’Neill and Pastor Ray Ortlund, author of “The Death of Porn,” is more than talk. It’s a call…
Ask 2 Newlywed Men Anything about Sex! w/ Nick and Marshall
For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast Conversation Summary: It’s a common belief that issues with porn and lust will go away in marriage. Many believe that lust and fantasy exist because they don’t have a spouse. It’s easy to believe that struggles with masturbation and pornography will go away once sex…
Same Sex Attraction, Celibacy, and Intimacy: Art Pereira
(For all other podcast platforms: The Naked Gospel podcast) Episode Summary: Every human knowns what loneliness and the longing to be know is like—regardless of sexual orientation or theological position. Sexual intimacy is a way of being known, but it is not the only way to be known. And sexual intimacy does not…
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…
When Your Husband is Unfaithful: Theresa Hesch
(Listen to this episode on any major podcast platform by looking up The Naked Gospel podcast) Episode Recap Last week we interviewed Joel and discussed his addiction to masturbation, his attempt to sleep with one of his wife’s friends, and his road of healing. This week we talk with Joel’s wife, Theresa. Theresa shares…
Reflections on “The Naked Seed” by C.S. Lewis
By: Allie Joy Hudson 3 min. read Dry My favorite poem is an obscure little work by C.S. Lewis, called “The Naked Seed.” Every time I go back and reread it, it’s opening lines grab my attention right away: “My heart is empty. All the fountains that should run / With longing, are in…
Fighting Porn in Marriage
Porn, Three Months into Marriage Porn in marriage. I’ve been married for three months, and just three weeks ago I found myself being pulled towards pornography. Kaylee (my wife) is a nurse and was working that night, 3pm to 3am. I saw her computer laying around and I felt both pulled toward it and repulsed…
10 Things I’ve Learned through My Husband’s Struggle with Lust
Struggle and Pain, Growth and Gratitude Allie Joy Hudson’s Testimonal In many ways, my husband’s struggle with lust has been a defining force for us as a couple. (He is very open about talking about this and has given me permission to share. I so admire his transparency, and I’ve seen many people open up…
The Sex Talk
The Sex Talk By: Kent Evans 3 min. read It’s not just one talk Helping your kids arrive at a healthy view of sexuality is not a talk. It’s a series of conversations that takes place over several years. If you’re a dad, this should inspire you. That “first” conversation doesn’t have to carry…
Singleness and The Death of Options
Singleness and The Death of Options By: Hope Johnson Broken Mirror I stared at the worst version of myself in the bathroom mirror, hating the hot tears streaming down my face and the rabid desperation in my eyes. Pounding my fist on the sink in both self-righteousness and self-loathing, I accused God and accused…
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…
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…
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 Effects of Pornography on Creativity and Imagination
By: Andrew Scoles Imagination and Creativity “For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” –C.S. Lewis Imagination is a tool of the mind that everyone has in some shape or form. It’s what helps us dream, plan, and do creative things. In forming us in His…
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…
Jason Castro: The Weight of Shame and the Hope of Freedom
By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min. read Who is Jason Castro? Jason Castro is a singer, songwriter, and American Idol finalist. He is passionate about his love for Jesus and his family. He’s married and is now a father of four. But he also has a difficult past. Castro struggled with a porn addiction…
Kirk Franklin: From Hypocrisy to Hope
By: Allie Joy Hudson 6 min. read Struggling in Silence For many of us, especially those of us who grew up in the Church, it can be easy to live a double life. We can act one way on Sunday mornings and then be a completely different person during the week. We can be outwardly…
Tiger Woods: Hard Lessons to Learn
By: Shane James O’Neill “There is a way that seems right to a person, but in the end it’s a road to death.” — Proverbs 16:25 The Tiger Woods Tiger Woods. The world’s greatest golfer, with more awards and fan adoration than most athletes in sports history. Truly, a remarkable record. The man is an icon…
Pornography and Anxiety
By: Allie Joy Hudson 4 min read Lust, Satan, Anxiety A struggle with anxiety has brought many of us to our knees. Anxiety isolates you. It chokes out the real world. It steals your motivation, your joy, your energy, your sense of identity. It lies to you. It eats at you. It robs you…
Can God Use My Sin?
4 min read By: Shane James O’Neill Can God Use My Sin? There is a difficult passage in the book of Hebrews, a passage that always sobers my soul. It goes: See that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when…
Sex Apps. Affairs. Hope.
Sex Apps. Affairs. Hope. Life is short. Have an Affair. This is the slogan of one of the world’s most popular dating websites, a dating site for married people whose services provide private easy and discrete opportunities for affairs. One of their recent commercials shows a woman going out to exercise, as a kind of…
Does God Reject Me When I Fail at Lust?
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…