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…
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Stepping Stones to Healing
4 min read By: Shane James O’Neill Failure and Healing When stats tell us 97% of men in the church have viewed porn, it’s safe to say nearly all of us have failed or fallen victim to over sexualization. By looking at this struggle, the questions arise, “how should we handle failure?” and “how…
How Allie is Fighting for Sexual Purity as She Prepares for Marriage
By: Allie Joy Kapus Outwitting the Devil In one of his letters to the Church at Corinth, Paul charges the believers there to forgive and restore those who have sinned, “so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.” (2 Corinthians 2:11). Satan is crafty, observant, and…
Burning Porn to the Ground
By: Shane James O’Neill Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods … Loving My Lust Many times in the past I told myself that pornography and promiscuous…
How to Trust God with Your (Sex) Life
By: Allie Joy Hudson The Harlot Stronghold The twenty-third chapter of the book of Isaiah prophesies the city of Tyre’s fall. Isaiah’s bleak description opens with images of wailing, shame, and restlessness. The people of Tyre “play the harlot” and turn to other godless nations for refuge rather than seeking after God with their…