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1. How to Heal From the Sexual Abuse You Don't Want to Talk About

In counseling men for the last 30 years, I've discovered they're often confronted by battlefronts. Battlefronts are common areas that can keep men from finding victory in the area of sexuality. One of ...

Created on 06 December 2018

2. Are You on the Verge of Wrecking Your Life?

... isual for spiritual warfare. Succumbing to temptation is often gradual, easy, and effortless until the enemy levels a surgical strike right to the heart. We're often too smart to take deliberate plunges, bu ...

Created on 15 November 2018

3. What if There Were a Simple Answer to Our Nation's Sexual Mess?

Everyone is affected somewhere by pornography, abortion, sexual harassment, LGBQT, divorce, adultery, pedophilia, carnal entertainment, seductive advertising and so on. Pictures I don't even want to see ...

Created on 12 November 2018

4. How to Resist the Devil's Tempting Bait

...  this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.'" I believe when Satan showed Jesus every temptation in ...

Created on 22 October 2018

5. Jentezen Franklin: The 4 Costly Consequences of Sexual Sin

Jentezen Franklin says Samson is a cautionary tale of the four consequences that come from sexual sin. He says sexual sin causes you to lose your mission, lose your common sense, lose your fear and lose ...

Created on 26 September 2018

6. Ex-Megachurch Pastor Opens Up About Sexual Abuse Allegations Against His Predecessor

Steve Carter was supposed to be in front of his congregation interviewing Ira Glass, the famed NPR journalist and host of "This American Life." Instead, the lead teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community ...

Created on 18 September 2018

7. Can We Prevent Sex Scandals in the Church?

... d the temptations that come along with ministry? And how do potential victims of abuse respond when a powerful, charismatic leader lures them into wrong behavior? It's not like these issues were never discus ...

Created on 14 August 2018

8. Jentezen Franklin: 2 Ways the Devil Loves to Entangle Us

Some of the greatest battles we face come when God has prospered us. When we have been blessed and exalted, there is a danger of life becoming overcrowded and filled with stuff that seems important but ...

Created on 31 July 2018

9. What the Media Won't Tell You About the Sexual Revolution

The sexual revolution is widely viewed as one of our culture's great achievements. Supporters rejoice in the freedom to do whatever pleases them sexually. They even say science proves it's a basic part ...

Created on 01 August 2018

10. Exposing Lust's Seductive Scheme to Destroy Your Life

Lust is an absolute liar! It is conniving and out to destroy you, your family and your legacy. The lie is that lust is your friend, when in fact it is more like a scam artist or perpetrator. Lust comes ...

Created on 25 July 2018

11. Rick Warren: How to Get a Fresh Start After Sexual Sin

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). God's standards never change. Premarital sex is unacceptable. It always has ...

Created on 11 July 2018

12. This Might Be the Hardest Temptation You Ever Face ...

... e the Babylonians. His riches were the evidence of his accomplishments. Most of us can relate to this temptation to "show off" our accomplishments. 1 Corinthians 10:13 declares that hardships and trials c ...

Created on 11 July 2018

13. 7 Reasons Christian Leaders Fall

Author's Note: In light of many prominent pastors and Christian leaders stepping down, I decided to re-release this article. Why do they fall? They fall for the same reason that all Christians fall. Each ...

Created on 06 July 2018

14. When the Enemy Tempts You to Give Up the Good Fight

Not to give up is a decision we all have to make from time to time. And it can be one of the hardest decisions we will ever have to make. Continuing to fight the enemy is real tough, and it takes every ...

Created on 05 July 2018

15. How Jesus Overcame Food Temptation ...

...  going through! How Jesus responded to a food temptation gives us a great example of how we too can overcome. Note: If you want two examples of how not to respond to food temptations, check out my previou ...

Created on 02 July 2018

16. Does the Devil Make Us Do Things?

"When the devil had ended all the temptations, he departed from Him until another time" (Luke 4:13). One simple story illustrates an example of an opportune time, "Alexander was trying to save all the penni ...

Created on 16 May 2018

17. Have You Committed Adultery With Jezebel?

In the book of Revelation, Jezebel was most likely some kind of Sunday school teacher or cell group leader in the church. It seems as if she was a Christian, not some cultural "rock star" perverting the ...

Created on 11 May 2018

18. How This Woman Found Healing After Her Husband's Betrayal Through Porn

By now, many of our readers have had the chance to read the latest blog post regarding a husband's full disclosure. This may leave many questions from the wife's standpoint such as "What happens to me?", ...

Created on 26 April 2018

19. 3 Sinister Ways the Devil Will Try to Tempt You

We have watched believers and even great leaders fall into temptation because of ignorance of Satan's schemes. Many times, leaders won't talk about their temptations because they worry that disqualifi ...

Created on 10 April 2018

20. We Must Break This Man-Made Tradition if We Want Biblical Sexual Freedom

Simply put, this policy by the leadership and male culture of the church is that they are committed by "tradition" not to ask questions about your sexuality. If you go to church, there is almost an oath ...

Created on 06 April 2018