Recovery (from sin) is a resource for everybody – not just those who have addictions. There is ongoing promotion of recovery opportunities, with posters, printed announcements, emails, and announcements via slides during worship services. There are separate small-group options for men and women. There is a stated policy on confidentiality, and consequences for breaking confidence. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I’ll bet you know someone who is in trouble with the Internet. By trouble, I mean someone who has a compulsion to look at porn. Perhaps this person is married, and looking at porn is a type of infidelity that breaks both marital vows and trust. Or maybe this person is single, and looking at […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Today I received a phone call from another distressed wife that I’ll call Denise. Her husband left their marriage, home, and family for pornography, and she wants him restored. Denise told me her husband initiated contact with their pastor a few years ago. He wanted help, and hoped to find it through their local church. […]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...As Josh Duggar’s sexual sins and addiction continue to unfold in the news, let it serve as a wake up call for every man, woman, and child. While most of us aren’t celebrities like Josh, each of us needs to understand how total depravity impacts us. Forgetting the Christian doctrine of total depravity, we minimize our sins, and […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...I’m sad to report that Josh Duggar is in the news again. Only three months ago we learned that he had molested five girls as a teenager. This week we learned that as a married man, Josh not only continued in sexual sin and addiction, but committed adultery also. When the original story broke I […]
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