Category Archives: recovery

• 22 Characteristics of Recovery-Friendly Churches

  Posted on January 1, 2018 by Rob Jackson in healthy church, leadership, recovery

  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. […]

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  Christian Families Impacted by Internet Porn

  Posted on November 4, 2016 by Rob Jackson in culture, family life, marriage, parenting, recovery, sexuality

  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 […]

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  Online Accountability Reports Can’t Reveal the Heart

  Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rob Jackson in church, marriage, recovery, sexuality

  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. […]

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• Josh Duggar Case Study: Total Depravity and Sex Addiction

  Posted on August 31, 2015 by Rob Jackson in Christian faith and practice, culture, news - national, recovery, sexuality

  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 […]

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• Josh Duggar – An Updated Case Study on What We Can Learn

  Posted on August 22, 2015 by Rob Jackson in Christian faith and practice, Christian witness to the culture, culture, family life, leadership, marriage, news - national, parenting, recovery, sexuality

  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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