Most Recent Posts in Help Others Restore Integrity
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Why Church Governance Must Improve (and How to Start the Process)
The recent news of abuses perpetrated by pastors and priests against children…
The recent news of abuses perpetrated by pastors and priests against children and women, and subsequent cover-ups and lack of accountable oversight, are a crushing blow to the church governance. With church attendance in rapid…
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7 Questions Pastors Need to Answer about Porn
To the pastors and ministry leaders reading this blog post, a percentage…
To the pastors and ministry leaders reading this blog post, a percentage of your staff and people are regularly looking at pornography. And, all of your people are stuck in a world that has a…
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The Real Answer to “Do All Men Watch Porn?”
You’ve been lied to. But you’re in good company. In fact, we’ve…
You’ve been lied to. But you’re in good company. In fact, we’ve all been lied to. We’ve been told that all men watch porn, and most of us have never researched whether that is true.…
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It’s Time to Strengthen Our Anti-Porn Arguments
In a world where there’s now the term “fake news,” anyone making…
In a world where there’s now the term “fake news,” anyone making any claim must be ready to defend it with solid evidence. Online communities pop up daily questioning long-held scientific theories. Convention centers host…
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Steam Reverses Decision to Remove Pornographic Games
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video…
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video games for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A combination of faster distribution to consumers, a versatile suite of tools for game development, and more…
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Why We Need the Message of Celibacy Now More Than Ever
When was the last conversation, sermon, or radio program you heard or…
When was the last conversation, sermon, or radio program you heard or participated in that celebrated celibacy as a virtue? A choice to be lifted up, praised, and promoted? What if celibacy was viewed as…
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What Christian Culture Has Gotten Wrong About Sexual Purity
Let me start with something that is fundamental to addressing sexual purity:…
Let me start with something that is fundamental to addressing sexual purity: churches have to talk about porn. I went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night growing up and we never…
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Minnesota Passes a Groundbreaking Bill
Americans are becoming more and more educated on how pornography negatively impacts…
Americans are becoming more and more educated on how pornography negatively impacts society. We are beginning to realize that it impacts real people. A driving force behind human trafficking is the belief that it’s okay…
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5 Basics of an Effective Accountability Group
How many times have you asked someone to hold you accountable, only…
How many times have you asked someone to hold you accountable, only for them to do a lousy job? They might have thought that was what they wanted to do but had no clue how…
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Why Are We So Lonely? (Part 2)
The Andy Griffith Show is a classic American sitcom about a widower…
The Andy Griffith Show is a classic American sitcom about a widower sheriff and his young son who live in the small, idyllic town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The show focuses on the colorful residents…