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All sins are not the same. I know that statement runs contrary to what we typically hear in preaching, but it’s true. Many times preachers say, “All sins are the same in God’s eyes” to make the dramatic point about not minimizing the sins we tend to overlook. But this…
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In 2008 we launched the pureJUSTICE summer internship for college students. This eight-week, paid internship focuses on developing young leaders as advocates for purity and justice through spiritual formation and professional development. They spend the summer working with pureHOPE staff to research the issues of pornography and sex trafficking, to…
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I’ve often heard men say, “I love looking at porn. Besides it doesn’t hurt anything. It’s only fantasy. What’s the problem?” Now, you may not have a moral problem with porn, but many are starting to have a medical problem with it. The more we study the impact of porn…
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I wasn’t prepared for my first “porn talk” with my kids. About three years ago, I was scrolling through Facebook and came across an article about teen porn consumption. The assertions of the article were so shocking to me that I couldn’t quite believe them. I had to do more…
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Why is recovery from sexual sin so incredible difficult? I believe millions of Christian men and women have realized that they have become hooked by this powerful sin and feel so defeated because it seems like no matter what they do they keep coming back for more. I know because…
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Not too long ago I received an e-mail asking a specific question about lust. The man asked: Hey Luke, Personally, God brought me to a brick wall some years back with my porn addiction, and showed me that it had had to end, period. It felt like God hit me…
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Back in November, the day of the Presidential elections, I pointed out that the porn industry was rooting against John McCain. Why? One reason was because a McCain administration might appoint someone to the Justice Department who would be more willing to enforce obscenity laws, which in turn might curtail…
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A father once commented to other parents while sitting on the bleachers at a high school lacrosse game, “Who am I to say anything to my kid? I’m just the dad.” Chuckling, a mother pipes up, “I know exactly how you feel. I’m just the mom.” At the same game,…
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As I was working today, an e-mail with the subject line, “Put some fun under the tree!” popped into my inbox. It was, of course, from a large consumer electronics company advertising their latest and greatest electronic device. We’ve put new devices under the tree too, and the response from…
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“Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.” (John Stott) Just as Christ died on the cross, so our sin is nailed to it with Him. Last week we explored Romans 6 and the…