Discipleship
What to Say When a Church Member Asks for Help
By Clint Darst | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018When a church member first confesses pornography consumption, they’re usually relieved to admit their battle and get help in their fight.
The Sins Behind the Sin of Pornography
By John Henderson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018Pornography flourishes under the right conditions—within a broader ecosystem of sins, struggles, and situations. It never operates in isolation.
Book Review: Wired for Intimacy, by William Struthers
Review by Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018Those who want to understand the biology that contributes to porn addiction will be well served by Struthers’ book.
Book Review: The Game Plan, by Joe Dallas
Review by Nate Keeler | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018Overall, I would strongly recommend The Game Plan as a tool for discipling men through habitual sexual sin, especially pornography.
Book Review: Sexual Detox, by Tim Challies
Review by Justin Perry | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018Sexual Detox is a wonderful book, and it is atop my recommended reads for those who struggle with pornography.
Cultivating a Culture of Transparency in Your Church
By James Choi | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018We should pray that our members would understand the need to make our relationships transparent—to share embarrassing things about ourselves, to speak honestly, and to ask one another careful, loving questions
8 Tips for Fighting Pornography
By Paul Jeon | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018We must continue to struggle, for this is why God’s grace has been revealed, that we might be delivered from all lawlessness and pursue upright and holy lives as we await Christ’s return. Our Lord demands nothing less.
Book Review: Finally Free, by Heath Lambert
By Nick Dorsey | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.30.2018The best commendation I can give for this book is that I regularly give it away to my church members and use it in discipleship groups and in counseling.
Helping Women Whose Husbands Struggle with Pornography
By Jeremy Yong | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.29.2018These foundational truths should help us pastors minister to the hurting hearts of sisters whose husbands struggle with pornography
Killing an Increasingly Tolerated Sin
By Vergil Brown | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.29.2018The temptation for the Christian is to redefine sexual purity according to the shifting standards of morality.
Is Pornography Use Ever Grounds for Divorce?
By Thomas R. Schreiner | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Pornography | 10.29.2018In Matthew 5:32 and 19:9, Jesus gives grounds for divorce based on sexual immorality (porneia). Does pornography use qualify?
Civil Rights Vision Trip: One Church’s Story
By Mark Vroegop | 10.22.2018A few weeks ago, I led 50 leaders from our church on what we called a Civil Rights Vision Trip. Here’s what we learned.
Elders Are to Be Hospitable, Not Just Their Wives
By Kent Butterfield | 10.15.2018May all elders have the reputation that they are given to hospitality.
