Is This Safe to Drink? Thoughts on Our Thirst for Intimacy
“He won’t have sex with me.” After only a year of marriage the newlywed couple I had provided pre-marital counseling for was facing a significant
September 5, 2022
Topic: Pornography
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Hot Wives, Evil Sirens, and Trapped Men: How the Church’s Messaging on Porn Fails Women
Editor’s Note: This is one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! Since before the advent of the “porn in your pocket”
April 14, 2021
Pornography for Profit: The Link to Sex Trafficking
2019 “Created to Thrive” CBE International Conference The crime of human trafficking is a human rights offense. Like trafficking in weapons or drugs, it is
September 25, 2019
Book Review: Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
Few evangelical Christians have not heard of pastor Mark Driscoll, and few are therefore unaware of his scandalous history at Mars Hill Church in Seattle,
October 30, 2018
Ending Abuse: 4 Steps for Churches
In his Washington Post article, “What makes some men sexual harassers? Science tries to explain the creeps of the world,” Illinois State University psychologist John Pryor offers insight
June 19, 2018
Book Review: Luke Reynold’s A New Man
Kings of smut Larry Flynt and Joe Francis made a lot of Americans uncomfortable in January when they requested $5 billion of stimulus cash from
April 11, 2017
The Whisper of Power
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly
December 10, 2016
Flesh of My Flesh
Why an issue on pornography? In a startling study, researcher Ryan Burns found a direct correlation between men’s porn use and their beliefs in traditional
December 10, 2016
Sin Does Not Discriminate
Christian leaders often subscribe to stereotypes and myths about men and women and their sexuality. Most of the time, emphasis is placed on Christian women
December 10, 2016
Beauty for Ashes
It’s all around us; we are surrounded. Sometimes it’s in our faces; other times it’s become such a normal part of everyday existence that we
December 10, 2016