A guy gets hooked on porn as an eight-year-old. In his twenties he meets the girl he will eventually marry. Doesn’t tell her about his secret habit. They get married. As the years go by his heart grows cold; laughter, joy, and their sex life Read More
We are holding our From Porn to Grace Conference this Saturday in Porterville, California. I’m also giving their Saturday morning message at 10:45. (Seventh Day Adventist church.) In case you want to watch the livestream of the morning message and the From Porn to Grace Read More
I thought back to the beginning of my journey recently. I discovered porn and masturbation in my teen years; it quickly developed into a daily habit. I was molested at the age of 14. Not long after that event I started contemplating suicide; the self-loathing Read More
We are holding one of our From Porn to Grace conferences next month, April 24 in Porterville, California. The topics I’ll be speaking on during the conference will include: * How porn and adultery affect those who engage in it. * What the recovery and Read More
We got a lot of response to the last post, The Other Epidemic has Exploded. There was quite a bit of anger and frustration expressed that churches aren’t talking openly about sexual issues, or even clued in. Your responses included: – I can go to Read More
In my books, The Road to Grace, and The Wife’s Heart, I’ve written chapters on “Turn and Connect,” a Biblical method which provides the way to overcome the battle against lust, fear, and other issues. Over the years we’ve received a lot of feedback that Read More
The young man who rings the bell of the brothel is unconsciously looking for God Bruce Marshall Sexual sobriety that focuses solely on the externals is short lived. I know because I spent years floundering in “be a good Christian mode” and focusing on accountability Read More
Prostitutes, Pain, and the Next Mission Field July, 1991. I had been married for two years and was on the first of a three week business trip. Like most naïve young men, I thought that getting married would solve my lust problem, but it only Read More
Here is our new video on masturbation. This is a topic that’s addressed less by the church than porn, yet self-sex often if not always accompanies porn use. (If 65% of Christian men are viewing porn as the surveys say, then just as many are Read More
We’ve been offering an eight week nationwide phone course for men for freedom from porn and other forms of sexual sin for several years. We’ve seen phenomenal growth and change in the guys who jump in with both feet. At the same time, we’ve had Read More
This is a picture of me in 1997. The night before, I had gone on a porn binge. Look at my eyes: I have a vacant stare, it’s as if nobody is home. There’s no life behind those eyes. This picture shows the effects Read More
by Mike Genung This year we’ve been getting contacted from more pastors and pastor’s wives than usual. Many of the pastor’s wives who contact us have similar stories and questions as wives who are not married to pastors… “My husband is addicted to porn, but Read More