Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Porn addiction is the only major addiction I can think of that society doesn’t take seriously. In fact, it often encourages it, but at...

Have you ever stopped to think why you may be struggling to control your sexual impulses? What about it is so difficult to manage...

Modern people don’t see God because they don’t look low enough. Carl Jung

They say “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you don’t fix the flower. You change the environment in which it grows.” Some of us have...

Our thoughts, words, and habits got us into this mess, and our thoughts, words, and habits will get us out. Sometimes the same prison...

Our mattress is a metaphor for faith. Everytime we lie down, we have perfect faith that our mattress will support and sustain us through...

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have...

Perfect theology is not requisite to being a Christian. However, loving God and loving others is. Walk In Integrity

Gluttony, or habitually excessive eating, is a vice you will rarely ever hear the culture address because it serves the dominant consumerist ideology of...

Today, I've transcribed a simple video that highlights the critical distinction between love and lust. The culture likes to talk about "falling in love,"...

The first victim of revenge is always the vehicle by which it is carried out. Walk In Integrity

Greed is based on the lie that if only I had more stuff, my emotional and spiritual pain would go away. Walk In Integrity

Anyone who is not plagued by any of the so-called seven deadly sins—pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth—is someone in control of...

There is a famous English saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The meaning here is that it's often a...

Absent porn and masturbation, a man’s sexual urges drive him to go out and interact with women. Through these interactions, a man receives feedback...

There are five things you can’t negotiate with: old age, the weather, tax authorities, terrorists, and sin. Walk In Integrity

After Jesus calmed the storm, the disciplines were in awe that “Even the wind and the waves obeyed him.” The weather is the thing...

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

“Arrogant Christian” is an oxymoron. If you were so great, you wouldn’t need a savior. Walk In Integrity

Dysfunctional people experience anxiety around functional people because their presence highlights and exposes their dysfunction for what it is. This is why many of...

The problem with building up walls in response to being hurt is two-fold. First, vulnerability is necessary to form the strong connections we need...

To my mind, pornography addiction/rampant consumption is something of a public health crisis. It’s damaging people’s mental health, relationships, and ability to function in...

Do you talk back to your temptation, or do you let your temptation do all the talking? Walk In Integrity

Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. Tolkien

Gratitude is all about perspective. Someone returning home from a poor area has a newfound appreciation for material prosperity. Someone who just beat cancer...

Breathing is easy except to someone who has asthma. The ABCs are easy except to someone who’s dyslexic. Eating and drinking are easy except...

I like to think of excuses when things don't work out in life. Excuses help me process failure and other unsatisfactory life outcomes. Excuses...

Samson, Solomon, and David went out of there way to have inappropriate relationships with women at different points in their lives. Joseph, on the...

Waiting for anything is hard when we are discontent with what we already hard. Waiting is easy when the opposite is true. Walk In Integrity

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God....

Good weather, healthy food, exercise, meditation, plants, and science are all expressions of love abundant in nature. The Christian term for these is “common...

As a human, it’s natural to puzzle over the question of “why?” Why did this happen to me? Why am I in this situation?...

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.Proverbs 4-18

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;be not envious of wrongdoers!For they will soon fade like the grassand wither like the green herb. Trust in...

Changing ourselves is possible with the right intention, hard work, and consistency. Changing others is a far less reliable proposition. Today, I want to...

Sometimes we think God desires some great sacrifice from us—moving to a developing country to be a missionary, becoming a clergyman, or fasting for...

Do the next right thing. Wisdom Of The Internet

Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.Psalm 129:2

In the Hebrew Bible, God imposed a large number of dietary restrictions designed to improve the health and well-being of his people, such that...

I am happy for you. I am happy that you are funding a way out of your darkness and that you are now in...

So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the LORD of hosts....

Fantasy refers to an alternative reality that an individual creates to fulfill some psychological need. Maybe that individual is trying to escape some pain,...

Most people are thermometers. They take the temperature in the room. They are reactive to their environment and prisoners of the moment. Visionaries see...

Life has a way of moving the goal posts, kind of like a video game. We achieve one goal, master one class, only to...

Human beings need help interpreting reality. Remember John the Baptist? His call was to prepare people for the coming of Jesus. If Jesus had...

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.Psalm 4:8

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him...

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to...

My son, do not lose sight of these—keep sound wisdom and discretion, and they will be life for your soul and adornment for your...

I have had problems with Christians in my life, but never any problems with Christ. Even when our “teammates” are acting out, that shouldn’t...

I could not swim. I went to forage camp, and I was in 6th grade. And my friends asked me, “Can you swim?” I...