Pornography and sexual addiction is the elephant in the room in many congregations around the country. I heard one statistic that as many as 50% of Christian men in America struggle with some form of sexual addiction. How many men is that in your congregation if that statistic is true? That adds up pretty quickly. What is more, many ministers are also wrestling with this issue. We will be reaping the destructive results of these addictions in the church for many, many years.
It is important that Christianity puts its collective foot down on this issue and begins to educate local Christian communities with a biblical view of sex and sexuality.
I am going to talk about that more in some future posts but for now I want to make any of you men out there who struggle with this two free e-book resources that you might find helpful.
Mark Driscoll’s Porn Again Christian – This book is pretty hard hitting, straight forward and doesn’t hold back on much. It answers many questions that people might be afraid to ask and deals with the issue of how destructive pornography is and how it fights against God’s ideal of sex within the context of marriage.
Tim Challies’ Sexual Detox – This is the compilation of the posts I mentioned earlier in one pdf. While the first book I would only recommend to those who struggle with pornography, this one is something I think would be beneficial for all Christian men to read.
I have no way to know who is downloading these, it is completely anonymous. So if you need to read either one of these please do so. Don’t be so proud as to think you can deal with these things on your own and walk away with a healthy view of sex or a healthy marriage if you are currently wrestling with pornography or other sexual addictions.
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it might be higher than 50% more like 70-80%. You are right though, it’s the elephant in the room.
Excellent! Thanks so much for posting these free resources, Matt. This is an issue that comes up often in my counseling practice with men, and I am always looking for good resources to share.
Another good one is 13 Ways to Ruin Your Life, based on Proverbs 7 – https://www.13waystoruinyourlife.com/
Then there’s Sex and the Supremacy of Christ by John Piper and Justin Taylor – https://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/OnlineBooks/ByTitle/2398_Sex_and_the_Supremacy_of_Christ/