Yearly Archives: 2021

In Matthew 5:22, Christ talked about progressive levels of anger, from a mere emotion toward a brother, to insults and cursing, with an associated...

When people talk bad about us, they often do so without good reason. However, for every such example, there are numerous wrong things we...

When we follow the Christian ethic on revenge, we get all of the justice, in God's way, and in his timing, without any of...

In ancient times, the office of the warrior was arguably the most vital in society. The stakes for war were extremely high and personal...

We struggle to forgive as people of faith because we don't trust that God will do right by the situation. Our pride and our...

Success in life owes a lot to environmental factors, and the fight for sexual integrity is no exception. If we are continually compromising in...

Oftentimes, when we seek to recover from an addiction or bad habit, we get tunnel vision. We focus all our energy on not engaging...

Just because we need to be vulnerable with some does not mean we should be vulnerable with all. Vulnerability is a privilege that only...

Chronic fear, anger, and shame create an unpleasant reality and fuel a constant drive to avoid it. Walk In Integrity

One of the biggest sources of pain in life is the feeling of not being understood. When we don't feel understood by others, we...

In 1999, Jordan Belfort plead guilty to fraud for stock market manipulation and associated crimes, and served nearly two years in prison. In 2007,...

Porn is a silent vice. Unlike smoking, drinking, gambling, or doing drugs, it requires no paper trail, brokerage, supply chain, or social interaction to...

Today, I want to share an excerpt that is actually quite heartbreaking. This week, Billie Eilish did an interview with Howard Stern in which...

Today, I want to share a powerful concept distilled in a single verse of the Hebrew Bible--2 Chronicles 16:9--that is central to the Judeo-Christian...

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.Albert Einstein

If we could eliminate all temptation, we might not want to, because that would prevent our character from being tested and refined. Just like...

When we engage in toxic coping behaviors, we throw oil on the fire, salt on the wound, and add insult to injury. Toxic coping...

The most important conversation about porn you will ever have is with yourself. The second most important conversation about porn you will ever have...

God will not allow us to be tempted more than we can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). God is our spiritual spotter. He’s there to...

Nobody wants to stand in front of something that is relentless. David Goggins

50% of people who are murdered are drunk. 50% of the people who murder them are drunk. And that’s true for almost every violent...

The focus of this blog is integrity, particularly in the sexual area, but any topic that influences the quality of life is fair game....

It’s OK to be disappointed that someone didn’t turn out to be the person you needed, but what you mustn’t do is grieve as...

Evidently due to the presence of a large number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, people live longer and spend a lot more time...

You have to master a new skill, but you're avoiding it because you know you'll be bad at it when you first do it,...

Today, I want to share the testimony of how a guy named Aaron Kim got free from an addiction to pornography that was damaging...

Today, I've transcribed a short clip in which Jentezen Franklin, the senior pastor of Free Chapel, based out of Gainesville, Georgia, outlines four consequences...

Pornography is often compared to a drug, so it isn't shocking that other people have thought about lust in similar terms. Lust is a...

The fact is that willpower isn’t dependable in the heat of the moment. Everyone has a breaking point, and the world is full of...

Today, I want to share a helpful reference organized by a secular organization called Your Brain On Porn. Your Brain On Porn has...

Terry Crews is one of my favorite celebrities. It's not just because of his great talent for acting and speaking. Nor is it because...

Everyone wants to go to heaven. But nobody wants to die.US Marines Walk In Integrity

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. (1 John...

You ever roll your eyes after seeing an advertisement for the 100th time? Why this again? Human beings are creatures of habit, and habit...

When there are no witnesses, our conscience testifies against us. Michele De Montaigne

Recently, I surveyed the subreddit /r/Christianity to get their opinion on the significance of these words within a Christian worldview. The theme of God's...

a man sitting quietly on a wall

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.Proverbs 27:17

Acceptance is an act of humility. It makes peace with the fact that there are forces in this world beyond our control and antithetical...

We fear what we cannot accept. Fear accompanies resistance, whereas acceptance leads to peace of mind. When we learn to accept reality as it...

When we medicate our emotions with some habit or drug, we lose access to them. And they gain power over us on a subconscious...

Trauma will take you far, far away from the present moment, and keep you hostage there until it gets resolved. Walk In Integrity

Last month, I featured an article by Dr. Trish Leigh on How To Heal Your Brain From Pornography Use. Go check it out if...

The refusal to accept ourselves, ironically, does not promote growth; it stunts it. Acceptance is access. Only when we accept all of who we...

Accept the fact that person isn’t who you thought they were. Or maybe they were who you thought they were, but now they have...

The best ways to resist a temptation is to avoid it. As people, we are far more likely to compromise our values when we...

The mystery of Christianity isn’t just that a God would die and rise again three days later, which is the part we tend to...

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count...

The character of Absalom is among the most complex and fascinating in the entire Bible. Absalom was the son of King David, known for...

Our brain is not designed to make us happy in the future. As soon as we achieve goal X, or good thing Y happens...

The need to validate ourselves through achievement is a trap. One of the biggest obstacles to wellness via quiet time, in fact, is an...