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This program tackles the tough subjects of porn, lust, sexual brokenness, and practical principles for living every day in sexual integrity.
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Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024
49 min
Forgiveness is a topic that gets brought up over and over again in the space of healing from betrayal. But before you tune out let me encourage you to stick around for my super practical conversation with Karla Downing on this topic.
Karla is the founder of Change My Relationship and has been on the podcast multiple times to help us think through important relational issues like boundaries and grief. Her many years of experience helping couples in very difficult situations comes out in this interview on forgiveness.
In the episode, Karla gives a robust definition of forgiveness and then walks us through eight practical steps that are essential to the process of forgiveness.
To learn more about Karla and her ministry, visit ChangeMyRelationship.com.
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Mar 13, 2024
Mar 13, 2024
33 min
Why is confidence important to recovery from addictive patterns? And how is confidence different from arrogance or pride?
To help us address this topic, we have Dr. Eddie Capparucci back on the program with us. Eddie is certified as a licensed professional counselor and certified in treating sexual and pornography addiction. He has been on the program multiple times to share his expertise and wisdom in the field of addiction recovery.
In our conversation, we discuss what confidence is, the causes and effects of a lack of confidence, what healthy confidence is rooted in, and how to grow in confidence. If you are a man who wants to grow and mature in your recovery, take notes and apply what Eddie shares in this episode.
To learn more about Eddie and his resources, visit InnerChild-SexAddiction.com.
More Resources:
- Gateway to Freedom 3-day intensive
- Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual Addiction*
- Grace-Based Recovery Groups
Related Podcasts:
- Helping Men Navigate Between Logic and Emotion
- What To Do in the Moment of Temptation
- Why Men Struggle to Love
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Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
37 min
There are many men and women in the Church who struggle with all forms of sexual brokenness, including same-sex sexual desires. How can Christians love and care for those who want freedom from such besetting sins?
In today’s episode, our guest is Garry Ingraham. Garry is the co-founder of Love and Truth Network, a ministry that equips church leaders in restoring biblical sexuality, community, and identity through personalized leadership training, teaching resources, and experiential growth opportunities for personal transformation and supporting others.
Garry shares his own story of same-sex brokenness and how God drew him out of the dark and into the light. He also shares how God called him into ministry, especially to pastors and helping them with their personal sexual struggles and how to address sexual sin and hope in the local church.
Finally, Garry has a new book entitled Am I Gay which highlights his story and how to navigate sexual confusion with the truth of Christ and the community of fellow Christians.
To learn more about Garry, his ministry, and the book, visit LoveandTruthNetwork.com.
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- Can the Church Be a Safe Place for Healing and Transformation?
- What To Do When Your Child "Comes Out"
- How Brokenness Fits with Wholeness in Christ
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Feb 28, 2024
Feb 28, 2024
37 min
Why is pornography such a big deal? This is a common question in the culture, but not necessarily one of alarm, but rather questioning why ministries like ours and many others even exist. Is there any real harm to pornography?
To help us answer these questions we have Nick Stumbo back on the program. Nick is the Executive Director of Pure Desire Ministries and an author and speaker on sexual issues from a Christian worldview.
In our conversation, Nick shares many of the negative effects of porn: biological, mental, emotional, and relational. We look at the many unhealthy patterns porn promotes, the natural trajectory of tolerance (both individually and culturally), the linkage between human trafficking and porn, and then how to live free from the negative effects of porn.
Finally, Nick shares a new video series resource called Living Undefiled that takes an in-depth look at the topics surrounding pornography and human trafficking.
To learn more about Nick and Pure Desire, visit PureDesire.org.
To get access to the Living Undefiled course, visit LivingUndefiled.com.
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- New Research on Why Women View Porn
- Exposing the True Impact of Porn
- Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World
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Feb 21, 2024
Feb 21, 2024
29 min
Register for Xposed Conference!
When: THIS Saturday, February 24th (join in person or online)
Xposed is an annual event to help pastors, ministry leaders, counselors, and individuals navigate sensitive sexual issues and equip them to care for their communities regarding God’s design for sex.
Register Online (use coupon code XP24-BBM for discount)
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Many men struggle deeply with their godly responsibilities of leadership, especially in the home, because they aren’t even managing themselves very well.
In this episode, Stephen brings a letter from a leader that is meant to be representative of most men who struggle with this internal conflict of leadership calling and poor self-management. This letter addresses issues like:
- Dividedness and hypocrisy
- Wearing masks to cover fear and shame
- Poor or non-existent emotional skills
- Weariness and hopelessness
For any man who can relate to what is shared in this letter, there is hope for transformation. You can become the man and leader God designed you to be.
For helpful resources to enhance your godly manhood and marriage skills, visit DoctorMarriage.org.
More Resources:
- Gateway to Freedom 3-day intensive
- 49 Days of Growth by Stephen Cervantes*
- Daily Thoughts from Doctor Marriage
Related Podcasts:
- Helping Men Navigate Between Logic and Emotion
- A 7 Day Challenge for Emotional Growth
- Are You Open or Closed to Emotional Growth
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Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
35 min
Sometimes we don’t have a “topic” for the podcast, but instead simply have a conversation with someone with loads of experience and wisdom in sexual struggles and recovery. This is what today’s episode is all about.
Our guest is author and speaker, Nate Larkin. He founded the Samson Society, a fellowship of Christian men who are serious about authenticity, community, humility, and recovery.
In our conversation, Nate shares his own story of addiction and recovery. Then we dive into lots of questions that draw on his decades of personal and ministerial wisdom that will prove helpful to any man listening who wants to break free from unwanted sexual behaviors.
To learn more about Nate and his ministry, visit SamsonSociety.com.
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Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
31 min
How important is trust to emotional health and building strong, mature relationships? It is vital! Yet, many men we have served in our ministry struggle terribly with trust.
In today’s episode, Stephen and I are going to dig into this important topic of trust through the lens of one man’s story that begins with him not being able to trust his parents with his thoughts and feelings and ends with him finally living a “love plus trust” story.
We will share the distinction between love and trust and how love plus trust takes us even deeper than love alone. We need to learn how to understand trust in its multilayered dimensions if we want to enjoy strong, healthy relationships.
For resources from Stephen to help you grow and mature emotionally, visit DoctorMarriage.org.
More Resources:
- 40 Days to Oneness
- Growth Map: The Pathway to Peace, Rest, and Joy*
- Untangling Emotions by Groves & Smith*
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Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
29 min
Albert Bandura was a psychologist who is credited with developing the term “human agency,” which refers to how you act, think, and interact with life.
In this episode, Stephen and I will unpack the four functions of agency and how they might help us develop better self-awareness and deeper faith and relationships.
The 4 functions of agency are:
- Intentions (or intentionality)
- Outcomes (or expectations)
- Self-regulation
- Self-reflection
Agency asks, “Are you paying attention to your own intentions and are you getting better at self-regulating and self-reflecting?’ We hope this conversation will help you understand yourself and others better – and use your agency for good, godly purposes.
To learn more about Albert Bandura and his research, visit AlbertBandura.com.
More Resources:
- Untangling Emotions by Groves & Smith*
- Growth Map: The Pathway to Peace, Rest & Joy by Stephen Cervantes*
- APEST Spiritual Gifts Test
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Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
43 min
Every Christian knows that forgiveness is central to salvation and restoration to God. But what does forgiveness look like between us and those who have hurt us?
Our guests today are Bruce and Toni Hebel, founders of Forgiving Forward, a ministry that helps people experience the freedom of the gospel through the power of forgiveness. They share their own journey of learning the hard way how vital forgiveness is to personal character and health, as well as effective ministry to others.
In our conversation, Bruce and Toni define forgiveness, explain why Christ is the only one who can pay the full debt of sin and wounds, expose the roots of unforgiveness, the common obstacles to forgiveness, and ultimately how to forgive in real-life situations of betrayal and pain through 5 key protocols:
- GRATITUDE for God’s forgiveness of me.
- REPENT of my sin of unforgiveness.
- WHO do I forgive and for WHAT?
- FORGIVE each offense from my HEART.
- Ask God to BLESS them and look for ways to bless them when possible.
To learn more about Bruce and Toni’s ministry and to get their book, visit ForgivingForward.com.
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Jan 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024
33 min
Did you know that 58% of women who struggle with porn were exposed to porn before age 12? Or that 93% of women who struggle with porn never attend a support group? And that 48% of women viewing porn were a victim of sexual abuse?
Our guest today is Crystal Renaud Day, a coach, author, and speaker – and the founder and executive director of SheRecovery.com. She has been a leading voice for women in this space of sexual integrity ministry since 2009.
Recently, Crystal and her ministry conducted research to answer the question “What Drives Women to Porn?” There were over 1300 anonymous female participants, ages 18 to 65+ from 58 countries, who had used or been addicted to pornography in the past or present.
This episode discusses the findings of this research and why this is important to women struggling and those who love them.
To see the research and results, visit SheRecovery.com.
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- Total Freedom for Women Struggling with Porn
- God's Grace for Women Struggling with Porn and Sexual Shame
- Freedom and Healing from Shame, Addiction, and Abuse
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