“If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell” (Matthew 5:29). In the fourth chapter of Finally Free, Heath Lambert writes about getting serious in the battle against pornography. He […]
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Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. – Galatians 6:1 As you struggle against pornography, remember that the people around you can be an effective weapon. We can seek each other’s help in
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For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. – 2 Corinthians 7:10, ESV God’s grace, offered through Jesus Christ, can transform your response to your sin. That’s the big idea of this next chapter of Finally Free. Rather than feeling worldly sorrow, you can begin to
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This chapter of Heath Lambert’s book Finally Free is a great place to start if you’re struggling with pornography. The big idea is that the foundation for successfully fighting against pornography is the grace of God offered to sinners through Jesus Christ. This grace brings both forgiveness and transformation to those who receive it. It cleans us
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“What do you think is the greatest challenge facing the church today?” At the SES National Apologetics Conference that several of us attended a few weeks ago, Josh McDowell addressed this question. His answer came with surprising certainty: pornography. As a result, I’ve decided to write a blog post every week about this prevalent issue using
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Big Idea: In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, I believe Paul is addressing a specific issue in the ancient Corinthian church. Women were coming to worship gatherings without their head coverings, which, in that society, were the culturally understood symbols of respectability and chastity. Women who went into public without head coverings were associated with sexual immorality
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