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Counting the Cost of Sexual Immorality

man with head in handsSouth Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has joined a long line of leaders, both secular and Christian, who have committed adultery.

Someone suggested, in light of this, that I post about fleeing and resisting sexual temptation. First, consider this from God’s Word:

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet ...

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Sexual Abuse Can be an Obstacle to Salvation

Becoming a Christian makes a person clean. However, if the dirtiness that a person feels is not a result of her actions then it is hard to really feel like you’ve been forgiven.

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Sexual Immorality and Speeding - Why Obey the Limits?

In working with those who are having trouble becoming free from enslaving sexual sin, I frequently see an interesting pattern of thought: Sin seems to be disconnected from its true consequences.

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Sexual Purity

“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5).

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Resources for Sexual Purity

Some Recommended Books for Sexual Purity

Sex in Marriage

  • Intimate Issues by Jody Dillow and Lorraine Pintus
  • Love Life for Every Married Couple by Ed Wheat
  • The Intimate Marriage by R. C. Sproul
  • A Biblical Guide to Love, Sex and Marriage by Derek and Rosemary Thomas
  • Sex, Romance and the Glory of God  by C. J. Mahaney

Sexual Purity for Men

  • Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave by Ed Welch
  • False Intimacy: Understanding the Struggle of Sexual Addiction by Harry Schaumburg 
  • Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World by Joshua Harris
  • Sexual DeTox by ...
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Selected Scriptures Related to Sexual Purity

What God’s Word has to say Flee from sexual immorality.

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The Purity Principle: Chapters 5 and 6

The Purity Principle is this: Purity is always smart; impurity is always stupid.

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Can you give me some resources for understanding homosexuality and how the Church should respond?

I’d recommend a book called Informed Answers to Gay Rights Questions, by Roger Magnuson. I’ve read it and its helpful. Also, a book by R. F. Lovelace, called Homosexuality and the Church.

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What do I say to a young couple who are fairly new at our church and are living together?

When people who are living together visit our churches or small groups or homes, it is not our first job to try to correct their behavior, but instead to demonstrate the grace and truth of Jesus Christ.

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A Reader’s Response to “Personalized List of Anticipated Consequences of Immorality”

As a man, husband, and more recently a father—I have struggled and struggled with sexual temptation. At my breaking point-being “tired” of the ongoing struggle and to seek support—I submitted a prayer request at a recent church leadership retreat, asking the intercessors to pray “That I would always and forever remain faithful to my wife and, never, ever commit adultery.”

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