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The Purity Principle Excerpts

article January 20, 2010

The Purity Principle includes practical guidelines to protect purity, for singles, for married couples, and for parents who wish to train their children in purity. 

The Purity Principle: Getting Radical

article January 20, 2010

Christians recommend this movie, church youth groups view it together, and many have shown it in their homes. Yet the movie contains precisely the scenes I described.

The Purity Principle: Setting Boundaries

article January 20, 2010

To protect our purity we need to set mental boundaries.

The Purity Principle: Cultivating Your Inner Life

article January 20, 2010

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of drawing on the indwelling power of the risen Christ. Self-reformation is not enough. It may bring limited benefits, but it will lead to self-righteousness, not Spirit-empowerment—and nothing sets us up for moral failure like self-righteousness.

As Someone Who Has Remained Sexually Pure, How Do I Forgive My Girlfriend, Who Lost Her Virginity in the Past?

article January 18, 2010

Your desire to marry someone who has remained pure is a great goal. However, because we are sinful by nature, some people do have sex outside of marriage, maybe even before they became a Christian.

Easily Entangled (Hebrews 12:1): One Christian Man's Battle with Pornography

article January 12, 2010

At the age of eleven I put my faith in Christ. I was drawn to the foot of the cross and decided to follow Jesus. Shortly after that milestone in my life, I entered puberty. All of a sudden things changed.

I Was in Full-Time College Ministry for 20 Years Until My Pastor Asked Me to Step Down After Repeated Failure with Pornography and Masturbation. This Has Greatly Affected My Relationship with My Wife. Do You Have Any Advice for Me at This Stage?

article January 6, 2010

Recognition of this sin as a barrier to true intimacy, both with your Lord and your wife, and responding with true repentance and confession to those affected are difficult steps.

Deterring Immorality by Counting Its Cost

article December 31, 2009

If only we would rehearse in advance the ugly and overwhelming consequences of immorality, we would be far more prone to avoid it.

Accountability Groups: Men Helping Men in Their Walk With God

article December 23, 2009

To experience true accountability, we have both the right and the responsibility to ask each other hard and to-the-point questions.

Counting the Cost of Sexual Immorality

article June 26, 2009

Years ago, while pastors at Good Shepherd Community Church, my friend Alan Hlavka and I both developed lists of all the specific consequences we could think of that would result from our immorality as pastors. The lists were devastating, and to us they spoke more powerfully than any sermon or article on the subject.