Transformation: The Uncomfortable Reality of Suffering
One of the cruelest banalities of soft (and false) Christianity is the idea that God alleviates the suffering of the righteous. In America especially there’s a sense that the lessening of suffering is a sign of your election, of God’s love for you (Calvinism is hard to shake from our imagination). If you’re not relieved from suffering –...
03 17 2018
The Three Tiers of Addiction Recovery
People often ask me what the recovery process entails. Especially when dealing with addiction to pornography, there is a desire to be able to recognize progress since it is such a difficult addiction. I often describe recovery as a three-tiered process: sobriety, inner-healing, and transformation. Sobriety: Being sober means no longer usin...
10 03 2017