Powlison and Help With Pornography
This coming Saturday the men's group at our church is talking about porn. It's a big problem in the church that oftentimes either doesn't get talked about (ask Matt Schmucker about the time I used the "M" word in the pulpit at Capitol Hill Baptist) or gets talked about merely at the level of behavior modification ("10 tips for avoiding lust").
Into the void of euphemisms and behavior modification techniques shines David Powlison's recent article, Breaking Pornography Addiction. Like everything that he writes it is gracious, realistic, balanced, and thoughtful. I highly commend it to you and the people you serve!
Thanks for the heads-up, Michael. Also of recent usefulness in this arena has been Mark Driscolls's free e-book, "Porn Again Christian", available at http://relit.org/porn_again_christian/.
Posted by: Rae Whitlock | Oct 29, 2008 11:45:03 AM
You may also like this provocative article which compelments Powlinson's. It raises reasons that some find evangelical churches can worsen the problem of pornography.
http://www.stilldeeper.com/ja/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24:pornography-a-the-quest-for-intimacy&catid=5:look&Itemid=11
Posted by: Peter Sanlon | Oct 30, 2008 4:23:16 AM
I am going to go see Powlison speak at the upcoming CCEF conference in Philadelphia. Should be great! I will be live blogging the event (CovenantEyes.com/blog). The whole conference is about addictions.
Posted by: Luke | Oct 30, 2008 3:12:19 PM