Episodes

Monday Jan 02, 2023
#515 - A Leaders Guide to the Sexual Addict (Part 1)
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
When you've ministered to Christian men in sexual sin for as long as we have, you start to get a pretty good idea about who you are dealing with and what they need. If you’re a pastor, if you’re discipling someone who is struggling with sexual sin, or if you recently found out that someone you love has been living a double life of hidden immorality, this episode is for you. Welcome to part one of A Leader's Guide to the Sexual Addict.

Monday Dec 26, 2022
#514 - Chris and Marissa’s Story of Hope: Saved from the Prison of Self
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
When Chris looked at Marissa, he saw a woman who would help him control his lust. He saw someone who would help him achieve a prosperous life. When Marissa looked at Chris, she saw a man who would help her pursue the Lord, someone who would help her cultivate the kind of spiritual life she dreamed of having. One day, both of their dreams came crashing down. But this did not result in the destruction of their marriage. Instead, it brought about the creation of something unexpected. Something beautiful. Something brand new.

Monday Dec 19, 2022
#513 - Keep Your Home Holy | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Welcome to the fifth episode in our series, Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom. In this episode, we are going to look at yet another vital aspect of learning to walk in freedom from sexual sin - keeping a godly atmosphere in your home. It's a lesson we all have to learn. If we want to live godly lives, we have to keep a careful guard over our homes.

Monday Dec 12, 2022
#419 (Replay) - Wives: Hold Fast to a Living Hope
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
The world tells us that hope comes from an expectation that something good is going to happen. But if that’s true, how can a wife have hope when her marriage is failing? You see, we need a hope that anchors itself in something beyond this world of suffering. We need a living hope flowing to us despite the difficult circumstances of this life. In this Purity for Life replay, Kathy Gallagher joins us to talk about the true hope of all believers, and she helps us see how to anchor ourselves in it.

Monday Dec 05, 2022
#512 - Fight in God’s Strength | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
As you continue on the road to real freedom over sexual sin, there's one key lesson that can take quite awhile to learn. And while learning it can be pretty painful, it's absolutely essential. Simply put, you have to learn to control yourself. But what makes it hard is that many of us have come to the painful realization that more self-effort in not the way to develop greater self-control. So join us as we look at how living a self-controlled life can only come by learning to live in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Monday Nov 28, 2022
#511 - Handle Failure Wisely | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022

Monday Nov 21, 2022
#510 - Live By Faith, Not Feelings | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Freedom from sexual sin is absolutely possible. But it's a journey, and knowing how to stay on the path towards that freedom is crucial. There are obstacles that we will face along the way that can totally derail us, unless we learn how to deal with them well. One is how we navigate around our feelings. The second is how we choose to walk through the consequences of our own sin. That’s our subject today in episode two of our series, Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom.

Monday Nov 14, 2022
#509 - Never Stop Fighting | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Have you ever noticed that Americans are always looking for keys? We want someone to give us three keys to a better life, five keys to a happy marriage or seven keys to a secure future. This week we are starting a new miniseries about keys – sort of. Really, we are going to be talking about key lessons that you will need to learn as you journey out of sexual sin and into real freedom. The first key lesson is that you must have a fighting spirit.

Monday Nov 07, 2022
#508 - Is Masturbation a Sin? | Ask the Counselor
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
God's warnings to those who indulge in sexual immorality should be enough to convince us that the only reasonable course of action is a wholehearted pursuit of purity. But where do you draw the line when it comes to purity? And actually the better question is this: where does God draw the line? In this "Ask the Counselor" episode of Purity for Life, we tackle the often-debated question: ‘Is masturbation a sin?’

Monday Oct 31, 2022
#507 - Don’t Fall for Dead End Solutions to Addiction
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
A lot of times when someone gets sick of their addiction, they go to Google and search for help. And that's when they realize there are actually a ton of different options out there. Now that might seem good, except for one thing: the vast majority of those solutions are powerless to help them really change. So in this episode, we break down the problems with two very common remedies for addiction: secular accountability groups and the always-popular “resolution” to change.