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You may have seen my other post on sexual transmutation. Sexual transmutation is about taking…
If you are reading this, you probably already know how harmful lust is to your…
We live in a sex-crazed culture. And it isn’t because people today are any worse…
Proverbs 7 is one of the most famous passages in the Bible on overcoming temptation.…
How does belief in God, or faith, factor into the struggle for purity? Every believer…
Today I want to share the testimony of a vlogger named Montell Fish. Montell was…
Covenant Eyes is a business that provides internment filtering and accountability services. The software limits…
Purity isn’t something people are born with. It come as a result of knowing God.…
Last week, I commented on the story of Joseph in the Bible. Joseph’s behavior is…
Most Christians are familiar with the story of Joseph in the Bible. Joseph was sold…
What do you do after you’ve given in to temptation? At this point, you’re probably…
Many times we want change, but we don’t want change more than we want to…
Besides the Bible, Heath Lambert’s Finally Free is my all-time favorite book on sexual purity.…
Sexual purity is a process. It’s not something you get right once and forget about.…
As the new year takes off, I want to give you all the opportunity to…
Sometimes it helps to have someone in your ear encouraging you to do the right…
Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external…
I’ve experimented with a number of disciplines over the years to become a better version…
The way to chastity is not to struggle with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some employment, or by reading, or by meditating on other things.
There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short,…
A pure heart faces the worst kind of evil in this world. But as it…
In this article, I want to expand on a thought that came up in The…
My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. Alfred Tennyson
God’s will is always your sanctification. Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to…
Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ, and all the mind of Christ. John Lake
If you yield yourself up to His divine working, the Lord will alter your nature;…
All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they…
We talk a lot on this site about the importance of having a pure heart.…
A pure heart is superlatively rare and even more attractive. J.S.B. Morse
It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for…
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. John Ruskin,…
Have you ever felt like a slave to your phone? All my phone has to…
Happiness comes from righteous living and the development of a noble character. You can observe…
Having a pure heart is something that every Christian should strive to possess. Jesus said…
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw…
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans…
We’ve already talked about the importance of having a positive life vision in the battle…
Sexual temptations are lurking around every corner in our lives today! Resisting the temptation to…
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;…
There are defensive and offensive strategies for overcoming lust. An example of a defensive strategy…
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever…
One of the hardest things anyone can acknowledge is that they have a problem. We…
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary.…
Anger is overrated, and so is “righteous anger.” Yes, there are certain moments that naturally…