All the good stuff

It's amazing how I can search for information for weeks and months and come up empty... then I sit down for five minutes, without agenda, and all the good stuff I've been looking for just comes flying at me.

First thing first: No matter where you live, there's a good church in your area (unless you live in eastern Montana or northern Nevada... God obviously doesn't care about those places ;). And today I noticed for the first time that one of my favorite resources has done all the work of finding weeding out the light and fluffy preachers and leaving nothing but a list of excellent pastors. All you have to do is type in your zip code and a search radius and blammo! a list of good churches in your area pop up. Yay for sermonaudio.com!

Second of all, if you add up all the statistics of sexual addiction you find that it affects 3,278% of all Americans. I never took calculus but I think that number constitutes a majority (of which I fit into). So it seems appropriate to offer up some resources that have so awesomely been gathered by our sister church (Living Water C.C.) on the other side of town. Of course, the following resources are Christ-centered and not just pseudo-Christian gobbly-gook psycho-babble:

Wife Boat www.wifeboat.com
Blog site for wives of men with sexual sin. Authored by Renee Dallas and contains stories, advice, and resources for wives.

Day Seven Ministries www.dayseven.net 866.301.3297
Counseling services, mentoring, and support groups with locations in Harrisburg and Lancaster.

National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families www.nationalcoalition.org 800.583.2964
Helpline, counseling services, and tons of information, resources, articles, and links.

Pure Life Ministries www.purelifeministries.org 888.PURE.LIFE
At home 12 week programs, live-in programs, helpline. Resources for men, women, and teens dealing with sexual sin as well as resources for spouses of those dealing with sexual sin.

Setting Captives Free www.settingcaptivesfree.com
Resources for a variety of issues including sexual purity, substance abuse, food addictions and more. Free online interactive
courses.

L.I.F.E. Ministries www.freedomeveryday.org 866.408.5433
Sexual addiction recovery ministry for men, women, teens, and spouses. Support group listings.

Home Word www.homeword.com 800.397.9725
Ministry for Encouraging parents and building families.

X3 Church www.xxxchurch.com X3 Watch www.x3watch.com 702.974.1690
X3 Church: A Christian anti-pornography ministry that aims to help those who struggle with pornography. This site is hip, relevant, irreverent, honest, and fun. Full of great resources. X3 Watch: Online accountability and filtering software. Offers web blocking, reports sent to chosen friends for accountability, time limits, alerts and more. Highly recommended.

Integrity Online www.integrity.com
Hailed as “America’s oldest and most reliable Internet filtering company”. Programs for families, businesses, churches, and
educational facilities.


BOOKS

“Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction” by Dr. Mark Laaser
A former sex addict himself, Dr. Laaser offers help and hope for regaining and maintaining sexual integrity, self-control, and wholesome, biblical sexuality.

“Breaking Free: Understanding Sexual Addiction & the Healing Power of Jesus”
by Russell Willingham
Gives an honest examination of sexual addiction and shows how Jesus offers forgiveness and healing. Includes real-life stories of individuals who struggle and twelve practical steps for recovery and accountability. Deals honestly with
pornography, fantasies, masturbation, adultery, prostitution, molestation, abuse and more. Willingham speaks on such issues as what all addicts have in common, the hunt of the malnourished heart, where to find the courage to face the dark side,
wrestling with shame and grace, and the healing effect of radical honesty.

“Hope After Betrayal: Healing When Sexual Addiction Invades Your Marriage”
by Meg Wilson
With honesty and hopefulness, Meg uses her own story, along with other examples and Scripture, to help women cope and find their way out of the darkness of their husband’s sexual compulsion.

“The Game Plan: The Men's 30-Day Strategy for Attaining Sexual Integrity”
by Joe Dallas
Using the acronym ROUTE-Repentance, Order, Understanding, Training, and Endurance-Dallas walks readers through the
steps necessary to attain-and maintain-sexual integrity.

“Think Before You Look: 40 Powerful Reasons to Avoid Pornography”
by Daniel Henderson
Written for men, the author explains what changes take place once a man becomes addicted and how it can change his relationship with and even destroy his family. He covers the excuses and justifications men use, and he combats them with 40 truths that equip men to avoid pornography.