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Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who Are Sick of Porn
by
Tim Challies (Goodreads Author)
Sick of porn? Time to detox. A huge percentage of men need a porn detox, a moral and psychological reset. Do you? If so, whether you know it or not, pornography has corrupted your thinking, weakened your conscience, warped your sense of right and wrong, and twisted your understanding and expectations of sexuality. You need a reset by the One who created sex. In this book,...more
Paperback, 110 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by Cruciform Press
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In Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who are Sick of Porn, author and blogger Tim Challies addresses young, single men in an effort to help them discover God’s plan for sex and sexuality. He is writing to those who have grown up in a sex-saturated culture where pornography is far more accessible than it was as recently as when the 33-year-old author was growing up. Temptation is all around us and most of us have, he says, begun to give in.
Challies begins by discussing the problems that pornography...more
Challies begins by discussing the problems that pornography...more
In his book, Sexual Detox, Tim challies offers simple, biblical counsel for men who are struggling with the tragic impact of pornography on their sexuality. Challies understands the prevalence and the destructiveness of pornography, and he speaks in his book to the hearts of men who need God’s help to again view sex rightly.
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Challies writes in a way that is open and frank without crossing the line into being crude. Often, in a book on this topic, the author, in order to prove he is a r...more
Positives
Challies writes in a way that is open and frank without crossing the line into being crude. Often, in a book on this topic, the author, in order to prove he is a r...more
Porn is everywhere in our culture and almost impossible to escape. Often portrayed as a trivial issue in our society, we in the church must recognize It is a deadly cancer that needs to be eradicated from the lives of men and women who don't want to die spiritually, emotionally, and sexually. This book by Tim Challies was filled with Biblical perspective on God's gift of sex and the need to detox from the porn saturated culture, by recognizing the issue at its core is spiritual and not sexual. T...more
Loved the way Tim Challies sets up a Biblically healthy view of sexuality. The rest of the book unfolds from there. It is a great reminder of the lies we men are prone to believe. Mainly our selfish attitude that fosters so much disbelief in the freedom we have in Christ to love one woman for the rest of our lives.
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a great reminder of the deliverance I have experienced in the last few years of sexual bondage, and enslavement to pornography. My marriage was nearly...more
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was a great reminder of the deliverance I have experienced in the last few years of sexual bondage, and enslavement to pornography. My marriage was nearly...more
Pornography is a wicked perversion of God’s gracious and glorious gift of sexuality. Many who agree with that truth are nevertheless engaged in viewing pornography and perhaps even enslaved by the never-satisfied lust at work in their hearts. For people in such struggles, Challies offers hope in the power of Christ. This sin, often hidden, must be exposed and killed; if not, it will inevitably ruin your life. Heed this warning and the help provided here.
I found this to be a very helpful resource for those who are struggling with pornography and sexual sin. Tim Challies gets down to the heart of the matter and explains sex, sexuality, pornography, and masturbation from a biblical worldview. Instead of just focusing on tactics and strategies, he gets to the root issues of why sexual sin occurs and how it can be overcome. This is guide will do just as it says, help "guys who are sick of porn."
A very helpful little book. Each chapter has some deeply personal questions for the reader to work through. It would be a great book for a group of guys to work through, as it not only unpacks the dangers of pornography, but also our hope in Jesus. I have all my pre-marital guys read through this book, just to help them understand how much the things they have seen will impact their marriage.
Well worth the read.
Well worth the read.
This book is a quick read that talks practically about something that many guys deal with, porn and lust. Although the book is only about 80 pages, there is a lot of convicting truth within the covers. All in all, this is a great book to read if someone needs to really understand porn and lust through the light of Scripture.
Solid booklet with really helpful and fresh thoughts on the battle against porn and lust. Worth reading for sure, I appreciate his perspective and his value of the Word as opposed to psychology or even other respected opinions.
A solid little book for those who have struggled with porn addiction or know someone who is dealing with it. A lot of fantastic advice and suggestions. His discussion of masturbation is, however, the weak point of the book, and I highly recommend supplementing with the more balanced treatment in Douglas Wilson, Fidelity, ch. 10.
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Man up, guys. The temptation is universal. The Gospel is good enough to help. This books shows us.
A very helpful approach to a difficult topic.
Very helpful little book.
This is a short read, but a good one. Challis seemed too rushed on some of his points, but I feel the main thesis was well argued. Essentially, this generation of men must learn to replace their pornographic eyes with the eyes of a selfless loving God when viewing their brides.
Really good base book to start out with. Definitely recommend if you struggle with this!
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Tim Challies is a leading evangelical blogger and editor of Discerning Reader, a site dedicated to discerning reviews of books that are of interest to Christians. A self-employed web designer, Tim lives in the outskirts of Toronto, Ontario with his wife and three children.
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