This book by Dr. Joe Rigney has been developed from his own freedom journey, personal study, academic research, and pastoral ministry.
“It has never been more difficult to flee sexual immorality and pursue holiness. We live in an age of unprecedented access to sexual temptation. Previous generations faced adultery, prostitution, and brothels. But not every person had a brothel in their pocket. Our society’s obsession with sex, coupled with the technologies that make pornography so accessible, make it more challenging than it’s ever been.
The result is that our families, our churches, and our society are being devastated by a pornography epidemic.
In More than a Battle,pastor and author Joe Rigney offers hope for Christian men who are seeking to live with integrity and faithfulness in the face of the sexual temptation around them. Drawing on the Scriptures, his personal experience, and his pastoral counseling, Rigney frames the struggle with lust beneath the banner of Galatians 5:16: “Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”… – Lifeway
The author recommends viewing victory over porn through three “lenses” (pp. 6,7)-:
- Sexual sin as immorality.
- Sexual sin as addiction.
- Sexual sin as brokenness.
He believes each of these themes is important and should be included in a balanced strategy for victory. He summarizes the relevance of biblical counsel that corresponds to these “lenses” (pp. 9,10):
1. We are called to put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit (Rom. 8:13) and so we wage war by the Spirit.
2. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor. 3:17) because the Spirit is the One who sets us free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2); and so we are set free by the Spirit.
3. In the book of Isaiah, the Spirit is the one who anoints the Messiah to bind up the brokenhearted, to comfort the mourning, and to give them a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit (Isa. 61:1–4), so we are healed by the Spirit.
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