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, I hope to help you reorient your understanding of sex, both in the big picture and in the act itself, according to God's plan for this great gift. I want to help you detox from all the junk you've seen, all the lies you've believed. This is not an easy process. It is rarely a quick process. It involves a letting go of old realities and an embrace of a new normal. To be willing to go through it you need to see how bad your current situation really is, and how the path you are on leads no place good. You need to see that the path of porn leads only to more isolation, guilt, alienation, and pain. Whether single or married, such a reset to normal is the only thing that can ever equip you to become a pure, loving, attentive, sacrificial husband. But you already know you need to change. Few Christian men indulge in porn without realizing they need to quit. Every Christian guy who looks at porn wants to stop, but many of us want to stop just a little bit less than we want to keep going. The problem isn't knowledge-it's desire and ability. So sin prevails. Here's a promise. You'll never stop until you begin to see the monstrous nature of the sin you're committing. You'll never stop until the sin is more horrifying to you than the commission of the sin is enjoyable. You'll need to hate that sin before you can find freedom from it. That means you need more grace. You need to cry out to be changed and to see the monstrous nature of this sin. And then you need to behave in faith that God will meet you with grace as you act to cut off the porn and begin the reset. -Tim Challies
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Tim Challies is a blogger, author, web designer, book reviewer, and pastor. His websites include Challies.com and DiscerningReader.com. Tim has written The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, published by Crossway, and The Next Story, published by Zondervan.
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I am a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband to Aileen and a father to three young children. I write books and blogs for fun while doing web consulting for a living. I worship and serve at Grace Fellowship Church, edit Discerning Reader and am a co-founder of Cruciform Press. My books include "The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment," "Sexual Detox," and "The Next Story."
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Even though Sexual Detox is rather short, it is jam packed with great content. The book seeks to address the struggles men have with pornography and masturbation and to help lead the reader into a proper, biblical view of our sexuality. Sexual Detox is broken up into six chapters, Reality of Pornography; Pornography vs. Marriage; A Theology of Masturbation; Four Gifts of Sex; Detox in the Bedroom and Detox in Your Soul. These chapters each end with a short section of questions called Think. The Think sections are designed for you to talk through in a community of trusted guys who will help you overcome the sinful temptations that assault us all. At the end of Sexual Detox, Cruciform Press adds a great sermon from C.H. Spurgeon entitled, "Comfort for the Tempted" on 1 Cor. 10.13.
The content of this book is stellar. As a youth pastor, husband and guy I have read many books that look at the problems addressed in Sexual Detox. Many times these books have great content but always seem to leave you wondering just what the author means. They tend to show the problem and sinful acts of sexual behavior but never draw a hard and fast biblical line as to what can and can't be done. Sexual Detox not only calls sin for what it is, a blatant offense to a glorious God, but it also confronts the many 'gray' areas we often try to hide in.
Sexual Detox is not only firmly biblical, but also immensely practical. This book can be of great help to men who have struggled, are struggling or could struggle (which is all of us) with pornography, masturbation or a distorted view of their sexuality. The questions at the end of each chapter make it ideal for use in an adult men's small group or fight club. In this sex-drenched world this little book can help bring a biblical view of manhood and sexuality to those who are struggling.
I can see this book as being a great tool for the following,
- Husbands and wives to read through and think through together
- Personal study
- A group of married guys to study through
- A group of college aged guys to study through
- Pre-marital preparation for men
- It can also be a great tool to be passed out to men who have known struggles
I am planning on using sexual detox in my premarital and am also working on a way to use it with some of the guys in my ministry. I would highly encourage you to purchase Sexual Detox, it may help save your marriage and bring greater glory unto Jesus!
The content of this book is stellar. As a youth pastor, husband and guy I have read many books that look at the problems addressed in Sexual Detox. Many times these books have great content but always seem to leave you wondering just what the author means. They tend to show the problem and sinful acts of sexual behavior but never draw a hard and fast biblical line as to what can and can't be done. Sexual Detox not only calls sin for what it is, a blatant offense to a glorious God, but it also confronts the many 'gray' areas we often try to hide in.
Sexual Detox is not only firmly biblical, but also immensely practical. This book can be of great help to men who have struggled, are struggling or could struggle (which is all of us) with pornography, masturbation or a distorted view of their sexuality. The questions at the end of each chapter make it ideal for use in an adult men's small group or fight club. In this sex-drenched world this little book can help bring a biblical view of manhood and sexuality to those who are struggling.
I can see this book as being a great tool for the following,
- Husbands and wives to read through and think through together
- Personal study
- A group of married guys to study through
- A group of college aged guys to study through
- Pre-marital preparation for men
- It can also be a great tool to be passed out to men who have known struggles
I am planning on using sexual detox in my premarital and am also working on a way to use it with some of the guys in my ministry. I would highly encourage you to purchase Sexual Detox, it may help save your marriage and bring greater glory unto Jesus!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
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 real guy with real guy struggles, will share too much with his readers in too descriptive a way. Challies does not fall into this pattern. This is good, as Challies performs the rare feat of talking about issues of lust without stirring up dangerous images in his readers' minds.
Challies plan of organization in this work is also effective. Before he gets into the nuts and bolts of what men need to do, he spends two chapters helping guys to develop a biblical theology of their sexuality. This is good, as men need to first understand what God has taught on this issue before they can make lasting changes that honor God.
This book is also an extremely easy read. A pastor could give Sexual Detox to a young man who is struggling and not fear that the terminology will be too much. This book could possibly even be used with youth so long as the youth minister or a parent worked with the young men to get through some of the issues in the text.
Negatives
A slight negative that I have regarding this book is that, because of its readily accessible writing style, arguments are not always as thoroughly made as I might prefer. On occasion, Challies will tell us that "This is the reason that..."and I might feel that more reasoning should be given.
Challies also writes much about how men need to rely on others in their local church to help them with their struggle. This is absolutely right advice. However, Challies does not have as much to say to help those men whose local churches may not be ready to help them due to unbiblical leadership, lack of counseling, lack of church discipline, etc.
Recommendation
If you want to read the absolute best book on Christians and dealing with lust, I would recommend Josh Harris' Sex Isn't the Problem, Lust Is. However, if you want a very good book that is shorter and a bit more modern, I would certainly highly recommend Challies' Sexual Detox. This really is good material to help men recognize the destructiveness of pornography and how they can begin to get away from it.
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 real guy with real guy struggles, will share too much with his readers in too descriptive a way. Challies does not fall into this pattern. This is good, as Challies performs the rare feat of talking about issues of lust without stirring up dangerous images in his readers' minds.
Challies plan of organization in this work is also effective. Before he gets into the nuts and bolts of what men need to do, he spends two chapters helping guys to develop a biblical theology of their sexuality. This is good, as men need to first understand what God has taught on this issue before they can make lasting changes that honor God.
This book is also an extremely easy read. A pastor could give Sexual Detox to a young man who is struggling and not fear that the terminology will be too much. This book could possibly even be used with youth so long as the youth minister or a parent worked with the young men to get through some of the issues in the text.
Negatives
A slight negative that I have regarding this book is that, because of its readily accessible writing style, arguments are not always as thoroughly made as I might prefer. On occasion, Challies will tell us that "This is the reason that..."and I might feel that more reasoning should be given.
Challies also writes much about how men need to rely on others in their local church to help them with their struggle. This is absolutely right advice. However, Challies does not have as much to say to help those men whose local churches may not be ready to help them due to unbiblical leadership, lack of counseling, lack of church discipline, etc.
Recommendation
If you want to read the absolute best book on Christians and dealing with lust, I would recommend Josh Harris' Sex Isn't the Problem, Lust Is. However, if you want a very good book that is shorter and a bit more modern, I would certainly highly recommend Challies' Sexual Detox. This really is good material to help men recognize the destructiveness of pornography and how they can begin to get away from it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Ryan
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Honestly, Tim isn't casting any new light onto the subject of Christian men and their struggles with Porn, masturbation, and God honoring sex. What he is doing is delivering solid, well thought out points that get right to the heart of the matter without holding back. This resource is probing, direct, and insightful. It says the right things, asks the right questions, and leaves you in just the right spot to kill your sin.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A awesome book
Everything about this book is real. It gives a great understanding about what porn can do to your life as well as your marriage
Published 12 hours ago by CleIII
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hits the nail on the head
I think Challies intended to write a book that would leave men feeling motivated to worship and glorify God in marriage rather than leave them feeling guilty and helpless about... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Groot
5.0 out of 5 stars
The start of something better
Yes, maybe. I hope and pray so. This book has many key points, but what it does really well is rely what once was very redundant into something powerful and even motivating. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anthony Padgett
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful
I have read a few books on this subject and have taken from each of them. I prefer these types of books when there are written by an author who is familiar with the subject as... Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Excellent book for this topic.The raw insight provided by the author gives exquisite details into the mind and act of sexual sin. Very worth reading.
Published 4 months ago by John D
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great help if you deal with porn addiction
While it's no silver bullet, so to speak. Challies provides a challenging and insightful read. It helped me and my marriage.
Published 4 months ago by Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed
This book is perfect, while reading it, try and find cross references to help drive home points made in the book and make sure you take each word to heart.
Published 5 months ago by calvin
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great treatment of a very important topic.
This book should be read by every man no matter what his religious persuasion. Our responsibility to our wives, family, and especially to our Creator is highlighted and explained. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Randal Terwillegar
1.0 out of 5 stars
Misleading title, completely unhelpful
This book has almost nothing to do with how to "Detox" your sexuality. It's more of a persuasive essay on why you shouldn't look at porn. I already know why porn is destructive. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J.B.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Practical Application for the win
Sexual Detox is really an insightful book that gets to the heart of the matter that usage of pornography pervades into every aspect of your life. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Samuel C. Pettigrew
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