Pastors are not immune to sexual temptations and sexual strongholds. But many pastors feel isolated and “trapped” from reaching out for help with their private sexual struggles. 

On today’s episode, we have Mark Denison join us to share with us some key principles from his new book, Broken Vessels, on how pastors can get help to break free from sexual strongholds and even still be used by God for kingdom work. 

To learn more about Mark and his ministry, visit TheresStillHope.org.

More Resources:

• Broken Vessels: Restoring Broken Pastors for Kingdom Use
• Gateway to Freedom 3-Day Intensive
• Recovery Minute

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• A Hopeful Response to Church Leaders Struggling with Sexual Sin
• Pastors on Porn
• Reframing How the Church Views Sexual Purity

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Today’s guests are Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith. They are the directors of The Raabsmith Team, coaches and therapists that love to help individuals, couples, and families create life-giving change in themselves and in their relationships.

In today’s episode, Matthew and Joanna will help couples understand the ins and outs of rebuilding a healthy marriage after betrayal. There is hope and thriving intimacy is possible even after betrayal. This conversation will be especially beneficial for couples who are wanting restoration. 

For more information about Matthew and Joanna and their resources, visit RaabsmithTeam.com.

More Resources:

• Intimacy Pyramid Training (virtual workshop)
• Online Care Groups for Wives
• First 7 Days programs (for men and wives)

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• Affair Recovery Through a Trauma Lens
• Rebuilding Your Marriage After Sexual Betrayal
• Hope After Betrayal

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For nearly two decades we have been inviting men to embark on an emotional growth mission, not merely a sexual purity mission (as good as that is). But what is an emotional growth mission and what are the challenges and possible stumbling blocks to emotional growth? 

In this episode, Stephen and I define the emotional growth mission and share over 10 thoughts and ideas that could stunt this mission. 

To get started, or keep going, on your emotional growth mission, watch the 7-part Emotional Training for Men webinar series at Bebroken.org/etm-webinar.

More Resources:

• 40 Days of Training for Your Soul
• Untangling Emotions by Groves and Smith
• Free Integrity Webinar for Men

Related Podcasts:

• How to Experience Excellent Emotional Connections
• Essential Truths to Heal and Mature Your Broken Emotional System
• Do Your Emotional Beliefs Lead You to Connection or Disconnection?

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Porn is not victimless. In other words, porn use has consequences that negatively impact the viewer. 

This may seem obvious, especially to those who have developed an addiction to porn. But it’s important to state the impact of porn bluntly and clearly in order to help you see it for what it really is: dangerous and harmful.

In today’s episode, Stephen and I will help you see multiple ways in which pornography impacts your life – things like escaping, avoiding relationships, unhealthy fantasy, the pain and difficulty of repairing what you have broken, and more.

For help in overcoming unwanted porn use, visit Bebroken.org.

More Resources:

• Gateway to Freedom 3-Day Intensive
• 40 Days of Purity Online Course
• Personal Ministry Consultation

Related Podcasts:

• Breaking Free with Russell Willingham
• Outgrowing the Porn Pacifier
• Helping Men Overcome Porn and Get Emotionally Fit

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Thousands of men over the past 20 years have reached out to our ministry to get help in overcoming unwanted sexual behaviors. Our desire is to help them experience long-term freedom, not merely short-term abstinence. So, what are the keys to long-term freedom from unwanted behaviors?

Our guest is Jason Martinkus. He is the founder and president of Redemptive Living, a coaching and speaking ministry helping men find freedom from sexual integrity issues and marriages find redemption beyond betrayal. Jason has 19 years of personal sexual sobriety; he has walked the walk.

In this episode we talk about key principles of freedom from unwanted sexual behaviors, such as humility, confession, authentic community, and more – principles that are vital for both short-term and long-term freedom. 

To learn more about Jason and his ministry, visit RedemptiveLiving.com.

More Resources:

• Gateway to Freedom 3-Day Intensive
• Integrity Webinar for Men
• Grace-Based Recovery Online Study Groups

Related Podcasts:

• The Freedom Fight with Ted Shimer
• Recovery Discovery 030: Lifelong Learning
• The Last Relapse with Sathiya Sam

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The father-son relationship is vital to boys learning how to grow up into manhood. And part of maturing into manhood is understanding sex and sexuality. But how can fathers and sons talk about sex and sexuality? 

Our guests today are John and Lucas Fort, the father-son duo who wrote the book Father-Son Accountability: Integrity Through Relationship. They share their story of how they learned to talk about sex and other difficult topics – and offer tips and pitfalls they discovered along the way.

If you are a dad (or son) who wants to gain insights and helpful tools for talking about sex, this podcast will give you confidence to engage such conversations.

To get the Father-Son Accountability book, visit Bebroken.org/store.

More Resources:

• Bebroken.org/family
• Father-Son Webinar
• Honest Talk by John Fort

Related Podcasts:

• The Identity of My Father
• A Son Talks to His Dad
• What to Tell Your Son about Sex

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Everyone in life has struggled with something. Struggle is part of being human. Here we see it in all forms of sexual brokenness. We have staff and ministry partners who are trained in helping such strugglers.

But what if you wanted to help someone who is struggling? Do you know what to do or what to say? Have you ever given bad advice? Does it scare you when someone shares their pain? 

In today’s episode, Stephen and I will share with you some practical things to do and say when someone shares their struggles with you. You don’t need to be an “expert” in order to truly help a struggling friend.

More Resources:

• Bebroken.org/counselors
• Untangling Emotions by Groves and Smith
• Better Together (blog post)

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• How Do I Help My Wife When She Falls into a "Pit"?
• The Immanuel Approach in Recovery
• 50 Things to Do When Your Core Fear Gets Triggered

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Failure is part of life. But how many people have a “Failure and Rejection Management Plan”? I would guess very few.

In today’s episode, Stephen and I will help you examine failure from a new perspective and give you some practical principles for managing failure and rejection in hopeful ways.

More Resources:

• First 7 Days programs
• By Grace, Failure Turns to Opportunity (blog post)
• Sex & Anxiety online course

Related Podcasts:

• Understanding Fear and Sadness
• Recovery Discover 28: Learning from Failure
• Failure Immunity

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Today’s guest is Sheila Harkins. Sheila was on the podcast a couple years ago, May 19, 2020, to talk about how to help teens talk about difficult topics. If you’d like to listen to that conversation, it is Episode 749.

But on today’s episode Sheila is here to talk about her own healing from betrayal trauma and divorce. She shares about the long journey of trying to restore a broken marriage and then the aftermath of divorce – and how painting was instrumental in her healing process. 

As healing slowly took root in Sheila’s life she was stirred to share her journey with other wives through her paintings. This resulted in the release of her book, Healing, One Brushstroke at a Time, which contains 42 of Sheila’s paintings along with short reflections to help women heal. 

To learn more about Sheila and get a copy of her book, visit SheilaHarkins.com.

More Resources:

• Bebroken.org/Wives
• Online Wives Care Groups
• Personal Ministry Consultation

Related Podcasts:

• Is There Hope After Divorce Due to Sexual Betrayal?
• Liminal Space: Helping Wives Transition from Betrayal to Hope
• Embracing Your Worth After Sexual Betrayal

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In today’s final episode in our 4-part series on Whole Man Recovery we will explore the Spiritual element.

We will attempt to answer the following questions about this element:

• What is the element?
• What effect does it have: On addiction, On relationships, On identity
• How does recovery address this element?
• What might health and wholeness look like for this element in one’s life?

Matt Wenger is the clinical director of Boulder Recovery. To learn more about Matt and Boulder Recovery, visit BoulderRecovery.com.

More Resources:

• Bebroken.org/Men
• 40 Days of Purity Online Course
• Grace-Based Recovery

Related Podcasts:

• Breaking Free with Russell Willingham
• Growing in Christ
• 10 Biblical Truths to Transform Your Emotional System

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