If you’re reading this and you’ve struggled with pornography, the first thing I want you to hear is this: your struggle does not define you. You are not broken beyond repair. Theology of the Body doesn’t address pornography by piling on shame — it addresses it by telling you the truth about who you are, and about the persons whose images have been reduced to objects. That truth is the doorway to freedom. ...
Let me ask you something that might sting a little. Have you ever caught yourself repeating the same pattern in relationships–choosing the same kind of person, making the same kind of mistake, ending up in the same kind of pain–and wondered why? It’s not because you’re broken beyond repair. But it might be because there’s a wound underneath the pattern that you’ve never let God heal. The Connection Nobody Explains Here’s what I’ve learned after fifteen years of ministry: sin and wounds are deeply interrelated. Sin doesn’t just cause wounds. It grows out of wounds. We often sin as a way of trying to escape the suffering that our wounds create. ...