by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 31, 2013
Free at Last Rick had confessed his sins a thousand times, and that didn’t abate his lust for sex. For three months he was an inpatient at a sexual treatment center, which only led to another affair. What could one more conference do? I’ll let him explain: I knew...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 30, 2013
The Pimp In the Mind Rick’s wife was crushed by his confessions and filed for divorce. Rick again turned to God, and made a commitment to not get sexually involved during his 90 days of treatment. While he continued doing his devotions, seeking God’s guidance, and...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 29, 2013
Going To Treatment People don’t have a sex, or drug, or alcohol problem. They have a life problem. Whatever flesh pattern people may be struggling with, it cannot be resolved as a single entity divorced from all other reality. For instance, virtually every person...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 26, 2013
Pure Passion I recently wrote the forward for David Foster’s autobiography, which will come off the press in 2014. His Father was a third-generation Presbyterian pastor, but David never received the love and acceptance he longed for. His anger toward God and his...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 25, 2013
Deceptive Love “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Cor. 3:17). To be led by the Holy Spirit is to live in freedom. Whereas license is counterfeit freedom, Eros is counterfeit love. Eros is the fictitious Greek god of...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 24, 2013
Deceptive Freedom I was asked to present the Christian perspective in a marriage and family class at a secular community college. There were about 25 students in the class of which three were men. One man pulled his desk up in the corner of the room, just off to my...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 23, 2013
Sex and Grace “Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:9,10). Sexual sins were the...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 22, 2013
Sex and Moral Law The “sciences” of secular psychology and psychiatry have stated their position on homosexuality, which stands in stark contrast to the biblical standard of sexual morality. The official web site for the American Psychological Association states, “The...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 20, 2013
7/1/13 – Fear of Failure 7/2/13 – First Principle of Success 7/3/13 – Second Principle of Success 7/4/13 – Third Principle of Success 7/5/13 – Defining Failure 7/8/13 – Take the Risk 7/9/13 – Analyze Your Fear 7/10/13 – Analyze Your Lifestyle 7/11/13 – Work Your Plan...
by Cindy Bergenback | Jul 19, 2013
Problems in the Pews In 2003 I watched the 60 Minutes television program that had a segment on adult entertainment. The following is what they reported. In that year 11,000 new pornographic videos were produced and that industry employs more people than all the other...