Idolatry and the Internet

By Desert Stream
March 26, 2014
Idolatry? Me? I don’t like that word. It sounds so foreign, so pagan, so Old Testament. Yet, it is the reality of today and of a secret part of my life. Addicts or a sexually compulsive people know how to compartmentalize their lives really well. They know how to ‘fa...

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Overcoming Romantic Idols

By Desert Stream
March 26, 2014
“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” (Jonah 2:8) When I heard the Living Water’s teaching on narcissism and relational idolatry, I didn’t think it applied to me. Though not obviously narcissistic, I as a single woma...

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From Idolatry to Intimacy

By Desert Stream
February 27, 2014
“But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a s...

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Recovery from Sexual Addiction

By Desert Stream
February 27, 2014
“My wife and I have been married for thirty years, but we met just fourteen years ago.” I was the oldest of four in a home of constant adrenaline and drama. My father was distant and busy and my mother secured her world with control, anger and distance. Feeling alone...

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