The Naked Gospel

The God of the Bible is emotional. Many Christians don't want to associate emotions with God. Emotions feel irrational, and the idea of God experiencing hate, anger, and jealousy can be confusing and problematic. And yet the Bible is full of stories where God expresses deep emotion. Does God feel, and what is the place of feelings in the Christian life? Join Shane and Biblical scholar David T. Lam...

Have you ever heard a sermon about any of the rape or sexual abuse passages in Scripture? Not many of us have. Dr. Caryn Reeder joins us to talk about how our reading of Scripture impacts our relationships and actions in the Church. *Listener Discretion is Advised Support this show for $5 and get a FREE Naked Gospel coffee mug ! ( https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/ ) Check out Dr. Reeder's book...

Whether we're pastors, missionaries, or everyday Christians, we know that sin is wrong, harmful, and that we'll feel miserable afterward. So, why do we go back to the same sins over and over again? Why do pastors who know and teach God's truth still pursue sexual sin? Why do Christians watch porn and have affairs as much as non-Christians? In short, why do we believe that sin is beautiful and cont...

People are have become hesitant to get married and quicker to get divorced. Why are marriages failing and why is marriage counseling failing? Marriage counselor, Dr. David Hawkins, joins us to discuss the beauty of marriage and its difficulties.  Support this show for $5: https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/ Check out Dr. Hawkins' book here: https://amzn.to/3efzxi1 Dr. David Hawkins, MBA, MSW, MA...

Dr. John Foubert, a researcher and parent,  joins us to discuss how to protect your children from internet pornography. John and Shane look at questions like: is porn really an issue for children? What can parents do to protect their kids porn exposure? How and when should parents talk about sex? All in all, this conversation considers the science, risks, and ways to protect your children from int...

Pastor Will joins The Naked Gospel podcast to discuss his own history with porn and mental health. Shane and Will talk through issues of abuse among Christian leaders, how Christians should respond to sexual misuse, how we should handle leadership abuse, and what it means to build safe Christian communities. Receive a Naked Gospel coffee mug by supporting this show for $5 at https://www.provenmen....

Support these conversations by leaving a Rating and Review! What is purity culture? Is it actually an important topic to discuss? What's the history of purity culture and why has it impacted so many people? Without having an attractive and compelling story for sex, more and more Christians are embracing the hookup culture story for sex. Pastor Dean Inserra joins us today for a conversation about p...

Drew Boa and Sathiya Sam both founded organizations that help men and women rebuild relationships, heal from trauma, and recover from unwanted sexual desires. This is the first of many episodes where Drew, Sathiya, and Shane will get together to discuss the landscape of sexual integrity and sexual pain — from porn, lust, love, to science, the church, and secular culture. Let us know your thoughts...

Listener Discretion Advised (this is a raw and hard conversation) The president of Saving Innocence joins us today to talk about sex exploitation and how men are the primary perpetrators. What can men do to turn from being perpetrators to become protectors? Support this show and what we do for $5 a month! Check out Alan and Jessica's book here! Alan serves as the Executive Director for Saving Inno...

Listener Discretion Advised. Former porn star Crissy Outlaw joins us to discuss how she got into the porn industry and what the porn industry is like. Help us fight for people like Crissy supporting this show for $5 dollars a month! In 1999, Crissy Outlaw began working in adult entertainment. She was in the business until 2006, when she became a Christian. Since leaving the industry, she has spoke...

In this episode, Shane and Corey talk through how fantasy is used in lust and how imagination can be used in prayer. Along with that, Dr. Latta also helps us to see that our draw to stimulation is also an addiction to shame, and he helps us to see the good news in the midst of our shame. As a practitioner, Dr. Latta helps us to look at these issues not only as thinker but also as a counselor. Supp...

Support this show by leaving us a rating and review! C. S. Lewis scholar Michael Ward and J. R. R. Tolkien scholar Holly Ordway join us today to discuss the place of fantasy and imagination in the Christian life. Is fantasy always a bad thing?  What is imagination? Can reason and imagination have a healthy relationship? What does imagination even have to do with sex? Join us as we discuss these qu...

This episode finishes up the independent mini-series on porn. Cale joins this episode as he and Shane discuss porn in their own life, how they've addressed it, and what life looks like after porn. As always thank you for your support! Share your thoughts with us, leave a review, and if you'd like to support this show for $5 check out this link! https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/ Support the sho...

Ted Shimer joins us so that we can ask him the harder questions around pornography. In this episode, Shane and Ted talk about how common porn actually is in the Church and what it really takes to get clean and free. Check out Ted's book The Freedom Fight: The New Drug and the Truths that Set Us Free Support this show for $5 and get a Naked Gospel coffee mug! Ted Shimer has mentored men since 1991...

Author, speaker, and apologist Josh McDowell joins us today to discuss porn and abuse in the Church. Josh has spoken to over 46 million people in 139 countries and he began warning the Church about porn over 20 years ago. In this interview, we discuss the damage of pornography and what it looks like to find healing. Support this show for $5 and get a Naked Gospel coffee mug!  Josh has addressed mo...

 How should we be honest about porn in our life and what is the place of forgiveness in healing? This episode kicks us off our four week mini-series on pornography. Sathiya Sam joins us to discuss his story with porn.  Check out Sathiya's book here: https://amzn.to/3uiheyw Support this show for $5 and become a Disruptor: https://www.provenmen.org/disruptors/ Sathiya Sam is a coach and speaker that...

Support this show by leaving a Rating and Review!  Today, John Hopper joins us to talk about faith and reason in the Christian life. We're taking a short break from looking specifically at sexual ethics to examine the place of apologetics in the Christian life. What does it mean to question God? What does it mean to be a witness? Join us as we look at these questions and more!  John Hopper has dis...

Shane and Heather look back on what's happened culturally and with the podcast this past year. They look at the themes, conversations, and guests of 2021. Become a Disruptor for $5 a month here!  Books of the Year: The Death of Porn by Ray Ortlund Our Bodies tell God's Story by Christopher West The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson What God has to Say about Our Bodies by Sam Allberry Support the show

In an interview with Howard Stern, Billie Eilish discussed how pornography destroyed her brain and her understanding of sex. In this episode, we discuss how Eilish's exposure at such a young age is as devastating as she says it was and how that pattern is perpetuating among young people everywhere. If you need help with unwanted sexual behavior, reach out here: https://www.provenmen.org/contact-us...

What is masculinity? What does it mean to be manly? Why are men in the church struggling so much with loneliness, depression, anxiety, and pornography? And how is all this impacting women in our lives? Justin Camp joins today to discuss these questions and several more! Support this show and help shape it by becoming a Disruptor here! Check out Justin's latest book, Rescue! Justin is a writer and...

Support this show by leaving a rating and review! Sam Allberry joins us in this episode to discuss the place our bodies have both theology and the culture around us. Sam and Shane talk about Jesus as an embodied person, how Christians should approach their bodies, and how to have hope in the midst of hook up culture. Partner with us for $5 a month and receive a free Naked Gospel coffee mug! Check...

 Desire is often thought of as a bad thing amongst Christians, so what should Christians do with their desires? What is the place of desires? And does God care about our desires? Dr. Curt Thompson joins us to discuss the place of desires and longings in the Christian life. Shane and Curt talk through the desires of Jesus, how our emotions allow us to know God, and what it looks like to reshape des...

Leave a Rating and Review to support this show!  Christopher West joins us to discuss how our bodies are not merely biological but they are also theological. Shane and Christopher talk through gender, hook up culture, post-modernism, singleness, and how our bodies fit into God's story. Get a copy of Christopher West's book Our Bodies Tell God's Story Get a Naked Gospel coffee mug and become a Disr...

To support this podcast, leave us a Rating and Review! With more single people in the church than marriage people, we have to be attentive to the life of singleness. Heather and Beca are single women who join us to discuss sex, longings, and singleness within the church and the broader culture. Support this show for five dollars a month to become a Disruptor and receive a free Naked Gospel coffee...

Support us by leaving a rating and writing a review! Pastor Rob Singleton joins us today to examine how social media is shaping our humanity. With the creation of social media we are now able to present ourselves, so we need to ask the questions: how is this shaping my relationships? am I presenting a fake image of myself? what does it even mean to follow Jesus in a social media age? Click here to...