What does Bible Counselor Ed Welch say to men who are addicted to pornography?

A few years back, I had a chance to sit down with him at CCEF, the Christian Counseling

and Educational Foundation near Philadelphia.

It was there that I asked Welch the author of the book Addictions of Banquet in the Grave.

What does he say in counseling men who are addicted to pornography?

Some of the things I might say would be this, it's, it's so sad, it's so sad.

Because when we look at Genesis 1 through 3, I think we could argue that to be human is

to be able to say no to temptations.

That is identified as the pinnacle of humanness.

This is what distinguishes humanity.

Cemptations will be presented to us and we say no to temptations.

So I'm speaking to a man who has lost a certain sense of humanity.

Because there's a sadness in that.

One of the questions I might ask would be, this is so sad because you must have forgotten

or never known who Jesus really is.

You must have forgotten that he is the king of kings who knows all things in his in secret

places.

There is no place that is private that he can't see.

What I'm saying is, if a person's spouse or pastor was by them all that day, the person

wouldn't struggle with internet pornography.

Given the right context, we can say no.

For a person's boss is around them the entire day.

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