Pornography: It’s a Women’s Issue, Too with Joy Skarka

The Daily Grace Podcast

The Daily Grace Co.

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This is the second episode in this series on pornography, and Shelby is joined this week by Dr. Joy Skarka. Dr. Joy Skarka is passionate about creating spaces to free women from sexual shame. Dr. Joy shares her story of sexual shame and addiction and the path to freedon that she has found in Jesus. Joy is the Director of Discipleship for Authentic Intimacy, where she leads online small groups for women with unwanted sexual behavior. She coaches and teaches Christian leaders how to help women find freedom from sexual shame and pornography. Joy has written numerous online articles, appeared on many podcasts, led workshops, and currently leads online recovery groups. We know that you are going to connect with Joy’s honesty and vulnerability and learn from her wisdom on this important topic. Come join us in this conversation on women, pornography addiction and recovery with Dr. Joy Skarka. Note: This episode has a brief mention of sexual assault at 8:54. 3:41 - Joy’s background and passion for helping women break free from sexual shame 13:43 - Is pornography just a men’s issue? 16:08 - Root issues in use of pornography 19:04 - How the gospel speaks to root issues behind pornography use 22:03 - Is there hope for someone who struggles with pornography? 25:27 - Is it possible to have a fulfilling and flourishing marriage if I’ve dealt with pornography addiction? 28:32 - The importance of confession in freedom from pornography 30:35 - Overcoming shame related to pornography 44:00 - Encouragement for those who feel stuck in their addiction or struggle with sexual sin Connect with Dr. Joy Skarka https://www.authenticintimacy.com/ https://www.authenticintimacy.com/about-joy-skarka https://sexualdiscipleship.com/ IG: @authenticintimacy IG: @joyskarka Sign up for the brand new Daily Grace Podcast Newsletter and receive the free resource "Scripture for Every Season.” Resources mentioned in this episode: Freedom from Porn Grace Based Recovery Sex and the Single Girl Authentic Intimacy No Stones Covenant Eyes Fight the New Drug Scripture mentioned in this episode: Genesis 3 Romans 7:22-25 Connect with us: Subscribe to Daily Grace: on iOS, go to our Apple podcast page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an Apple podcast review to help spread the word about Daily Grace! We want to invite more women into our conversations! Download The Daily Grace app: for iOS, click here to download. On Android, click here to download. Visit The Daily Grace Co. for beautiful products for the whole family that will equip you on your journey to knowing and loving God more. Subscribe to The Daily Grace Newsletter and receive free Bible study resources in your inbox. Like The Daily Grace Co. on Facebook. Follow @dailygracepodcast on Instagram for exclusive podcast content and @thedailygraceco for all things The Daily Grace Co. Engage with our Facebook community, “The Daily Grace Co. Community”. Read The Daily Grace blog for encouragement throughout the week that is steeped in biblical truths. * Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support the production of this podcast! * The opinions of guests on the Daily Grace podcast do not represent the opinions of The Daily Grace Co., and we do not necessarily endorse the resources that they recommend or mention on the show. We believe it is valuable to hear from a variety of guests, even if we do not agree in all areas. As always, the statements made by hosts and guests on the show should be tested against God’s Word, the only authority on truth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Daily Grace. We believe the Bible is true, trustworthy, and timeless.
0:17.0	And we want to help women like you know and love God's Word.
0:21.6	The Bible shows us who God is and who He is changes everything.
0:26.6	My name is Shelby.
0:27.6	And I'm Crystal, and we want to invite you to come join us as we chat about the truth of God's Word in our everyday lives.
0:35.6	One of the most common topics we receive requests to cover on the podcast for is pornography.
0:41.8	We receive questions from women who are addicted to pornography and want to know how to be free.
0:46.7	We receive messages asking why pornography is wrong and how it is outside of God's design for sex.
0:57.0	We get requests to give guidance on marriage. We get requests to give guidance on how a marriage can heal if a spouse is addicted to pornography.
1:03.0	And we get asked how to protect young minds and hearts from the exposure to and use of pornography.
1:09.0	In response to all of your questions, we have put together a four-part series on pornography
1:14.9	that we are very excited to share with you.
1:17.8	In each episode, we are bringing in an expert to talk about this important topic and
1:22.6	so that they can share how freedom and healing are available and possible when we approach pornography from a biblical
1:29.7	and gospel-centered perspective. We pray that this series is helpful to you, whether you yourself
1:35.5	struggle with the issue of pornography, if someone you love struggles with it, or if you just
1:40.8	want to understand more on this topic from a biblical standpoint, you are listening
1:45.3	to the second episode in this series titled, Pornography.
1:49.0	It's a Women's Issue 2 with Dr. Joy Scarca.
1:52.9	Dr. Joy Scarca is passionate about creating spaces to free women from sexual shame.
1:58.9	Dr. Joy is going to share her story of sexual shame and addiction
2:02.6	and the path to freedom that she has found in Jesus. Dr. Joy is the director of discipleship
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