More Than a Battle

It has never been more difficult to flee sexual immorality and pursue holiness.

We live in an age of unprecedented access to sexual temptation. Previous generations faced adultery, prostitution, and brothels. But not every person had a brothel in their pocket. Our society’s obsession with sex, coupled with the technologies that make pornography so accessible, make it more challenging than it’s ever been.

The result is that our families, our churches, and our society are being devastated by a pornography epidemic.

In More than a Battle, pastor and author Joe Rigney offers hope for Christian men who are seeking to live with integrity and faithfulness in the face of the sexual temptation around them. Drawing on the Scriptures, his personal experience, and his pastoral counseling, Rigney frames the struggle with lust beneath the banner of Galatians 5:16: "Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”

The struggle with lust is a fierce battle, an enslaving addiction, and a deep brokenness. Rigney shows us that through the gospel it is the Holy Spirit that gives us victory, sets us free, and heals our wounds.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Walk by the Spirit
4. Chapter 2: Starve the Beast
5. Chapter 3: How Do Humans Work?
6. Chapter 4: Presenting the Body and Renewing the Mind
7. Chapter 5: The Longer War
8. Chapter 6: The Wider War
9. Chapter 7: The Deeper War
10. Chapter 8: Sexual Brokenness
11. Chapter 9: The Subtler War
12. Chapter 10: A Word to Young Men—Singe, Dating, and Engaged
13. Chapter 11: A Word to Married Men—The Watchdog and the Caged Animal
14. Chapter 12: A Word to Married Men—Nuisance Lust and Marital Intimacy
15. Chapter 13: A Final Exhortation
16. Closing Credits