steve gallagher
Steve Gallagher is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Pure Life Ministries, a pioneer in dealing with sexual addiction through resources, counseling and residential programs. He has authored over a dozen books including the best-selling At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry. He is also a regularly featured columnist in both print and web media. Steve holds an Associates of Arts degree from Sacramento City College and a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry from Master’s International School of Divinity. He is also a certified Biblical Counselor through the International Association of Biblical Counselors.
“God called me to minister to men in sexual sin, but the burden of my heart has always been to call the Church back to holy living.” -SG
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Jesus preached that an entrance into the Kingdom of God required both repentance and faith. (Mark 1:15). Repentance was the first thing He preached (matt 4:17) and the last thing He commanded (Rev 3:19). In fact, in this second reference, He urged people to exercise zeal in thewier repentance. WE might ask ourselves how zealous we are about seeing the need to continually turns away from sin and the ways f self and turn toward the Lord. There is a great need for repentance in the life of the believer because he still has a flesh nature which must be broken of its power and conquered by the Holy Spirit. True repentance then, is much more than aligning oneself with the Christian religion. The Greek word which we translate as repentance is metanoia. It is the combination of the two words meta (after, following) and noieo (think). Metanoia means to reconsider, or to experience a change in one's line of thinking. --Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"..when the enemy determines to plot the downfall of as believer, he can only work within the boundaries set forth by God. As Paul pointed out, "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but you may be able to endure it." (I Cor 10:13). The veteran apostle does not promise a life free of temptations, but rather that God will keep them within His limits and always provide a way of escape in order that the believer may continue to stand." --Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"The attacks of devils are not limited to the guilty, though. The innocent are sometimes assaulted. However, no attack can occur upon a believer without the consent of God. Take, for instance, the time Jesus told Peter, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail..."(Luke 22:31-32). Once the person belongs to God, the enemy can demand all he wants, but he must have permission before he can attack. Believers purchased from the devil by the blood of Jesus. " --Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"The first step toward victory over life-dominating habits is understanding that you are in your present circumstances because of the choices that you made for yourself. David took full responsibility when confronted about his sin with Bathsheba. He did not offer the pitiful excuses that can often be heard toady: "I was going through a difficult period in my life." It was the devil that set the whole thing up. God knows that I am a man with natural passions. What does He think as man would do under such circumstances?" 'My wife has been distant with me lately. No wonder I fell into temptation." David knew he was wrong. He made a conscience decision to do it--no one else. When God punished him for his sin, he did not blame God for somehow failing him. He humbled himself before the Lord and accepted the forthcoming punishment for his actions. "
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"When a Christian rebels against God's kingdom by committing a willful act of sin, he is aligning himself with the enemy. The Apostle John said, "the one who practices sin is of the devil..." (I John 3:8). The primary point of this statement is, simply, that the person who habitually transgresses God;' law is in league with Satan--the great rebel himself. However, there is a secondary truth which can be drawn from this statement. As a person commits acts of sin he is opening himself up to a greater degree of influence by the enemy. Fo instance, if a Christian man enters a pornographic website, he has willfully made himself vulnerable to the devilish thoughts that will plague him for weeks to come. Once the man has "opened himself up" to pornography, devils have the "legal right " to continually attack and torment him with those pornographic images.."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"We have become so enslaved to maintaining a life of pleasure and comfort that we are spiritually lethargic. Rather than aggressively tearing down the strongholds of the enemy and waging a war for the souls of our loved ones, we have allowed the enemy to ravage, plunder and exploit us. Instead of affecting the world around us for the cause of Christ, we allowed this world's system to dictate our lives. Consequently, we are spiritually unfit for war; we have become spiritually fat and lazy. Paul said, "Suffer with me. as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier." (II Timothy 2:3-4)."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"James said, "God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6). The person who struggles with such a protective nature must learn to put his trust in God and understand that being humiliated (which is the worst-case scenario and rarely happens) is not something horrible, but something God will use for His own good."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"There is a great healing in confession (James 5:16), and it only benefits a person in his commitment to change. Just knowing that there is someone who is aware of his secret life and is exhorting him toward victory is a tremendous help. Solomon said, "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion (Proverbs 28:13). One thing that tends to exacerbate the problem further is that sexual addicts are very prone to isolating themselves from other people. Fantasy plays a huge part ion their lives. This keeps them in a closed-in world of extreme self-centeredness. Breaking out of that isolation is a key step toward coming out of the darkness of sexual sin."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sins is the slave of sin." (John 8:34). Paul said, "Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness.?" (Romans 6:16). Solomon wrote, "His own iniquities will capture the wicked, and he will be held with the cords of his sin." *Prov 5:22). And the Psalmist said, "There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains, because they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High (Psalms 107:10-11) --Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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If you are giving over to lust, fantasies, masturbation or pornography, you are on dangerous ground. The old adage is painfully true: Sin will take you further than you ever wanted to go, keep you longer than you ever wanted to stay and cost you more than you can ever pay. Sexual sin in particular can be very intoxicating. The wise man understood its power to seduce and ensnare when he asked "Can a man walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"For the Christian man living in a sexualized culture, the temptation to lust can be separated into two primary categories. First, there is reactive lust. This occurs when a girl comes into view. The man's response may range from a quick glance to a longing, sinful gaze. It goes without saying that if she is wearing revealing clothing there will be a greater temptation to think of her sexually. However, it should be noted that when Jesus defined lust as looking "at a woman with evil desire for her"(Matt 5:28), He didn't absolve the man of guilt based upon the girls clothing."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
--Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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A revolution must take place before a person will hate his sin. A new King must be inaugurated. The old kingdom, under the reign of self, must be toppled. The person who becomes a follower of Christ and attempts to maintain control over his own life has noit submitted himself to the lordship of Jesus Christ. All this person can ever hope for is to abstain from besetting sin. On the other hand, the man who has allowed God to break down self rule, has a whole new set of values infused into his being. This is what Paul was referring to when he said "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new," (II Cor 5:17). He gave a fuller version of what he was expressing in his letter to the Ephesian church: "This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in the righteousness and holiness of the truth (Eph 4:17-24). --Steve Gallagher; At The Altar of Sexual Idolatry
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"Never underestimate the power and devices of the enemy. The Bible confirms this: But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotions to Christ. (II Corinthians 11:3) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (II Corinthians 11:14) ....in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes (II Corinthian 2:11) Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (I Peter 5:8).
Make no mistake, demons will do anything they can to get the believer to fall in order to draw him away from the Lord. They are brilliant strategists who have probably been following the man sincce he was born. They are knowledgable of his weaknesses and know exactlyu how to entice him into their snares."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Idol of Sexual Idolatry
Make no mistake, demons will do anything they can to get the believer to fall in order to draw him away from the Lord. They are brilliant strategists who have probably been following the man sincce he was born. They are knowledgable of his weaknesses and know exactlyu how to entice him into their snares."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Idol of Sexual Idolatry
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"We are no longer under the authority of the God of this world, because our relationship with him has been severed. We are children of the true God. Our greatest priority is to get to know this captain of our soul. That's why Paul wrote, 'I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord' (Phil 3:8)."
--Steve Gallagher; At The Idol of Sexual Idolatry
Jan 3, 2022: Out in New Jersey: Creep of the Week: Steve Gallagher
Ah, I see. That question comes to us courtesy of Pure Life Ministries Founder and President Steve Gallagher, who insists in a recent post to his website that “this is one of many hot-button questions in our day and age.”
Is it, though? Really? I’m going to go with no.
Ah, I see. That question comes to us courtesy of Pure Life Ministries Founder and President Steve Gallagher, who insists in a recent post to his website that “this is one of many hot-button questions in our day and age.”
Is it, though? Really? I’m going to go with no.
Babylon is not a place but rather the seducing spirit of Antichrist, which has quietly infiltrated the pulpits, pews, bookstores and homes of the Christian ranks. Armed with a vast array of worldly charms and enchanting indulgences, she has deceived believers into exchanging a vibrant life in God for the empty shell of powerless religion. Intoxicated With Babylon rips the mask off this harlot’s face and exposes how she has subtly woven her mindset into the fabric of the end-times Church. It is a sobering wake-up call to a slumbering and sensuous Church to return to holy living. Published by Pure Life Ministries (April 15, 2013)