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Are women happier without men?
For the modern woman, there are increasingly novel ways to describe attractions, but a relatively new one is the term “heteropessimism.”
As the name suggests, heteropessimists have a pessimistic outlook on what they would call the unfortunate state of their heterosexual attractions. Attractions which condemn these women, in their view, to a destiny of disappointment and harm at the hands of the men with whom they must have romantic and sexual relationships.
In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey takes a look at the ways heteropessimism might be making it’s way into the church. She explores the roots of these ideas in the gender wars while pointing to the Bible’s solution to pessimism about members of the opposite gender.
You can read along here: https://harvestusa.org/are-women-happier-without-men-the-bibles-solution-to-heteropessimism/
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Asexuality, sometimes referred to as “ace”, is an increasingly popular identity marker that describes people who experience little or no sexual attraction to others. Within the context of a Christian worldview, where self-control over one’s sexual desire is a right aim, could it be a good thing for single men and women to identify as asexual?
In today’s episode Caitlin McCaffrey helps pastors and church leaders think biblically about this question. She examines what the Bible has to say about identity and then offers a practical approach for church leaders to help men and women wrestling with whether or not to identify as asexual.
You can read along here: https://harvestusa.org/understanding-asexuality-biblically-how-to-help/
If you’re grappling with asexuality yourself, you can read Caitlin’s article on this topic titled “Am I Asexual?”: https://harvestusa.org/am-i-asexual-harvest-usa/
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Have you ever fought to resist lust at the beach?
The beach sounds like the perfect place to let our shoulders down and enjoy needed rest, but for Christians battling lust, the beach looks more like a war zone than a vacation. It requires discernment, alertness, self-control, and ruthless intentionality with our eyes and hearts to honor Christ at the beach.
Today’s episode from Keith Seary helps you plan for a Christ-honoring beach trip. He offers heart searching reflections and practical exercises you can implement to prepare well. If you follow these instructions, your next trip could be marked by gratitude, holiness, and joy rather than sin, lust, and envy.
You can read along with today’s episode here: https://harvestusa.org/how-to-resist-lust-at-the-beach-pursue-a-greater-pleasure/
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Men are racing to objectify themselves.
Whether they’re looking for affirmation, clout, sexual gratification, or an extra buck, young men see the opportunity to objectify themselves on social media or platforms like OnlyFans as too good to pass up.
Today’s episode from Stephen Moss calls young men to understand the purpose and dignity of their bodies. After exploring the temptations of our cultural moment and the spiritual roots that drive it, Stephen calls young men to consider Christ’s purpose for their bodies and the wonder that Christ’s shed his precious blood to redeem their whole person, soul and body.
You can read along as you listen here: https://harvestusa.org/your-body-is-not-for-sale-helping-young-men-resist-self-objectification/
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Harvest USA is a unique place. The topics of discussion, the raw honesty of sharing, and the incredible sense of safety are not always what people experience walking into their local churches.
If you’re struggling with sexual sin and looking to join a local church, what should you look for?
Today’s episode from Mark Sanders offers five points to consider as you evaluate churches for their approach to caring for, discipling, and helping people struggling with sexual sin. No church is perfect, and any helpful discipleship in these areas will require initiative on our part, but churches that are faithfully displaying the qualities shared in today's episode can be great options to join as you pursue sexual integrity.
You can read along as you listen to today’s episode here: https://harvestusa.org/what-should-you-look-for-in-a-local-church/
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How do I talk to my kids about gender issues?
On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re sharing session six of our video course titled “Parenting Boys and Girls in a Gender Confused World”.
This course was designed to help parents like you disciple your children to think biblically about gender and grow in their ability to understand and courageously defend the goodness of our Creator’s intent.
In today’s session, Ellen Mary Dykas continues her discussion about how to talk to your kids about gender issues. She shares how to speak about gender in light of the Bible's story of fall, redemption, and future glory, then concludes the session with a few ideas for preparing your kids to stand firm on God’s truth when they are opposed, made fun of, or forced to make costly choices because of the biblical foundation your family is standing on.
You can watch the entire course for free by registering at https://harvestusa.org/courses/parenting-boys-and-girls-in-a-gender-confused-world/
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How do I talk to my kids about gender issues?
On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re sharing session five of our video course titled “Parenting Boys and Girls in a Gender Confused World”.
This course was designed to help parents like you disciple your children to think biblically about gender and grow in their ability to understand and courageously defend the goodness of our Creator’s intent.
In today’s session, Ellen Mary Dykas shares a practical guide for having conversations with your kids about gender, gender struggles, and what the Bible has to say about our gender. First she shares the different kinds of conversations you should have with your children, then she zooms in to share what you should specifically focus on in these conversations.
If you want to equip yourself with biblical wisdom for parenting your kids in a gender confused world, register for the full course at https://harvestusa.org/courses/parenting-boys-and-girls-in-a-gender-confused-world/
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On October 14, 2025, Matt Walsh posted on X, “Transgenderism is effectively over. We destroyed it. Clearest and most decisive cultural win that conservatives have ever achieved.” But does the data really show that young people are rapidly abandoning these labels and identities?
On today’s episode Harvest USA President Mark Sanders takes a closer look at the cultural moment. He challenges us to look past cultural narratives to remember the suffering our brothers and sisters with loved ones embracing transgender identities are facing. Finally, he calls the church to stand fearlessly for God’s truth without losing our zeal to reach the lost, knowing that whatever opposition we face, we’ve been given a kingdom that cannot be shaken (Hebrews 12:28).
Read along: https://harvestusa.org/the-transgender-trend-is-it-over/
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Confessing sexual sin in a marriage is a frightening prospect for many spouses, and therefore, most avoid it. Yet, an ongoing commitment to confessing sexual sin to your spouse can help save your marriage.
To give you a healthy approach to confessing your sins, Mark Sanders offers a framework we call “The 24-Hour Rule” in today’s episode. He describes how, when, and what you should share with your spouse, how to avoid unnecessary standards of confession, and why keeping your sin hidden can do far more damage to your relationship than bringing it into the light.
If you’re struggling with sexual sin and not sure what or how you should confess to your spouse, this episode if for you.
Read along: https://harvestusa.org/how-confessing-sexual-sin-can-help-save-your-marriage/
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Do you find it challenging to help your kids understand the Bible’s teaching about gender and sexuality? Especially when your kids peers, teachers, guidance school counselors, along with online conversations, media, and more promote ideas about our bodies, identity, personhood, sex, or gender that don’t line up with biblical faith?
On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re sharing session one of our video course titled “Parenting Boys and Girls in a Gender Confused World”.
This course was designed to help parents like you disciple your children to think biblically about gender and grow in their ability to understand and courageously defend the goodness of our Creator’s intent.
This session from Ellen Mary Dykas helps us the biblical roots of our current cultural moment. She walks us through several theological truths that give us a biblical perspective on how our secular culture’s ideas about sexuality, gender, and identity came to be, while encouraging us to stand firm in God’s eternal truth.
Click here to register for free and watch the entire series: https://harvestusa.org/courses/parenting-boys-and-girls-in-a-gender-confused-world/
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Can I share my husband’s sexual sin struggle and our marriage situation with others?
Should I pursue separation or divorce?
How do I rebuild trust in my husband after his sin?
These are some of the questions that commonly swirl around in the heart of a wife after her husband’s sexual sin has come into the light. Since painful betrayal also brings shame and confusion along with it, most wives wrestle with these questions in isolation, not knowing if there’s anybody they can talk about these things with.
On today’s episode of The Harvest USA Podcast we’re pleased to share a session titled Difficult Questions Facing Wives: Principles for the Journey Ahead from our free video series Hope in Your Heartbreak: First Steps for Sexually Betrayed Wives.
In this session, Women’s Ministry Director Caitlin McCaffrey shares some of the common questions you might be asking if you’re facing sexual betrayal. She then offer five wisdom principles to help you start addressing these questions as you walk the road towards hope.
We hope you find clarity hope, and strength for the journey as you listen to today’s episode.
You can watch the entire six session series for free at https://harvestusa.org/courses/hope-in-your-heartbreak/
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Where can I find peace when my son or daughter has come out as LGBTQ+?
Many Christian parents in this situation wrestle with a torrent of emotions and questions. In such tumultuous waters, peace might feel impossible, especially when there’s no obvious path to “fixing” the situation ourselves.
Yet the Bible offers an alternative path to peace. The tried and true habit of prayer before the face of God.
Today’s episode from Joan McConnell explores why prayer is powerful to producing peace in the heart of a believer, even when their circumstances don’t change. She shares why prayer matters so much to God, what He is seeking to teach us through prayer, and how prayer not only produces peace, but also strength and comfort in the believer’s continued walk with the Lord.
If you’re feeling anything but peace in your situation, this article will comfort, challenge, and encourage you.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/prayer-finding-peace/
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Repentance and obedience is beautiful in God’s sight, but it’s often painful.
You broke up with your unbelieving boyfriend or pressed pause on an unhealthy relationship.
You confessed your porn addiction to your boss, and now you’re out of a job.
You admitted your emotional affair, and not only is your spouse a tornado of emotions, but you’re in excruciating sadness from cutting ties with your “secret person.”
Today’s episode from Ellen Mary Dykas offers comfort and hope for those feeling the pain of their repentance, reminding them that though God’s pruning mercy is pain, it leads to growth and good in our lives.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/the-pain-of-repentance-can-lead-you-to-jesus/
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If you’re wrestling with your body image, AI tools along with a host of companies and products, offer you a powerful temptation: you can alter your appearance in ways that almost feel like magic, while still remaining and looking like you.
How do we resist the temptation to sacrifice our real selves or health to achieve the impossible beauty we crave?
Today’s episode from Stephen Moss explores the nearly magic-like power of AI beauty tools, how they’re temptation and power were illustrated in the writings of C.S. Lewis, and why beholding the beauty and glory of Christ frees us from self obsession and the temptation to pursue an unattainable standard of beauty.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/breaking-the-spell-of-ai-beauty-tools/
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Are you caught in a friendship or relationship that feels like an unhealthy addiction?
Intoxication, entrapment, love, hate, fear, romance, addiction—it’s a garbled mess that once felt wonderful, like life itself. But now this friendship, “bromance,” or “you’re my person” connection isn’t feeling so great. You’re neck-deep, attached, and dependent on someone’s affection, attention, touch, and need for you. You want out, yet you can’t let go. Maybe this relationship started with Jesus in the mix, but he’s not the one filling, fueling, or guiding it anymore.
For those stuck in this kind of addictive relationship, today’s episode from Ellen Mary Dykas offers a prayer of encouragement and three very practical steps to help you wisely walk away from sinful dynamics in your relationships.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/help-god-im-addicted-to-a-person-and-cant-stop/
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You’re discipling a young couple who hopes to be married. In conversations about their sexual past, you learn that while he’s faithfully saved himself for marriage, she has a messy history of pre-marital sex and other sexual sins. She’s repented and has been pursuing holiness in the power of the gospel for several years, yet he now wrestles with his conscience as he thinks about her sexual past and their prospect of a future together.
How would you counsel this couple?
Today’s episode from Keith Seary offers five principles for church leaders to consider as they disciple young couples thinking through the issue of virginity, each other’s sexual past, and the prospect of marriage. Keith will help you think through caring well for tender consciences and how to ground these conversations in the Bible.
Considering that waiting until marriage has been declining even for Christians, this article will help you care for young dating couples in your church well.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/a-case-study-on-christian-conscience-navigating-convictions-about-marrying-a-virgin/
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How do you see your sin?
How do you see your salvation?
The answer to these questions is critical to how we understand God, ourselves, and others.
Today’s episode from Keith Seary contrasts the attitudes of Jonah and David as they were confronted with God’s mercy for sinners. He teaches us that refusing to bring our sin before God for grace opens us up to bitterness and judgment towards God and others. But when our own sin and God’s salvation are clearly seen, we are freed from these attitudes to become men and women who are filled with praise toward God, whose mercy is abundant for sinners.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/what-jonah-missed-how-to-stop-being-judgmental/
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Is it okay to use AI tools to assist me in online dating? What is chatfishing? How should Christians think about these things?
Today’s episode from Caitlin McCaffrey explores the potentially harmful ways AI tools are being used in the pursuit of online dating, including the trend known as “chatfishing”. She shares biblical principles to help you think practically about how to honor God and love your neighbor in your pursuit of online dating.
If you’re tempted to use AI to enhance yourself as a dating prospect, this article will point you to a more solid foundation in Christ.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/ai-dating-and-chatfishing-are-you-dating-a-robot/
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Certain sexual desires are explicitly forbidden in the Bible, but what if I don’t have any sexual desires at all? Is it okay for a Christian to identify as asexual?
Today’s episode from Caitlin McCaffrey will help you think through potential causes of your lack of desires, whether the lack of these desires is sinful, and why sexual orientation labels like asexual can distract us from our true identity in Christ.
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/am-i-asexual-harvest-usa/
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How do I talk to my kids about infidelity?
If you’re a parent who has experienced sexual sin in your marriage, you may already have experience with talking to your kids about infidelity. This may have gone okay, it may have been extremely painful, or you may be left with questions about whether it was enough, too much, or just plain confusing.
To help you think through these difficult conversations, today’s episode from Catherine Krasinski offers general principles for talking to your kids with love, care, and appropriate language. She also offers age specific advice for conversations with young children (2-6), tweens (7-12), and teens (13-18).
Read along → https://harvestusa.org/talking-to-kids-about-infidelity/
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