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The Harvest USA podcast offers the transformative hope of the gospel to those impacted by sexual sin. Each week, we share articles written and read by our staff team. Harvest USA brings the truth and mercy of Jesus Christ by helping individuals and families affected by sexual sin and by providing resources that address biblical sexuality to individuals and churches.
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The stories of Achan and David’s sin in the old testament offer a caution for us. Your curiosity can lead you down dangerous paths to sin and death. Often, curiosity about something or someone starts innocently. We don’t intend to get into an affair, or an addiction, or tangled up in a messy relationship or business dealing. But we see or think som…
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Many couples feel nervous about their first time coming together as husband and wife on their wedding night. But what if you're also bringing the weight and discouragement of past sexual sins into your wedding night? If you’re feeling the weight of past sexual sin and anxiety about what this means for your wedding night, today’s episode from Mark S…
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If you or anyone close to you has struggled with exclusive same-sex attraction, you know that this is a particularly heavy burden to bear. More than ever before, we’re wrestling with questions of identity, sexuality, and what repentance and faithful living looks like for our brothers and sisters with same-sex desires.’ In today’s episode, Harvest U…
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Rebuilding trust after a sexual betrayal is an essential component for couples seeking to restore their marriage. How can the one who committed the betrayal walk in the light in a way that rebuilds trust and expresses genuine repentance? How can the betrayed spouse honestly share their pain with their spouse and others in order to receive the care …
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Do you have a pornographic style of relating? A pornographic style of relating is about seeing other people, even in non-sexual contexts, as objects rather than brothers and sisters who bear God’s image. But where does the habit of objectifying others come from? What’s the root feeding that sickly tree? In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey helps u…
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Leadership. This one word carries an indomitable weight—measuring godly Christian men and women by their inspiring grace, resilient faith, and steadfast wisdom in hoping for things yet unseen. What does it mean to lead in ministry where imperfect people are called to be sexually faithful? In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente speaks to sexually fa…
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Battling sexual addictions, unholy desires and relationships, and gender-related pain is truly a war. In this battle, suffering sinners need a band of brothers. In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente calls men in the midst of their fight against sexual sin to pursue meaningful friendship and fellowship with one another. Read today’s article on our …
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A sense of hypocrisy is a major experience for Christian husbands and fathers who struggle with sexual sin. In today’s article, Keith Seary has us consider the following five principles regarding the Christian life that are vital in the process of turning away from hypocrisy. We’re called to be holy. We are dependent and relational. Christ is faith…
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Do your past sexual sins continue to burden you in your marriage? How can you move forward in godly intimacy with your spouse when your sexual history continues to impact your heart with guilt and shame? In today’s episode, Men’s Ministry Director Keith Seary offers hope for those burdened by their premarital sexual sins by unpacking how our new id…
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If your child has chosen to pursue an LGBTQ+ lifestyle, it may feel like everything suddenly changed. For many Christian parents, a sense of isolation kicks in. You feel isolated from your wandering child. You feel isolated from others. You feel isolated from God. It appears there’s no one to lean on, no one who understands, and no one who cares. I…
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A child choosing an LGBTQ+ lifestyle can bring with it concern and heartbreak for your child and family. But for Pastors and church leaders, it can also bring a swirl of questions about your ministry. In today’s episode, Parents and Family Ministry Director Joan McConnell addresses a series of questions pastors and church leaders may be wrestling w…
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How do we change as Christians? What does “change” even mean? In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey discusses what change looks like in the Christian life and how beholding or looking at Jesus, his righteousness, his perfections, and his perfect work on the cross begins to transform us from the inside out. Today’s content features session 5 of our …
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We know that sin displeases our Father. So how does God look upon us when we wrestle daily, and frequently throughout the day, with desires, thoughts, and temptations that we know are not pure, good, or pleasing to God? Do these weaknesses count as temptation or sin? Is God always frustrated and dishonored by our lives? Our sin is sobering and perv…
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Does God care about whether a married couple uses birth control or contraception? Is the possibility of creating life a necessary component of God-glorifying sex? Should Christians use contraception? To help us think biblically and practically, Mark Sanders presents three questions that, a married couple or someone considering marriage, can use to …
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Living by faith is difficult. We all struggle every day to remember, believe, and make choices based on God’s Word and his promises to us in Christ. Words on a page can feel meaningless when painful circumstances don’t change. What helps us nurture belief in these hard moments, days, and years? In today’s episode, Mark Sanders helps us understand t…
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If you are currently engaging in any form of sexual sin, think back to the last time you gave in. Now try to remember one hour before you gave way to that temptation. What were you feeling, experiencing, desiring? What about twelve hours before? Our desires serve as a GPS for our hearts. Today on the podcast, Ellen Mary Dykas shows us how our desir…
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Our imaginations are a gift from the Lord, intended to help us worship him. However, because of the fall, our imaginations are deeply and profoundly affected by sin, which includes sexual fantasies. Our imaginations can lead us into temptation, cause us to sin, and bring significant distress and suffering into our lives. Yet there is hope! In today…
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If you’re a Christian, you’re probably familiar with the story of Lazarus being raised from the tomb. Have you ever stopped and considered that we’re a lot more like Lazarus than we tend to think? Though the grave cloths differ in size and color, we all have them - persistent sins that cling hard, vestiges of the old man in us (Romans 7:21-25). Lik…
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How can we respond this June when Pride Month once again confronts our families with lots of questions? In todays article, Stephen Moss, explains how parents praying with their kids during Pride Month is an important way to shepherd the hearts of both child and parent as Christian families together seek to engage with their lost neighbors.…
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The data is showing us how the overwhelming majority of people identifying as LGBTQ+ are young. In this article, Harvest USA President, Mark Sanders, gives insight into the question, what is happening to our millennial, Gen Z, and alpha generations? Mark explains how for many youth the deck has been stacked against them. They’ve been fed language, …
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Are you a single man considering pursuing a dating relationship? In today's episode Keith Seary lays out a uniquely biblical thought process for dating. He then gives 4 character questions for you to consider as you look to start dating. While you listen, may these questions challenge you and encourage you to be a single man of Christian character …
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How can you as a Christian endure sexual temptation victoriously? In today's article, Keith Seary establishes a biblical roadmap for engaging in such endurance. Follow along as he lays out 6 steps for victoriously enduring sexual temptation straight from the gospel of Luke chapter 18. You can read the full article on our website.…
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"Sexual choking" has recently become a public health concern. Where can we begin in thinking about this disturbing trend? Can Christian couples mutually consent to this activity with integrity? Does God's Word speak into this subject with any clarity? In today's episode Caitlin McCaffrey (Director of Women's Ministry at Harvest USA) addresses this …
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Men and women walking away from sinful patterns often lament the loss associated with leaving their sin behind. This makes sense because that choice sin feels vital. What our sin provides often feels like life to us; through it we experience comfort and pleasure. We feel loved, significant, in control. What happens when we give those things up? Doe…
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When we think about sex in marriage and the boundaries God sets for our lives, we often start by asking, “What am I allowed to do?” While that’s not a bad question, an even better question would be, “Does this glorify God?” In today’s episode, Mark Sanders walks us through four questions to help us think more deeply about sex in marriage and how Go…
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Should Christians attend a same-sex wedding? Every generation of the church faces unique challenges in applying scriptural principles to modern questions that the Bible doesn’t directly address. Perhaps one of the most difficult issues of our day is how to respond to an invitation to a same-sex wedding. More and more Christians are facing this dile…
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How do you, as a wise Christian, practically navigate desiring marriage without idolizing it? In today’s article, Keith Seary explores the difference between desiring marriage and idolizing marriage. He then offers biblical wisdom for single Christians and their mentors to help them navigate their desires with faith in Jesus as our sustainer, creat…
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In a world of Tiktok, Snapchat, and Instagram, you may feel that your voice as a parent is very dim in your child’s life. Especially when it comes to talking to them about sex. Yet, as Christian parents, we are called to proclaim the gospel and fight boldly against Christ-opposing lies, which includes having loving, clear, and regular sex talks wit…
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Modern psychology tells us—and, indeed, our entire culture seeks to convince us—that it’s harmful to resist or deny sexual desires and urges. Yet, God has clearly defined purposes and boundaries for sex, sexual desires, and sexuality. So what should we do if our sexual desires fall outside of those boundaries? In today’s episode, Harvest USA founde…
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When a 14-year-old daughter adopts a non-binary identity or a 22-year-old son comes out as gay and invites you to his wedding, most parents will say they never envisioned walking with an LGBTQ+-identified child in their family. Though more Christian families than ever are struggling through scenarios like these, many don’t have the resources to dea…
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Does hope feel impossible when your child has made ungodly choices? The swirling thoughts and emotions we experience when our children rebel against the Lord can lead us to doubt that hope is possible, even when scripture is full of hope for believing parents. In today’s episode, Joan McConnell walks us through a series of questions aimed at helpin…
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Is your church ready to respond to LGBTQ+? Any member of a local congregation can choose to participate to some extent in the LGBTQ+ mindset and culture. When this comes to light, the leadership of many churches realize that they are (or have been) unprepared to address either the issues, the strugglers, or their families. In today’s episode, Joan …
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Why do I do the things I do even when I want to stop? This question is asked often in our ministry at Harvest USA, and for women struggling with sexual sin, this question can be deeply painful. But there is gospel hope! In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey (Director of Women’s Ministry) helps us address our behavior without falling into despair. S…
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Nocturnal emissions, or wet dreams, are not something we frequently talk about, but they’re common experiences that leave people feeling ashamed and confused. Did they sin in their sleep and need to repent? Should they confess to a friend or mentor? How should Christians think about all of this? Mark Sanders examines this issue from a biblical pers…
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Truth and error cannot coexist. Parents who hold firmly to Christ’s truth, even when their children embrace an LGBTQ+ identity, will experience the consequences of that commitment. Christ told us in Matthew and Luke that we shouldn’t be surprised when truth and error collide and even the closest family ties are affected. He says fathers and sons, m…
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What do women experience as a result of sexual sin? How does Jesus respond to broken women? How can we respond to Jesus? Today’s episode features the first session from our brand new video course “Transforming Love: Women, Sexual Struggles, and Help in Christ”. Taught by Ellen Mary Dykas and Caitlin McCaffrey, this self-paced course offers encourag…
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In her article “Women Are Struggling Too: The Sobering Statistics and How to Respond”, Caitlin McCaffrey writes “Single evangelical women are potentially the demographic most rapidly abandoning a biblical sexual ethic in churches today.” In today’s episode, Keith Seary shares why these truths are challenging and how men also share some of the blame…
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Have you been in a dating relationship that made you ask, “How far is too far?” When it comes to physical affection, this can be a loaded question and we are tempted toward extremes: shame and conscience-binding directives on one hand and vague “anything goes” counsel on the other. We need the Bible’s wisdom as it addresses sex and relationships. T…
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When sexual infidelity crashes into a marriage, hurting wives need the gospel too. Something is off when a repentant or unrepentant husband receives 90% of the pastoral energy, care, and attention, while a devastated, often traumatized wife is left on her own to navigate world-rocking circumstances. In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas shares a cas…
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When cultural stereotypes are packaged, baptized, and sold as biblical masculinity, it creates a whole world of confusion, pressure, and pain for boys who don’t fit that mold. These boys may feel alienated in Christian circles, eventually seeking community and belonging outside the community of faith. The culture stands ready to tell them they migh…
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Are you single and struggling with sexual temptation? In today’s episode, Ellen Dykas shares an important tool for men and women engaged in the battle against sexual temptation: identifying triggers. Living as both single and sexually faithful might feel impossible, but Jesus stands ready to help when we turn to him. Seeking further help for your b…
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How do we disciple girls who seem to act, think, dress, or develop affinities in ways that don’t match our picture of biblical womanhood? What are we seeking to cultivate when we encourage biblical womanhood? In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey explores the difference between cultural tropes and biblical roles, and shares practical advice to help…
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If you’re a ministry leader or pastor, roughly one-in-ten to one-in-five of your female teen and young adult weekly attendees have pursued same-sex sexual activity. Single evangelical women are potentially the demographic most rapidly abandoning a biblical sexual ethic in churches today. God’s daughters are in great need. In today’s episode, Caitli…
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The idea that “men will be men” is tragically used to excuse, minimize, or outright approve of sexual sin and selfishness. How, then, has it become common, even among professing believers, that we expect men’s sexual desires to rule them? Today, Ellen Mary Dykas shows us that “men will be men” often excuses selfish behaviors and attitudes, the harm…
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Unexpected turbulence hits our lives in all kinds of ways. It can prompt temptations and emotional knee jerk reactions—and it can lead to sin. Even amid long stretches of resisting sexual temptation’s pull toward things like porn, an unholy relationship, and various sexual behaviors, a surprise jostling can threaten our resolve if we’re not prepare…
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How do we reflect and defend God’s truth as it speaks to Transgenderism and Artificial Intelligence? How can followers of Christ answer the world “with gentleness and respect”? In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente shares a framework for engaging these conversations as Christians and applies it to the topics of Transgenderism and Artificial Intell…
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Beloved, I wonder if you can relate? I remember praying, “Father, my transgressions are ever before me. I do the very thing I hate. Why do you call me ‘son’ despite this wretched body?” I felt hopeless, cursed, and unloved. I heard the gospel’s truth, but, as sexual sins poisoned me, my sinful heart persisted in lying about my identity. For me and …
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Trad wives are aiming to restore the “good old days.” Feminism seeks “progress.” Are these really the best aims for Christians as younger women (Gen Z and millennials) are trending away from the church? How can church leaders faithfully shepherd and equip the next generation of women? Caitlin McCaffrey offers several factors for the church to consi…
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Have you heard a sermon on singleness lately? If you’re honest, as a single Christian, perhaps you bristle at the thought of the topic. But when was the last time you, my single brother or sister, considered how the abundant riches of Christ can be uniquely experienced in your singleness? What are some features of singleness that can draw out—or pe…
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