Stephen Arterburn - Every Mans Battle, Revised and Updated 20th Anniversary Edition: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time

Praise for

Every Mans Battle

Every male should read this book. As the battle for our minds intensifies, the need for direction increases. This book offers timely and timeless counsel.

M AX L UCADO , pastor and best-selling author

Sexual temptation is more prevalent than ever before, hounding men in every moment of every day, through our phones, movies, TV, the internet, and more. Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker recognized the growing need to shift the conversation, and they put forth a resource to help men overcome their struggles and achieve victory. Countless lives and marriages have been transformed already by the principles in Every Mans Battle, and this thoroughly updated guide to living with integrity will propel that impact even farther.

J OSH D. M C D OWELL , author and speaker

There is no more common enemy of true manhood than the diversion or the perversion of our sexual capacities. I welcome every contribution to the arsenal of resistance.

J ACK W. H AYFORD , L ITT D, former pastor of the Church on the Way and founder and chancellor of the Kings Seminary

This book will revolutionize the marriage of every man who reads it. Why? Because every man battles sexual temptations, and every marriage grows stronger when these temptations are defeated. The vulnerable, honest, and insightful pages of this book reveal what every man must know.

D RS . L ES AND L ESLIE P ARROTT , authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

This timely resource presents clear, practical principles for sexual purity. Arterburn and Stoeker call for courage, commitment, and self-discipline as they lead men into a more successful relationship with God, family, and spouse. This book is truly for every man.

D R . J OHN C. M AXWELL , founder of the INJOY Group

God has used Steve Arterburn countless times to impact my heart and life; I am thankful for him and his investment in Every Mans Battle. I am also grateful for Fred Stoeker. Fred pours himself into this book with honesty, vulnerability, and a practical strategy to fight the good fight. He offers biblical truth and hope to anyone with ears to hear how to battle the war of sexual temptation. Read with an open heart, Every Mans Battle may save your marriage and your witness.

D R . G ARY R OSBERG , president of Americas Family Coaches

Having grown up in a machismo world and getting caught up in gangs before I turned to the Lord in prison, I definitely needed to read Every Mans Battle when it came out twenty years agoand Im glad I did.

C ASEY D IAZ , author of The Shot Caller

O THER B OOKS IN THE E VERY M AN S ERIES

Every Young Mans Battle

Preparing Your Son for Every Mans Battle

Every Single Mans Battle

Every Mans Marriage

Every Heart Restored

Every Mans Challenge

Every Day for Every Man

Every Young Man, Gods Man

Every Man, Gods Man

Every Mans Bible

B OOKS IN THE E VERY W OMAN S ERIES

Every Womans Battle

Every Young Womans Battle

Preparing Your Daughter for Every Womans Battle

Every Single Womans Battle

Every Womans Marriage

Every Womans Battle Promise Book

Every Woman, Every Day

E VERY M ANS B ATTLE , R EVISED AND U PDATED 20TH A NNIVERSARY E DITION

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations marked (AMP) are taken from the Amplified Bible. Copyright 2015 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org). Scripture quotations marked (KJV) are taken from the King James Version.

Italics in Scripture quotations reflect the authors added emphasis.

Details in some anecdotes and stories have been changed to protect the identities of the persons involved.

The information on sexual addiction in chapter 3 is drawn from Stephen Arterburns Addicted to Love (Ann Arbor, MI: Vine, 1991), 10910.

Trade Paperback ISBN9780525653516

Ebook ISBN9780593192726

Every Mans Battle copyright 2000, 2020 by Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey

Every Mans Battle Workbook copyright 2002, 2020 by Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey

Cover design by Mark D. Ford

The authors are represented by Alive Literary Agency, www.alivecommunications.com.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Arterburn, Stephen, 1953 author. | Stoeker, Fred, author. | Yorkey, Mike, author.

Title: Every mans battle : winning the war on sexual temptation one victory at a time / Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker, with Mike Yorkey.

Description: Revised and Updated 20th Anniversary Edition. | Colorado Springs : WaterBrook, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019019872 | ISBN 9780525653516 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780593192726 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: SexReligious aspectsChristianity. | Temptation. | Christian menReligious life.

Classification: LCC BT708 .A77 2020 | DDC 241/.664dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019872

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This book is often quite explicit in how the coauthors describe past strugglestheir own and otherswith sexual purity. For the sake of communicating honestly with readers who face similar struggles, our goal has been to achieve frankness without causing offense, thereby making it easier for men to face up to any uncleanness and press forward by Gods grace and power into actively sharing His holiness.