Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker

Every Man's Battle

Every Man's Battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker (with Mike Yorkey) confronts one of the most prevalent yet least discussed struggles among Christian men: sexual temptation and the pull toward sexual impurity. The book's central thesis is blunt and liberating at the same time — sexual purity is not a gift given to a fortunate few, but a standard that every man is called to and, by God's grace, capable of reaching. Arterburn and Stoeker draw on their own hard-won personal stories of failure, repentance, and restoration to show that purity is not achieved by white-knuckling willpower alone, but by building specific, practical boundaries — what they call "starving the eyes" and "bouncing the eyes" — grounded in a genuine fear of God and love for one's spouse, family, and Lord.