Hopelify Media | Wiley Graf, PhD | Activity https://hopelify.org/members/wileyedwardgrafgmail-com/activity/ Activity feed for Wiley Graf, PhD. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:28:54 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 75d4d0c6ec35a27893a580b20724e59e Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=8097 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:01:05 +0000 A Second Way Of Escape Did I hear correctly? You’re saying that mind renewal is not the exclusive domain of accountability partners/groups (see w […]

]]> 0 48e0587250b22fc435c4f1055fc6c726 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=8045 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 10:50:43 +0000 A Holy Spirit Sighting! “There He is! The Holy Spirit! The Third Person in the Trinity! You can’t see Him? Are you blind? 😊 He’s right there. Clear as day!” If only it were that […]

]]> 0 9e3cfb9e7d459f57349a8ea9b495ccef Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7508 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 22:45:02 +0000 A Definition of Victory In This Battle A Men’s Group Leader asked me, “How do you define victory in this battle? Is it that they will never look at porn again? Most of the guys in my group can […]

]]> 0 85694b76d2be7acf4ec3353a5a129b00 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7505 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 04:51:27 +0000 Think to Ask: Have I Thought to Ask the Holy Spirit to Deliver Me From My Addiction? Think to ask. Hmmm. Have I ever even thought to ask the Holy Spirit to deliver me from my porn addiction? “THINK TO ASK,” SAY THE INSPIRED WRITINGS OF THE […]

]]> 0 8bb943bea7118163509421be9e4a408a Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7495 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:30:16 +0000 Loosing the Spirit: Forgotten God Set Free Loosing the Spirit? Does that imply that He has been caged? Or that His power has somehow been curtailed? But He’s the Third Person in the Trinity. He’s God […]

]]> 0 066ea1d737c1a763fe9e70ca5b22c1d4 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7492 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:17:28 +0000 Above All That We Ask or Think, According to the Power That Works in Us The power that works in us as born-again believers (Ephesians 3:20). A recurring theme in this series of blogs paying tribute to the oft-neglected, […]

]]> 0 0119db5fcc719fe579abf20b5d7c9949 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7470 Sat, 03 Jun 2023 16:10:09 +0000 Living the (Holy) Life: All Praise and Credit to the Holy Spirit In praise of the Holy Spirit. A recurring theme in this series of blogs paying tribute to the oft-neglected, oft-misunderstood Third Person in the Trinity. […]

]]> 0 ec7e7e05df8c5f71fa702e1808892484 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7466 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:35:56 +0000 COVID-19 and the Pandemic-Resistant Way of Escape Battle Plan COVID-19. The last couple years unfortunately illustrate yet another advantage of the Way of Escape Battle Plan. The strength of accountability-based purity […]

]]> 0 9f9d0eecf88fe247dbf1d61e4538439d Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7461 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:09:40 +0000 Work Smarter, Not Harder Advocates of accountability openly acknowledge that accountability-based escape (= partner/group-aided starving of the flesh) may be the hardest thing that […]

]]> 0 9091b43bcbf42878ec4c5956557b6039 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7455 Wed, 31 May 2023 11:19:57 +0000 Advantage Holy Spirit or Accountability Group? The Holy Spirit. Accountability groups. Both have helped successfully free believers from their addictions. But might one approach have advantages over the […]

]]> 0 fe275688b3f341c91604170ba03a7d51 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7440 Sat, 27 May 2023 17:59:20 +0000 For the Accountability Group Leader A Way of Escape was written specifically for individuals still struggling to escape a porn addiction. But a crucial component of the Way of Escape Battle […]

]]> 0 b41b034839f48fc9662997e0e544121f Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7435 Fri, 26 May 2023 11:13:50 +0000 Helping Influencers Reach the Unreached 83 Percent A little different blog today. An offer of help to the Influencers of Biblical-based, accountability-based purity programs. An offer of help to expand the […]

]]> 0 3ad5fac5a7ed75f2c31a3e87591a3e05 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7431 Fri, 26 May 2023 01:36:33 +0000 A State-of-the-Art Bible-Based Sexual Purity Program Is there even a demand for sexual purity programs within the Church? More than most might think. A recent study revealed that: 60-70% of men, 50-58% of […]

]]> 0 d98ab13f0f86ab07511724e404dfbb77 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7428 Wed, 24 May 2023 20:29:24 +0000 The Bible Has Answers for All the Issues of LifeGod’s Word has the answer for all the issues of life. How can I know that the Bible is indeed the Word of God? The Bible has the answer for that—in the for […]

]]> 0 0eb21e6909cf44596fd7df0598fb251d Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7422 Sat, 20 May 2023 14:53:12 +0000 Pleasant Surprises Await Those That learn How to "Walk in the Spirit"Pleasant surprises await the individual that learns how to step up the degree to which he/she “walks in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). Specifically, ind […]

]]> 0 be3b8e22033cc3973f37d5a0b80db22e Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7419 Fri, 19 May 2023 20:00:28 +0000 I Cannot Find Any Places of Spirit-FillingThe twelfth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the twelfth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 b4c17ef60211e8803d0a81193ec19a97 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7408 Thu, 18 May 2023 23:52:22 +0000 Let Go, and Let God The eleventh in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the eleventh in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 074c693fd9c36ac06c483b301878aa15 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7403 Wed, 17 May 2023 15:45:15 +0000 It Seems Reckless to Teach a "Do-It-Alone" Way of Escape The tenth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the tenth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 9f3c254398d89d8f8eadaaab90469214 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7398 Sat, 13 May 2023 20:02:23 +0000 Two Are Better Than One The ninth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the ninth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 20e22cc8457e29c2ff2a17e7a319a735 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7395 Sat, 13 May 2023 02:04:23 +0000 Why Are You So Critical of Using "Words-Only" Responses to Turn Back the Flesh? The eighth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the eighth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 67dcb1e1274751f25054a9464830a324 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7382 Thu, 11 May 2023 17:11:57 +0000 Isn't It Prideful (and Therefore Sinful) For You To Number Your Sexual Sobriety? The seventh in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the seventh in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 cd7843e69f11eefde149233718b53bea Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7378 Wed, 10 May 2023 12:23:01 +0000 Accountability is a Must. I Cannot Endorse Your Escape-Without-Accountability Purity Program The sixth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the sixth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 6a2ccf0340c8a8ef3496cf789149a5d5 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7363 Sat, 06 May 2023 17:42:03 +0000 Accountability Works The fifth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the fifth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 49fab9bf013482a4dda93507ff4999a7 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7359 Fri, 05 May 2023 13:39:55 +0000 Why Do You Claim That Most Believers Have Only Passive Relationships with the Holy Spirit? The fourth in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the fourth in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 01dc12d09ab229c0b56c401146825c77 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7346 Thu, 04 May 2023 16:59:31 +0000 Why Aren't Others Teaching Spirit-Led Escape from Those Hard-to-Eradicate Lingering Sins of the Flesh? The third in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the third in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 2e41a6f4e0d759c3eae80b968260e847 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7342 Wed, 03 May 2023 23:25:30 +0000 You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself! The second in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the second in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 c3e7faaadebaca9811f6c6953f959168 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7326 Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:15:36 +0000 Read Your Bible More and Pray Harder The first in a series of 12 blogs answering anticipated objections to material set forth in A Way of Escape, i.e., the first in a series of 12 blogs […]

]]> 0 2d9f2011c5aea98d8824217965037cb8 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7314 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:25:17 +0000 Escape in Five Easy Steps Today is Blog #27 in the series. A lot of information shared in those first 26 blogs. Today’s post cuts to the chase, giving a step-by-step description of t […]

]]> 0 cb782d83cbad1124be422cda69d71b58 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7310 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:16:19 +0000 Babies and Bath Water The previous blog (www.wileygrafbooks.com/news/the-john-38ers-v3) praised Bill Gaither, his Homecoming Friends, and the Homecoming concert series. Praise for […]

]]> 0 393c863482bf7dd29293dd2c71eaa759 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7302 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:54:06 +0000 The John 3:8ers God has promised that there is a way of escape from every temptation (I Corinthians 10:13). Appealing to a second promise of Scripture, in the Way of Escape […]

]]> 0 7a8fe40cea1c7380413a5dcf1d2d1e94 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7285 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:42:17 +0000 A Second Way of Escape Did I hear correctly? You’re saying that mind renewal is not the exclusive domain of accountability partners/groups (see w […]

]]> 0 8624088e7adc28d5d4e5b52843fd7d7c Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7264 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:35:45 +0000 Mind Renewal: Not the Exclusive Domain of Accountability Partners/Groups Resources to help the porn addict achieve mind renewal abound. The literature describes a variety of approaches. All with an eye toward short-circuiting the […]

]]> 0 da201b2f39cc72a88fd3714a394562ba Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7261 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:46:08 +0000 Feeding the Spirit In every born-again believer, there is an ongoing battle between the flesh and the Spirit (Galatians 5:17). For many, the Spirit reigns, with only occasional […]

]]> 0 63ca939a2050fab6bad569f0f95b6f93 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7249 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:36:43 +0000 Accountability-Based Escape: The Hardest Thing An Addict Will Ever Do Advocates of accountability openly acknowledge that accountability-based escape from a porn addiction may be the hardest thing that an addict will ever do in […]

]]> 0 a2a2032a9073cff05bced70cb37f8b8b Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7242 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:08:38 +0000 Some Amazing Case Study Results The reader of these blogs might be thinking, “These blogs sound too good to be true. The big push for accountability-based escape from sins of the flesh g […]

]]> 0 ffc533194a524dfa91d9c16365672f10 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7225 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:12:46 +0000 Complete Mind Renewal Complete mind renewal. Definitions vary. Today’s post shares the Way of Escape’s humanly-impossible-to-achieve definition. Yes, humanly impossible. On my own […]

]]> 0 8ffd3bba12df9e7cc4aba0facd9f4433 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7222 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:15:35 +0000 A Picture is Worth … The Connect-the-Verses Flowchart. Lifted from page 109 of A Way of Escape. One of the book’s Six KEYS to Escape. One of the book’s six key Scr […]

]]> 0 6eb8c1107a245283f98bbd1b439c9d5e Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7219 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:54:59 +0000 Other COMFORTING Applications for the Holy Spirit COMFORTER A Way of Escape focuses on the Spirit-anointed apps as flesh-diffusers. But might the Holy Spirit—the Comforter (John 16:7)—have additional comforting app […]

]]> 0 a9d9f95a04f3b9519c56708b864aaf14 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7215 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:44:16 +0000 Applying Holy Spirit Theology to Escape Lusts of the Flesh The Scriptures have much to say about the Holy Spirit’s inner-working power to deliver believers from lusts of the flesh (e.g., Galatians 5:16, Romans 8 […]

]]> 0 40474958253b0ad7c7922974196b5fd4 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7192 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 20:54:15 +0000 A Video Antidote for a Video Addiction In the Way of Escape Battle Plan, there is a little of what some have termed “sweet revenge” [1] being exacted. The very medium that the wicked one has use […]

]]> 0 83d26980e530d5d7fe078dc276d9400c Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7174 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 11:46:40 +0000 Forgotten God: Revisiting Francis Chan's New York Times Best-Seller Guide Into All Truth (John 16:13). Or Forgotten God. Which best describes the Holy Spirit in my life? A multiple-choice question, and “somewhere in the m […]

]]> 0 615514f30f2089417d6252ce66d52cf3 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7152 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:30:05 +0000 The Holy Spirit: Guide Into All Truth, or Forgotten God? The Holy Spirit: Guide into all truth (John 16:13), or Forgotten God? It is the Spirit that convicts of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment to come […]

]]> 0 e6d0ad8d9ead9464b6840c65d44ad438 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7149 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:08:17 +0000 Mighty Spiritual Weapons for Pulling Down Strongholds Mighty spiritual weapons for pulling down strongholds (II Corinthians 10:3-4). Is Paul speaking of spiritual weaponry available to only an elite group of […]

]]> 0 05f4a651b19b1879b55ea4c4ae6698ff Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7126 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:57:21 +0000 Drop the Passivity! Drop the passivity! The active pursuit of regular relationship intimacy with the Holy Spirit is the key to unleashing His inner-working power (Ephesians […]

]]> 0 90a35eeffeb91288bccfe84f487bb9ef Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7123 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:52:12 +0000 Walking in the Spirit Walking in the Spirit. Many of the blogs in this series feature a Galatians 5:16 call to walk in the Spirit. But what does it mean to “walk in the S […]

]]> 0 a5c0f8337baf5bced3801ea4054d13c8 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7120 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:52:55 +0000 The Galatians 5:16 Revelation God has made an amazing promise in Galatians 5:16. To all who choose to walk in the Spirit, He has promised deliverance from lusts of the flesh. The key to […]

]]> 0 43564799a6271ab5d4f2004b524d80e8 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7114 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:09:39 +0000 The Righteous Requirements of the Law Fulfilled in Those Who Walk According to the Spirit The righteous requirements of the law. “The impossible requirements of the law,” some might say. “I have gotten rid of most all of the sins in my life. I hav […]

]]> 0 2fc7fe06db92cb933968b231d4c281a7 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7102 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:23:53 +0000 Not in This Battle Alone In every genuinely born-again believer, there is an ongoing battle between the flesh and the Spirit (Galatians 5:17). For many, the Spirit reigns, with only […]

]]> 0 934f43edf9d2e464513bdfdf70356702 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7099 Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:12:32 +0000 Fresh Hope for the 83 Percent The Spirit-powered Way of Escape Battle Plan offers fresh hope for those still struggling to break free from sins of the flesh. The really big “What’s New […]

]]> 0 5c95edaa616dc6b9a871eece153f66e8 Wiley Graf, PhD wrote a new post https://hopelify.org/?p=7094 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:58:35 +0000 The Way of Escape Battle Plan: No Special Spiritual Gifts Required With “Spirit-Powered” appearing in the title of the book, and “Holy Spirit dove” images leading off each chapter, two questions have perhaps come to the rea […]

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