On June 18, 2009, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford went missing. For four days, nobody knew where he was. Not his staff, his security detail, or even his wife or children. Finally, on June 22, his spokesman announced that Sanford was hiking the Appalachian Trail, a public trekking route that has little capacity for outside contact.
Then he was spotted at an airport in South Carolina.
Busted.
Governor Sanford called a press conference, where he confessed that he had just spent the last four days in Buenos Aires visiting his Argentinian lover. He resigned from office.
Self-indulgence comes at a price.
“Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man” (Proverbs 21:17).
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
