Set Free Journey - Expert Bios

21-Day Set Free Journey Participants

Each short episode of the Set Free Journey was drawn from videos shot at the Set Free Global Summit conducted April 4-7, 2016 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The summit was hosted by the Josh McDowell Ministry and Covenant Eyes. Over 850 Christian leaders gathered to discuss solutions to the Internet porn crisis within the church and the culture. For more information about that summit visit https://setfreesummit.org.

Each speaker is highly qualified to address this area of pornography use and addiction.

Bernie Anderson Bernie is a pastor and author of Breaking the Silence: A Pastor Goes Public about His Battle with Pornography. As one who was set free of his porn addiction, Bernie travels regularly speaking on the problem and solution to Internet pornography.

Ron DeHaas Ron is the President and CEO of Covenant Eyes and pioneered the concept of Accountability Software. Today that software is providing accountability for over 200,000 subscribers that want to protect themselves and their families from the intrusion of Internet pornography.

Jessica Harris Jessica is the founder of Beggar’s Daughter, a ministry dedicated to walking with women who have an addiction to pornography. As a porn addict set free by grace and the power of God’s Spirit, Jessica is highly qualified to author Love Done Right: Devo – A Journey from Lust into the Love of God.

Vicki Tiede Vicki is a speaker and author of Your Husband is Addicted to Porn: Healing after Betrayal. She shares her personal struggle of a husband addicted to porn who was unwilling to seek help. Her inspiring story of God’s grace and enduring faithfulness is a powerful ministry to wives who experience a husband addicted to porn.

Father Sean Kilcawley Office of Family Life at the Archdiocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. His insights on God’s plan of sexuality offer hope and healing to those addicted to pornography and sexual addiction.

Dr. Ted Roberts Ted is a former pastor and the founder of Pure Desire Ministries of Gresham, Oregon. He has authored twelve books that includes the bestseller Pure Desire and the addiction recovery manual Seven Pillars of Freedom.

Dr. Donald Hilton Dr. Hilton is Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School. He is author of the book He Restoreth My Soul, which explores the effects of pornography on the brain and the spiritual paradigms of healing.

Dr. William Struthers Dr. Struthers is a neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College of Wheaton, Illinois. He has conducted extensive research on how using pornography negatively impacts a person’s nervous system and how it alters the brain.

Dr. Mary Anne Layden Dr. Layden is a psychotherapist and Director of Education at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. Her studies have revealed the extensive psychological, emotional, and relational damage porn use can have on a person.

Dawn Hawkins Dawn is the Executive Director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the pandemic of harm from pornography.

Jayson Graves Jayson is a Christian psychotherapist specializing in sexual addiction recovery and is Founder and Director of the counseling ministry Healing for the Soul.