Interview w/ Deacon Ralph Poyo- Overcoming Porn Addiction and more

Episode 91 -

Deacon Ralph Poyo is the founder of New Evangelization Ministries (NEM), an outreach to parish priests and their staff, helping equip them to lead their flocks to a live-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.  Drawing from over 40 years in ministry, Deacon Ralph leads retreats and conferences across the country, often speaking on the topic of pornography addiction.  He was ordained to the permanent deaconate in 2005, and he and his wife of 39 years have five girls. 

Chad is right at home conducting this interview 'live' at the March 2023 Northwest Men's Conference, as Ben co-hosts and braves being spotted as the lone Protestant at a Catholic men's conference.  The two get right to the good stuff (the difficult stuff, that is) because their guest doesn't make a habit of mincing words.  What is one of the biggest issues facing local parishes and church congregations?  How can a man get serious about breaking free of an addiction to pornography?  How do the 'chains' of pride and fear play into the demonic destruction of manly virtue? 

SHOW NOTES:

NEM website: Meet Our Founder – New Evangelization Ministries (nem.training)

Example "chains" speech of Deacon Ralph: Deacon Ralph Poyo - The Thief - 2015 Steubenville Main Campus 2 - YouTube