Give It Up
Posted on July 24, 2025 by cedricstudio

We live in the most sexualized culture in the history of the world.

Before the internet, you had to go out of your way to find porn. Now, you have to go out of your way to shield yourself from it. Porn is everywhere—literally. Each of us carries a device with instant, 24/7 access to an infinite library of sexualized images and videos. Millions of men (and women) are addicted. If I claimed I had never struggled with it myself, I might as well tell you I go bowling every Saturday with Bigfoot. I don’t think I’ve ever met an adult male who hasn’t dealt with this issue to at least some small degree.

Personally, I’ve had to take extreme steps in my own life to keep those weeds from taking root. I even have accountability software on my phone that alerts a few friends if I ever visit sites I shouldn’t. That might sound fanatical, but is it any crazier than cutting off your hand or plucking out your eye? Because that’s what Jesus advised. Of course, I don’t believe He was being literal—no more than He was when He said, "I am the bread of life" (he wasn’t actually declaring himself to be made of flour and yeast). A man who plucks out both eyes can still be troubled by memories and urges. Jesus was using hyperbole to make a point: Don’t toy around with sin! It is deadly serious. Do whatever you have to do to keep its tentacles from choking you. Taking such extreme measures to block porn out of your life might sound unhinged, but I’ve found it to be just the opposite. The longer I keep away from porn, the stronger and healthier I feel.

Porn is a sugary poison. It promises pleasure but leaves people in a puddle of shame. It cheapens the gift of sex—a gift God designed to be beautiful and sacred, reserved for the intimacy of marriage because it is so profoundly powerful. Porn turns such gold into cheap plastic. Porn devalues women by reducing them to mere objects. Sex is meant to point your heart outward toward your spouse, but porn pulls you inward toward selfish gratification. It destroys marriages. It pulls people into the quicksand of addiction. It can even rob men of their virility. Whatever momentary pleasure it offers is just not worth the cost. If nothing else motivates you, remember: God sees what we do in private. He knows our hearts. We will all have to give an account on the Day of Judgment.

So come to Jesus in humble repentance. Ask Him for forgiveness and strength. Confess to a pastor, priest, or trusted friend, and ask them for help. Then take whatever extreme steps are necessary to pull the hooks out of your skin and start fighting for righteousness.

It will be worth it.

Narrow Road Comics is now on Substack

Posted on November 29, 2023 by cedricstudio

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“The Great Exchange” Animated

Posted on July 12, 2023 by cedricstudio

This is so cool! A professional animator named Jezreel Carlos took one of my most popular webcomics and made an animated version. The audio is AI generated but he animated the visuals himself, and did a great job!

Feel free to share this around.

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Should Christians Always Be Nice?

Posted on June 29, 2023 by cedricstudio

Christians are supposed to be like Jesus. That means being nice, being kind, and seeking peace at all costs, right?

Actually, no. Not according to Pastor Doug Wilson. I stumbled upon this talk where he says sometimes being like Jesus means saying hard things people don’t want to hear. It means conflict. It means being hated. Of course we should never pick fights or rock the boat just because, but neither must we be always soft and gentle and say “Aw shucks” with our hands in our pockets. There are times when being tame can be just as wrong-headed and un-Christlike as is being a jerk.

Yes of course it is important to be kind and gentle. Love does not mean being a bully. But there are also times when the most loving thing to do is to suit up and slay the dragon.

Wilson is thoughtful, witty, and quotes a lot of Scripture. This talk is an easy listen and it gave me a lot to chew on.

Are Christians Arrogant?

Posted on June 13, 2023 by cedricstudio

I’ve been reading, “A Serrated Edge” by Doug Wilson. It’s a Christian defense of satire, and a good read. I’m only three chapters in but Wilson made a really good point that stuck with me.

He points out that too many Christians stay silent on a host of topics for fear of being called “arrogant”. The problem is that Christians and secular people often aren’t even using the same definition of the word. The meaning of the “arrogant” slur can be very different depending on who is tossing it around.

To a biblical Christian, God is our supreme authority and therefore we must submit our lives to what he has revealed to us in the Bible. To follow God‘s commands is humility. To reject God’s authority is arrogance.

To a secular person, God is unknowable (if he even exists at all). The only thing we can know for sure is our personal experience and feelings. Therefore moral uncertainty is a sign of humility. Anyone who presumes to know what God thinks is “arrogant“.

To one side it is arrogant to reject God. To the other side it is arrogant to acknowledge God.

When Christians stay silent for fear of being called “arrogant“, we have already lost because we have essentially conceded to the secular view of arrogance is the correct one. That’s a problem.

So far it’s a fascinating and thoughtful read. A Serrated Edge is available from Amazon here.

Testing-1-2-3

Posted on June 13, 2023 by cedricstudio

This website is mostly about my comics, not my writing. But every now and then I may share an interesting thought or link if I feel writing it out will work better than drawing it. Stay tuned.