Three of Seven Podcast Ep. 509 Lust & The Cords of Sin w/ Beau Simmons
Apr 1, 2026
Beau Simmons, photographer and artist focused on the American West, shares a faith-centered testimony. He talks about struggles with lust and pornography, how early exposure and fashion work shaped patterns, and the moral and relational cost of porn. They discuss tools for accountability, the role of church and confession, and Beau’s shift toward faith, baptism, and leading men in honest conversation.
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Stick Through The Valley Before The Breakthrough
- Enjoy the process and celebrate micro-wins instead of chasing the next big milestone immediately.
- Beau warns many near-quitters are often one milestone away and urges persistence through storms and seasons.
Scripture Frames Lust As Intoxication And Adultery
- Lust is framed biblically as intoxicating and destructive, not merely natural desire.
- They juxtapose Proverbs 5 and Matthew 5 to show lust as adultery of the heart that must be immediately repelled.
Joshua Tree Magazines That Seeded A Lifelong Struggle
- Beau and a childhood friend hid porn magazines in a Joshua tree and revisited them, an early exposure that seeded later struggles.
- He links that early curiosity to teenage access on home computers and later premarital sex.