I always enjoy the opportunity of introducing someone I know to other people – especially when they’ll discover what a special thing I did for them! You know what I mean – you introduce two individuals to each other, and later, when they become successful business partners or double-buddy friends, forever, you get the credit!

Well, meet Ted Roberts – that is of course, if you haven’t as yet. Without reserve, I’m telling you – you’re gonna like this guy.

Ted has been a personal friend for over fifteen years, and is absolutely one of the most effective communicators I know. His pastoral leadership at East Hill Church in Gresham, Oregon (part of the greater Portland area) is becoming legendary to the view of many. There’s a reason.

Though God’s grace on his life has resulted in a burgeoning congregation, there’s something more to it than statistics. The “big” of East Hill isn’t the size of its congregation, but the size of its heart – natural by-product of the Holy Spirit’s work through a man with a giant heart for people.

Especially men.

Within the deep and genuine “love-people” quality Ted possesses, he makes a distinct target discipling men. As a former navy jet pilot and accomplished tri-athlete, he is obviously a “man’s man” kind of person. But don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s the kind of guy that will ever try to dazzle you with fancy footwork of impressive accomplishments. Even though Ted could throw most of us guys into a reactionary mode (where you would feel “horribly intimidated” or “desperately competitive”), that doesn’t happen when you meet him. Instead, you see something else.

A “good-sense heart” is what I call it. It’s the kind of thing that reveals itself as the result of his commitment to providing practical, contemporary answers to today’s struggles, rooted in the timeless and trustworthy pages of Scripture. Ted has an uncanny ability to help anyone who has been broken at tender points through life’s struggles, or who has been blasted with hellfire and has crashed and burned. And of course, he can offer practical day-to-day help on your journey if you’re simply seeking to navigate a life that (while not in crisis) is still being lived in a world that is full of obstacles and struggles.

So, meet my friend, Ted Roberts. Count on discoveries that will bring fruitfulness and durability to your life – fulfillment in one of today’s most environmentally threatened areas – human sexuality. It’s just one of many subjects on which he’s effective in ministering help. I daresay – once you’ve sampled what he has to offer – you’ll be watching for more of his work.

Jack W. Hayford, Pastor/President
The Church On the Way
The King’s Seminary
Van Nuys, California


This is a most important ministry. Ted Roberts does a masterful job reminding us that the Church is filled with people who struggle with sexual addictions and pornography. He shows us it’s possible to take a positive and hopeful approach to dealing with one of the most damaging addictions in the world.
Jim Burns, Ph.D.
President, National Institute of Youth Ministry
San Juan Capistrano, California


Ted Roberts has demonstrated faithfulness, integrity, compassion, and wisdom as a leading pastor in our region. His longstanding pursuit of purity for a culture set on impurity has been courageous. Pure Desire is especially beneficial for the pastoral leader or counselor and those struggling with any level of impurity.
Frank Damazio
Pastor, City Bible Church
Portland, Oregon


Pure Desire is a must for every pastor who has experienced sexual temptation or works with men who are struggling with an addiction to sex or sexually explicit material. If you want to help strengthen marriages and families in your congregation, look into this ministry and find practical help that will release grace and the power of Christ through you and healing to your people.
Dr. Jerry R. Kirk
President, National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
Co-chairman, Religious Alliance Against Pornography


Every time I have heard Ted Roberts speak, I’ve been moved by his commitment to Christ and his love for people. With Pure Desire he again demonstrates his amazing ability to crawl down into the trenches of life, put his arm around the hurting, broken and bound, and by the liberating love of God, bring healing to desperate hearts.
Ron Mehl
Pastor, Beaverton Foursquare Church
Beaverton, Oregon


I have prayed with multitudes of brokenhearted wives whose Christian husbands have sexual addictions. It is a very real problem within the Church today. This bold ministry will equip churches to offer hope and healing to these men – and their wives. I recommend Pure Desire to those hurting families.
Quinn Sherrer
Co-author of A Woman’s Guide to Getting Through Tough Times


Sexual addiction in the Church is more prevalent than most people have ever thought. Yet there are too few resources which adequately deal with this heartbreaking issue. Ted Robert’s uniquely biblical approach to healing and hope make this ministry a great asset to both the struggler and the helper.
Dr. John Townsend
Co-author of Boundaries
Co-founder, Cloud-Townsend Communications


As a fighter pilot in Vietnam, Ted Roberts didn’t shy away from battle. As a pastor and now an author, I am not surprised to find him on the front lines of a major spiritual battle. Sexual addiction isn’t a minor skirmish being fought by a few in the Church; it’s a life-or-death struggle faced by many. If you’re serious about protecting yourself from falling, or ready to help God’s people face this issue and finally find God’s hope and healing, then get involved in this ministry!
John Trent Ph.D.
President, Encouraging Words
Phoenix, Arizona


Pure Desire is a must for those who need insight and practical tools that will help them lead others to sexual health and fulfillment. Dr. Ted Roberts has simplified complex clinical concepts about sexual addiction, offering sound advice through self-revealing and captivating stories, minus any platitudes. I have seen these principles in action within the church body, and they work! This message is timely. You’ll want to absorb all you can – and then spread the word.
Pam Vredevelt
Author and Licensed Profession Counselor
Greshem, Oregon


I love Ted Roberts and East Hill Church. Ted’s do-or-die commitment to honesty and the church’s “swallow-hard-here-we-go” followers are changing people. Together, Ted and East Hill Church genuinely embody their motto of “being Christ’s hands extended to a hurting world.” Pure Desire is an open hearted approach to freedom from the sexual addictionthat is so destructively rampant among Christian men. Don’t face this monster alone, guys! Here is hope and healing.
Stu Weber
Senior Pastor, Good Shepherd Church
Boring, Oregon

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