Married to God

The Sexual Ruin & Redemption of David Kyle Foster

David Foster grew up in Easton, Maryland, the third of four sons born to a stern, legalistic Presbyterian preacher whom he came to view as "the enforcer." Dejected, he began early on to live as if he were both fatherless and Godless, making up his own rules for living as he went along. Conflicts with his parents, run-ins with a playground bully, and sexual confusion created vicious psychological turmoil from which he tried to escape, both by running away and by attempting suicide while still a boy.

Nor did college provide the great escape he'd hoped it would. Soon after arriving on the campus of Florida Presbyterian College, a hotbed of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll during the...