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Keith Rose holds a Master of Divinity degree and BA in Sacred Music. Keith worked with the Covenant Eyes Member Care Team for 15 years. He has also served as a Bible teacher, pastoral assistant, and music director at his local church. He's now the editor of the Covenant Eyes blog and the author of Allied: Fighting Porn With Accountability, Faith, and Friends. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina with his wife Ruby and daughter Winslow. Contact Keith with blog inquiries.

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Why James 5 Is More Than a Proof-Text for Accountability

At Covenant Eyes, we look to James 5:16 as one of the key biblical passages about accountability. Here it is: “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you…

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Sexual Purity: What Scripture Teaches About God’s Plan for Sex

Since the ’60s, our culture has gone through a sexual revolution. This era overturned ideas of sexual morality, poked fun at the prudishness of previous generations, and offered a compelling alternative to traditional ideas about…

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Accountability in Marriage: 6 Things to Know

Accountability plays a critical role in healthy marriages. However, it’s not always clear what that role should be. What is accountability in marriage, and how is it supposed to work? Should husbands and wives be…

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Porn and Anxiety: What Does Research Tell Us?

Is there a connection between watching porn and anxiety? Perhaps you’ve been experiencing anxiety and have wondered if it’s related to your porn habit. Maybe you’ve noticed a friend or loved one who seems especially…

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How to Overcome Lust: 4 Tips for Teens

So, you’re a teenager and you’re battling lust. You know that lustful thoughts don’t honor God, and you also don’t like the out-of-control feeling of your sexual desires. It feels dirty—and scary. But it seems…

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The Right Resolutions to Quit Porn

It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start over fresh. A time when a lot of us make resolutions as to what we will or won’t do in the next chapter…

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Why People Watch Porn: 11 Reasons It’s Appealing

A study conducted by the University of Bucharest in Romania posed the open-ended question to 267 students: Why do you watch porn? Compiling the responses, the researchers generalized them under a single explanation: People watch…

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Your Willpower Is Not Enough: How to Level Up and Quit Porn

Imagine your life as an 8-bit video game. You know, the old side-scrolling video game where you progress through a world from left to right? All you have to do is get from one side…

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Bible Verses and Principles About Overcoming Temptation

Do you face temptation? Are there sins that just seem impossible to resist? At Covenant Eyes, we talk to people every day who find themselves unable to resist the impulse to look at porn.  See…