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Luke Gilkerson has a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an MA in Religion. He is the author of Your Brain on Porn and The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality. Luke and his wife Trisha blog at IntoxicatedOnLife.com

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How do we begin teaching our kids about purity from a young age?

As parents, we should be training our children to understand sexuality and sexual integrity in a world without filters and without protections—because this is what they will encounter as adults. How do we do this?…

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Speaking intelligently with your child about pornography

I recently had a great conversation with counselor Brad Hambrick about what parents can do if they discover their child has been looking at porn online. Brad talked a bit about how we can prepare…

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6 Reasons Men and Women Are Drawn to Porn

I used to watch porn a lot. I hated how much I loved it, because I knew it was slowly chipping away at my soul, my relationship with God, and my ability to relate to…

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How to Have a Discussion with Your Kids About Porn: Buy this New Small Group Resource!

It is not an issue of if your child will see pornography, but when. The stats are telling. More than a quarter of older teens today still bump into porn unintentionally online. More than half…

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Should I blame Apple for my porn addiction?

A Nashville man, Chris Sevier, is blaming Apple for his porn addiction. Sevier “respectfully demands” that Apple sell its devices in “safe mode”—with software that filters out adult content. Adults would then be required to…

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Q&A about BYOD: Bringing Your Own Device to Work

A while ago, one of our authors, Dan Lohrmann, introduced his new book to us: BYOD for You: The Guide to Bring Your Own Device to Work. This is a hot topic today, so I asked…

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10 Reasons Why Accountability in the Church Is Unpopular

A Barna Group telephone survey of Christians across the United States reveals some interesting facts about the state of accountability in the church: Only 5% of people say their church does anything to hold them accountable…

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Internet Safety 101 Wins Emmy Award

Congratulations to our friends at Enough is Enough® for winning their recent Emmy Award for their critically acclaimed Internet Safety 101® program. What started as an instructional DVD about Internet safety to train parents was reformatted into…

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The New Solution to Cyberbullying: Cyberpraise

by Abigail DeHaas She seized Jeremiah Anthony with an unexpected hug while he waited in the pizza line at school. Then she told him her story. “I was going to kill myself, but I saw…