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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

Freedom and Responsibility: A Christian View on Cyber Ethics

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 98 [powerpress] Cyber ethics is a major topic in the Information Age, but  Daniel Lohrmann, Chief Technology Officer for the State of Michigan, prefers to emphasize the need for virtual…

.XXX Domain Approved

  The .XXX domain is coming to a computer near you. In an October editorial, Pure Minds Online addressed the proposed .XXX domain as a virtual “red light district.” This new top-level domain (like .COM…

Internet Predators 101: What you need to know to protect your kids

Headlines about Internet predators are fairly common today—so much so, we may have even grown deaf to them. “Man Charged with Solicitation of a Minor.” “Sexual Predator Arrested in Undercover Operation.” “Man Charged with Using…

John Owen on Accountability (Part 2 of 4)

In my previous post I began a series about how to apply John Owen’s classic work, Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, to our accountability relationships. We looked at two key principles for accountability…

Snapshot of My Porn Addiction

A couple weeks ago I was interviewed by the good folks at FeedTheRightWolf, a site dedicated to passing along resources for overcoming pornography addiction. Thought I would pass it along for our readers here as…

Porn: Not Just a Man’s Issue – Interview with the author of Dirty Girls Come Clean

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 97 [powerpress] In a survey done by Today’s Christian Woman, over a third of their female readers admitted to intentionally looking at Internet pornography. Today I am speaking with Crystal…

Over Two-Thirds of Teens Cover Their Tracks Online to Hide Activity from Parents

Last month, Microsoft Corporation released the results of a survey from 8,000 teens and parents about attitudes and behaviors concerning online safety.* Here are some of the results: Parents: 87% of parents have talked to…

John Owen on Accountability (Part 1 of 4)

A few weeks ago I finished a long series of commentaries on John Owen’s classic, On the Mortification of Sin in Believers. Even though the book is over 350 years old and written with a…

How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex

Yesterday we published a guest post from one of the youth ministry directors at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. We also wanted to pass along to you this post written by Mark Driscoll, Preaching and…