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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

The MySpace-Facebook Mashup: What It Means for Parents

Facebook and MySpace now allow users to connect through both social networking sites with one login.Last month, the two social network giants MySpace and Facebook announced what they call a “mashup.” This allows those with…

Accountability as a Lifestyle (Part 1): Purity in the Gray Areas

It was your typical Christian men’s conference: the predictable but entertaining talks on godly masculinity, the vendor area selling the latest “man-up-to-Jesus” books, the seminars addressing everything from lust to having a healthy marriage. I…

The Impact of Pornography on Women

Social Science Findings and Clinical Observations Over the last several years, I’ve grown quite an appreciation for the work of Dr. Jill Manning. Dr. Manning is a licensed marital and family therapist who has worked…

How the Internet Challenges Traditional Parent-Child Roles

Children and teens swim in an ocean of technology. It is their natural environment. Parents, on the other hand, often feel like fish out of water. In 2009 alone, 47 million new websites went up.…

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The Mortification of Sin (Part 8 of 15)

I went to see the doctor of philosophy with a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee he never did marry or see a b-grade movie he graded my performance, he said…

Massive Multiplayer Online Games – What Parents Need to Know

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 91 [display_podcast] Today our special guest is Cris Clapp Logan, Director of Communications and Congressional Relations for Enough is Enough. Mrs. Logan educates and advises Congressional staff on Internet safety…

Seven Tactics to Get Pure and Stay Pure

Over the last several months, Bob Reehm, author of The War Within, has written a number of posts for us about what he has learned about sexual purity. Weaving together his knowledge of Scripture with…

Porn Addiction Help

Freedom from the Power of Lust “Sex has become the religion of the most civilized portions of the earth. The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.”…

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The Mortification of Sin (Part 7 of 15)

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral,…