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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

Exposed – A Novel for Women Devastated by Porn

My friend Ashley Weis is publishing her first novel, Exposed, in September. It is the story of a marriage counselor who discovers her husband’s pornography addiction, and a teen who falls into the self-destructive porn…

As Iron Sharpens Iron – How to start a good men’s accountability group?

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 75 [display_podcast] In today’s episode I speak with Les Fleetwood, Pastor of Connecting and Equipping at Stonebriar Community Church near Dallas, Texas. Les talks about their IronMan Groups, accountability groups…

Jerry Bridges – Depending on Christ to Make Us Holy

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 74 [display_podcast] “Dependent responsibility.” This the phrase Jerry Bridges uses to describe two inseparable truths: we are completely dependent on God to obey Him; we are also completely responsible to…

Pleasuring Ourselves to Death

How Porn Harms Us A month ago a standing-room-only crowd attended a briefing on Capitol Hill to listen to several researchers summarize their findings about how pornography harms men, women, children, and culture. Below is…

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3 Steps to Stop the Habit of Masturbation

Some time ago, we received a comment about quitting masturbation: “I have eliminated porn from my life. How can I break the habit of masturbation and lust? Every time I get overwhelmed or stressed out,…

Holy Pleasures Defeat Lust (thoughts from John Piper)

John Piper continues to wow me when it comes to explaining how true Christian faith defeats the slavery of pornography. This video is a marvelous excerpt explaining his reasoning behind this. Piper’s ministry of “Christian…

Setting Captives Free – Web Courses for Those Affected by Porn

Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 73 [display_podcast] Today we play the second part of our interview with Mike and Jody Cleveland, founders of SettingCaptivesFree.com. Over the last 10 years Setting Captives Free has helped thousands…

Why Internet filters aren’t enough

Our friend Ashley Weis asked me to write something for her blog about the limits of Internet filtering. She regularly interacts with women who are heartbroken over their husbands’ use of pornography. Her story and…

When Puppets Struggle with Lust

Our friends over at RighteousInsanity recently made this little video. It’s about making a covenant with your eyes. Someone obviously has a lot of time on their hands and an overactive imagination. Thanks to John…