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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

Temptation Cycle – Fighting Sin Where It Starts

Covenant Eyes Podcast – Episode 31 [display_podcast] Today’s 9-minute podcast is a portion of my interview with Bill Perkins, author of When Good Men Are Tempted. Bill talks about his explanation of James 1:14-15 as…

Transformed from the Inside Out (Part 2)

In Part 1 we saw Paul’s grand vision for the church in Crete: despite pagan surroundings and backgrounds, Paul wanted to see them live lives that attracted the world to Jesus. His vision was people…

Pride comes before the fall: Why we easily give into temptation

It has been called a “restraint bias”: people underestimate the strength of their urges in the face of temptation, and this leads to impulsive behavior. A new study from the Kellogg School of Management, led…

Reclaiming Stolen Intimacy When Your Marriage is Invaded by Pornography – Book Review

When I first came across a copy of Reclaiming Stolen Intimacy: When Your Marriage is Invaded By Pornography, I was very thankful. So many wives write heart-breaking comments on Breaking Free looking for something that…

Accountability – Getting rid of the 800lb. Gorilla

I found this video about accountability and coming clean with our problems. Fun stuff. Reminds me of something I read from Michael Leahy: “Porn is the 800-pound gorilla in the room that nobody’s talking about.”

Transformed from the Inside Out (Part 1)

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our…

What do Christian guys think about modesty?

Is modesty a lost cause? The Rebelution doesn’t think so. This teen movement (seeking to “rebel” against low expectations) released the results of their “Modesty Survey.” This survey is meant to be a conversation between…

What are children searching for online? – "Porn" and "Sex" rank in the top 10

After Symantec scanned 3.5 million searches, these were the top 10 most used search terms: 1. YouTube 2. Google 3. Facebook 4. Sex 5. MySpace 6. Porn 7. Yahoo 8. Michael Jackson 9. Fred 10.…

California Adult Industry Violates Osha Standards – Formal Complaints Filed

The Pink Cross Foundation has partnered with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in their filing of formal complaints with the California Department of Industrial Relations (the Division of Occupational Safety and Health) over the non-use of…