Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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4 Barriers to Accountability (And How to Overcome Them to Find Freedom)
Most of us know accountability is important, so why don’t we better…
Most of us know accountability is important, so why don’t we better utilize it? Here are four reasons: We don’t know who to trust or who can handle our stuff. You might feel it’s hard…
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4 Brave Decisions That Can Save Your…
There’s a saying we use these days around BraveHearts and my wife…
There’s a saying we use these days around BraveHearts and my wife Christine’s new ministry, The Braveful Society, that states “You’re just one brave decision away…” For those of us who have unwittingly found ourselves…
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Fantasies: The Window to Your Wound
Lust and fantasy are always symptoms of a deeper problem. The Bible…
Lust and fantasy are always symptoms of a deeper problem. The Bible says over and over in various ways that out of the heart flow the issues we face, not the other way around. Sin…
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“Why Doesn’t God Help Me Overcome Porn for Good?”
You’ve tried everything to deal with your porn struggle. You’ve read all…
You’ve tried everything to deal with your porn struggle. You’ve read all the right books, listened to the podcasts, maybe even talked to a counselor. You studied passages in the Bible about freedom from sin…
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4 Reasons Women Struggle to Be Honest About Their Sexual Sin
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In…
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In fact, I didn’t want to be honest about it. I didn’t want to confess it. I wanted to shove those struggles into the…
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From Isolation to Connection (Part 4)
In the previous posts in this series, we’ve looked at the epidemic…
In the previous posts in this series, we’ve looked at the epidemic of loneliness plaguing our culture, its causes, and its relation to pornography addiction. And truthfully, it hasn’t always been pleasant reading. Diagnosing a…
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The Two Best Predictors of Addictive Behavior
Ben’s eyes are bulging and red. He pounds the arm rest with…
Ben’s eyes are bulging and red. He pounds the arm rest with clenched fists and growls, “Why do I keep going back to this stuff?!” Only, he didn’t say “stuff.” If porn were a person he could…
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Porn on the Brain? 3 Ways a New Hobby Can Improve Your Quality of Life
“We should treat our brains and souls with the same respect, at…
“We should treat our brains and souls with the same respect, at least, that we give a kitchen sponge. You wouldn’t put your sponge in the toilet and then use it to clean your dinner…
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How Loneliness Fuels the Cycle of Porn Use (Part 3)
In the previous two posts of this series, we discussed the epidemic…
In the previous two posts of this series, we discussed the epidemic of loneliness, and how social isolation affects millions in America. We looked at the mounting body of research demonstrating how our isolation can…
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Why Mere Willpower Isn’t Enough to Fight Porn
Even if you don’t know Terry Crews by name, you’ve seen his…
Even if you don’t know Terry Crews by name, you’ve seen his face. The former NFL player-turned-actor has been in TV shows (such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Arrested Development) and movies (such as Idiocracy and…