Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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Singleness and Longing: Why Porn Is Not the Cure
Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the…
Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the balloons, the teddy bears, the crummy candy in heart-shaped cardboard boxes—are already going up in the stores. Pretty strange, considering that as I’ve…
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Is It Wrong to Masturbate to Fantasies of My Wife?
Is masturbating to your wife a sin? What if you masturbate to…
Is masturbating to your wife a sin? What if you masturbate to thoughts of your fiancé or girlfriend? We received this question from someone in our community: “I have asked several pastors/mentors/friends about masturbation and…
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The Apostle Paul: 5 Secrets to Fighting Sexual Sin
Hugh Hefner didn’t invent sexual sin. It is a problem that has…
Hugh Hefner didn’t invent sexual sin. It is a problem that has been around since our ancestors walked east of Eden, and it will be around until the new Jerusalem descends upon us. The good…
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5 Secrets to Walking in the Spirit
The following is adapted from Your Brain on Porn, a free ebook…
The following is adapted from Your Brain on Porn, a free ebook available from Covenant Eyes. The Bible does not describe us merely as wayward, broken, or needing a moral boost but as those who…
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An Open Letter to Pornography
Dear Pornography, I met you at a young age. As memory serves,…
Dear Pornography, I met you at a young age. As memory serves, I was around the age of seven the first time I was shown a pornographic magazine. Little did I know that it would…
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Is Porn Addiction Real or Myth? The Debate Continues
What if someone told you—despite what popular media says—that “sex addiction” or…
What if someone told you—despite what popular media says—that “sex addiction” or “porn addiction” aren’t real? What if someone told you the whole thing is an inaccurate label that isn’t helping but is rather harming…
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Destroying Porn Addiction Starts with Destroying Shame
Is destroying porn addiction possible? For many men and women, this habit…
Is destroying porn addiction possible? For many men and women, this habit runs so deep, our personal vows to stop seem worthless to us anymore. The Bible sees a vital link between sexual sin and social…
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10 Gospel-Centered Accountability Principles (or, How a Puritan Might Run an Accountability Group)
How do we slay the power of sin in us? What means…
How do we slay the power of sin in us? What means has God given us to destroy sinful lusts? Too often we look for the answer to that question on a vertical plane only:…
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Girls Hooked on Porn: Battle Notes from a Weathered Fighter
Four months ago, when my pastor approached me to film my testimony,…
Four months ago, when my pastor approached me to film my testimony, my thoughts went something like this: “Share my testimony? You mean, I would be telling the entire church that I have dealt with an…
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3 Gospel Principles for Battling Porn Addiction
I can vividly remember the fear that gripped my life a decade…
I can vividly remember the fear that gripped my life a decade ago when I was battling porn addiction. I remember the long nights binging on porn on my computer, tucking myself away in remote…