Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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What Your Sexual Fantasies (Might) Say About You | Part 2
The evangelical community’s preoccupation with combatting lust has over-simplified and trivialized a…
The evangelical community’s preoccupation with combatting lust has over-simplified and trivialized a far more complex issue within human sexuality. We exert tremendous effort attempting to stop our sexual fantasies, but neglect the critical task of…
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5 Quick Tips for Staying Sexually Sober During the Holidays
This post has been updated as of November 2020. As a Sexual…
This post has been updated as of November 2020. As a Sexual Integrity Mentor™, I see it happen every holiday season to many of the men I mentor. Slips. Relapses. People essentially take a holiday…
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Science and Porn: What Are You Risking If They’re Wrong?
Most of us have convictions. I’m not talking about the kind handed…
Most of us have convictions. I’m not talking about the kind handed down from judges and juries, but a fixed, or at least firm, belief in what is right and wrong, okay and not okay.…
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5 Motivations to Resist the Click
“When you guard your purity, you’re protecting a treasure, so apply yourself…
“When you guard your purity, you’re protecting a treasure, so apply yourself to its longevity the way you’d protect anything valuable. Recognize its worth. Work hard to keep it, and reject anything which threatens it.”…
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When Is Professional Help Needed in Porn Addiction Recovery?
This is a question that many people aren’t sure how to frame.…
This is a question that many people aren’t sure how to frame. We know we shouldn’t wait until things are “that bad” but we want things to be “bad enough” to merit the time and…
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Silence: The Sound of Female Sexual Shame
Updated as of July, 2020. Women now make up 30% of all…
Updated as of July, 2020. Women now make up 30% of all pornography users. For too long, society has presumed pornography to be an exclusively “man’s issue.”[i] The continued cultural silence for female pornography use…
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Why Dump Porn Before You Date
If you’re one of the unmarried blokes or blokettes here at Covenant…
If you’re one of the unmarried blokes or blokettes here at Covenant Eyes, you may not have paid any attention to the “Rebuild Your Marriage” section of this blog, but I urge you to take…
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Sustaining Your Passion to Overcome Temptation
Have you ever heard a message that pulled you up by your…
Have you ever heard a message that pulled you up by your bootstrap–that made you see something in a whole new light? After hearing it, you think, “Yes! Thank you, Jesus! This must be the missing piece…
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What a Few Mouse Clicks Won’t Get You
Several years ago I went to a conference by Bethesda Workshops for…
Several years ago I went to a conference by Bethesda Workshops for women who struggle with sexual addiction issues. A sweet lady there in her mid-50s shared at the start of the conference that she had been…
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For Singles: How to Handle a Strong Sex Drive in a God-Honoring Way
With tears streaming down my face, I sat alone in my room.…
With tears streaming down my face, I sat alone in my room. As a 22-year-old Christian single woman, I was battling against my flesh and the sexual temptations in my mind…again. I wanted to be…