Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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Iron Sharpens Iron: One Catholic Man’s Experience of Accountability
“Is my chastity worth $9.99 a month?” I asked myself this question…
“Is my chastity worth $9.99 a month?” I asked myself this question several years ago. Sitting in a dorm room and staring at my computer screen, it was in this moment of grace that I…
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33 Reasons to Abstain from Porn
Knowing that porn is wrong is not the struggle for me. Staying…
Knowing that porn is wrong is not the struggle for me. Staying motivated to abstain from it…now there’s the real struggle! To give myself a fresh shot of motivation, every single morning I remind myself…
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Lust After Death: Advice to a Widower Who Fantasizes About His Wife
A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man…
A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man whose wife passed away recently. They had been married for nearly 40 years. In his loneliness, he says, he fantasizes about times of intimacy with…
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The Bible and the Brain: How Scripture Strengthens And Renews Neurological Pathways
The Creator of the brain gave mankind a neurological handbook—the Bible. To…
The Creator of the brain gave mankind a neurological handbook—the Bible. To live new lives we just have to embed its truths into our daily thinking. Science shows us why the brain can so easily…
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Moral Revolution (Book Review)
Good purity books don’t magically write themselves. They are forged out of…
Good purity books don’t magically write themselves. They are forged out of the author’s own experience as a sexual struggler, as a minister working with sexual strugglers, or both. Moral Revolution: The Naked Truth About…
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Can you masturbate without lusting?
At first glance, the question, “Can you masturbate without lusting?” might seem…
At first glance, the question, “Can you masturbate without lusting?” might seem odd. Same with the question, “Is masturbation without porn a sin?” For those who feel no guilt or shame about the matter, the…
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Secrets and Shame: Why we need to confess our porn struggles to others
“Everyone needs to write their stronghold down on a piece of paper…
“Everyone needs to write their stronghold down on a piece of paper and give it to your accountability partner.” My blood started to boil, and I set my jaw. Never before had I been more…
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Why Guys Get Addicted to Internet Porn: The Neuroscience Behind Obsessive Behavior
Physiology teacher Gary Wilson has some keen insights about why men become…
Physiology teacher Gary Wilson has some keen insights about why men become addicted to Internet porn and some of its effects. The following 16-minute video gives viewers a brief tutorial of the neuroscience behind porn…
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Dan’s Story: How Christ destroyed my addiction to lust
It all started for me in the mid-80s at a young age.…
It all started for me in the mid-80s at a young age. It was all innocent enough. My neighborhood friend found his dad’s stash of Playboys and he showed them to me. Like all addictions,…
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What’s Wrong with a Little Porn When You’re Single? – Book Review
This week we are reviewing What’s Wrong with a Little Porn When…
This week we are reviewing What’s Wrong with a Little Porn When You’re Single?, published by Harvest USA. . . . . We write a lot about how porn damages marriages…and for good reason. Often, a…