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Escaping from Porn: The 6 Essential Ingredients of Repentance
A survey commissioned by a nonprofit organization called Proven Men Ministries and…
A survey commissioned by a nonprofit organization called Proven Men Ministries and conducted by the Barna Group took a national representative sample of 388 self-identified Christian adult men. The statistics are alarming and paint a…
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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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How the iPhone Changed Everything
A hundred years from now, students of Twenty-First Century history will learn that…
A hundred years from now, students of Twenty-First Century history will learn that a major turning point in humanity’s cultural evolution came on January 9, 2007. That was the day the iPhone was introduced. You remember what…
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Accountability in the Bible: Good Preventative Medicine
Often people in the church treat accountability as a last resort, not…
Often people in the church treat accountability as a last resort, not a lifestyle. Accountability is a buzz word among Christians—perhaps an overused one—that sounds like a great idea, but for many it isn’t very…
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You Can Stop the Demand for Child Sexual Exploitation
An Open Letter from the Covenant Eyes President Greetings, My name is…
An Open Letter from the Covenant Eyes President Greetings, My name is Ron DeHaas, President of Covenant Eyes, and I am writing to you out of concern for our children. Today some 293,000 American youths…
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Free Daily Encouragement for Those in Porn Recovery
There is a critical part to recovery that many people ignore. Perhaps…
There is a critical part to recovery that many people ignore. Perhaps it is a missing piece of your recovery. See if you can find it in this verse … “See to it, brothers, that…
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Why Thanksgiving and Porn Do Not Mix
“Porn is only consumed by thankless people.” Dr. Heath Lambert isn’t coddling…
“Porn is only consumed by thankless people.” Dr. Heath Lambert isn’t coddling readers in his book Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace. While the quote from his book might sound like…
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Is Porn Your Idol? – Life as an Idol-Maker
The following is an excerpt from John Freeman’s Hide or Seek: When…
The following is an excerpt from John Freeman’s Hide or Seek: When Men Get Real with God About Sex, from New Growth Press. Derek was twenty-three years old. A friend had referred him to Harvest…
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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…