Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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What Is Considered Porn?
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean…
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean by “pornography”? Judge Potter Stewart, in Jacobellis v. Ohio, famously wrote that while he couldn’t give an intelligible definition of pornography, “I know…
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Porn and Doubt: Why Porn Hurts Christians’ Faith
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what…
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what a 2017 sociological study concluded, and many Covenant Eyes members have expressed the same thing. Let’s take a closer look at the relationship…
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My War With Pornography
My war with pornography started when I was in junior high. It…
My war with pornography started when I was in junior high. It snuck into my world through a school project. Once I got a taste of it, my curiosity ignited and I explored my discovery.…
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Personal Integrity and the Road to Recovery
Integrity could rightly be labeled the “litmus test” of true recovery from…
Integrity could rightly be labeled the “litmus test” of true recovery from pornography. Addicts are prone to define sobriety and recovery on their own terms, and when they do so, that is all that they…
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Does Striving for a Porn-Free Life Make You “Weird”?
We live in a time when sensitivity toward others and understanding them…
We live in a time when sensitivity toward others and understanding them are upheld as the highest virtues. Yet somehow this changes when it comes to sensitivity and understanding towards those trying to keep pornography…
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What the Devil Meant for Evil, God Turned to Good
In this short testimony, I will offer my testimony of failure, forgiveness,…
In this short testimony, I will offer my testimony of failure, forgiveness, freedom, and a new family that began in a nearly decade-long addiction to pornography. God’s grace and sovereignty are written all over my…
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How Jesus Changes Addicts
Every one of us has heard the story or seen the testimony…
Every one of us has heard the story or seen the testimony of the former addict who, one day, simply threw away their drug of choice, never to touch it again. In the Christian form…
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Is Masturbation a Sin?
Many Christians wonder whether masturbation is a sin. Can a habit so…
Many Christians wonder whether masturbation is a sin. Can a habit so deeply ingrained in human nature be sinful? More than that, Christians have taught and believed differently on this issue at different times. However,…
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Finding Purity of Heart Through Jesus
I struggled with pornography and masturbation for the larger part of a…
I struggled with pornography and masturbation for the larger part of a decade. I was first exposed to porn at the age of eight and was captivated by it after I got my first smartphone…
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Chronic Masturbation: Understanding Compulsive Behavior
Chronic masturbation, sometimes called masturbation addiction, or compulsive masturbation, means you can’t…
Chronic masturbation, sometimes called masturbation addiction, or compulsive masturbation, means you can’t stop, even if you want to. In this post, we’ll look at why that is, whether it’s normal, and what you can do…