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Free Sermon Series: A Bird’s Eye View of Lust and Pornography
Truthfully, I’ve never been much of a fan of “canned sermons.” Most…
Truthfully, I’ve never been much of a fan of “canned sermons.” Most pastors I know don’t like them either. They are justifiably skeptical of another person’s research and exegesis. Every pastor’s presentation style is different.…
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Bring Your Own Device: BYOD For You Offers Answers to Employees
A radical change is sweeping across American workplaces: mobile technology is redefining…
A radical change is sweeping across American workplaces: mobile technology is redefining the boundaries between work life, home life and play. The “digital generation” is demanding more freedom and flexibility with their smartphones and tablet…
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Accountability Questions: Discussion Guide For Accountability Partners
I’ve never been a huge fan of lists of accountability questions. In…
I’ve never been a huge fan of lists of accountability questions. In the past, much of my distain for them was that I liked my sin too much. Lists of accountability questions tended to expose…
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Is Confidentiality Christian? Should you keep a friend’s sin secret?
Luke Gilkerson, blog manager at Covenant Eyes, often receives questions about the…
Luke Gilkerson, blog manager at Covenant Eyes, often receives questions about the issue of confidentiality. Here are a few examples he shared with me: 1. When I’m an accountability partner for someone else, what is…
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Advice for Porn-Addict Recovery Groups: Avoid Struggle-Based Identity
If you have ever had a demonstrative struggle with pornography, at some…
If you have ever had a demonstrative struggle with pornography, at some point or another, you might be encouraged to join a group for men or women focused on helping one another with sexual issues.…
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Bringing Rape Culture to Light
How the Cultural Treatment of Women Impacts the Acceptability of Sexual Violence…
How the Cultural Treatment of Women Impacts the Acceptability of Sexual Violence Have you heard the one about the comedian who joked about his audience getting gang-raped? In July 2012, two young women attended an…
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10 Steps to Finding a Great Accountability Partner
When you are using Accountability Software, the most important question to ask…
When you are using Accountability Software, the most important question to ask is: Who should receive your Accountability Reports? For some people, the choice of an accountability partner (or an ally as we like to…
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Get the Latest Pornography Statistics
German poet Heinrich Heine said you cannot feed the hungry on statistics.…
German poet Heinrich Heine said you cannot feed the hungry on statistics. Well-researched stats can only illuminate the problem, not solve it. But for many, the problem of pornography in our modern culture still needs…
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Can I Circumvent Covenant Eyes?
There are ways to circumvent Covenant Eyes accountability software, not the least…
There are ways to circumvent Covenant Eyes accountability software, not the least of which is to go down to the local library and use its computers instead of your own. Those who are bent on…
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Guilt vs. Shame: Why Definitions Matter
Among counseling ministries and recovery groups it is popular to distinguish between…
Among counseling ministries and recovery groups it is popular to distinguish between guilt vs shame. Feelings of guilt and shame, they say, are distinct experiences, though often related. Here’s the popular distinction: Guilt is feeling…