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The Right Resolutions to Quit Porn
It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start…
It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start over fresh. A time when a lot of us make resolutions as to what we will or won’t do in the next chapter…
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7 Things Female Porn Users Wish Their Pastors Understood
Hi. My name is Lisa, and I have a porn problem. Ironically,…
Hi. My name is Lisa, and I have a porn problem. Ironically, I’m probably the last person you’d think would have one. I’m a woman. I’m active at church. I’m single and still “saving myself…
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How Triggers Can Drain Your Willpower
Your willpower is a finite resource. You have to use it sparingly,…
Your willpower is a finite resource. You have to use it sparingly, but even in the best-case scenario, it has a limited shelf life. Like time, your willpower is ticking away. Unless you find a…
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Why People Watch Porn: 11 Reasons It’s Appealing
A study conducted by the University of Bucharest in Romania posed the…
A study conducted by the University of Bucharest in Romania posed the open-ended question to 267 students: Why do you watch porn? Compiling the responses, the researchers generalized them under a single explanation: People watch…
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Your Willpower Is Not Enough: How to Level Up and Quit Porn
Imagine your life as an 8-bit video game. You know, the old…
Imagine your life as an 8-bit video game. You know, the old side-scrolling video game where you progress through a world from left to right? All you have to do is get from one side…
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Porn Is Not Your Biggest Problem
*This post contains mention of sexual assault. I spent many college nights…
*This post contains mention of sexual assault. I spent many college nights scrolling through porn on my phone. Image after image flickered across my screen, but they always left me longing for more. One image…
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How Gratitude Can Supercharge Your Fight Against Porn
“Let’s go around the table and say something we’re thankful for” is…
“Let’s go around the table and say something we’re thankful for” is a clichéd Thanksgiving tradition. But this simple exercise may be more important than you realize—especially if you’re fighting the temptation to look at…
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How Much Porn Is Too Much?
If you find yourself asking how much porn is too much, there…
If you find yourself asking how much porn is too much, there is probably a reason why! Perhaps someone in your life has been negatively impacted by pornography, or maybe you have experienced the effects…
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Bible Verses and Principles About Overcoming Temptation
Do you face temptation? Are there sins that just seem impossible to…
Do you face temptation? Are there sins that just seem impossible to resist? At Covenant Eyes, we talk to people every day who find themselves unable to resist the impulse to look at porn. See…
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Porn and Parenting Styles: What Pastors Need to Know
Not too long ago, I wrote a piece about the connections between…
Not too long ago, I wrote a piece about the connections between purity culture’s teachings and pornography use. As I mentioned there, one of the biggest issues with purity culture is that it allowed parents…