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Help Your Kids Avoid Porn: Don’t Treat Them the Same
You don’t necessarily want to treat all children the same when it…
You don’t necessarily want to treat all children the same when it comes to helping them avoid pornography. This may sound counterintuitive, but it is true. Any parent with multiple children knows the parenting style…
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Why Medicating Shame’s Pain with Porn Never Works
Shame is as old as Adam and Eve…well, almost. Genesis 2:24-25 says,…
Shame is as old as Adam and Eve…well, almost. Genesis 2:24-25 says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the…
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4 Reasons Shame Cripples Spouses of Addicts (and How to Overcome It)
“My husband is the sex addict; why should I feel shame?” For…
“My husband is the sex addict; why should I feel shame?” For most healthy outsiders, the logical answer is, “You shouldn’t.” But for most spouses of sex addicts, the feeling of shame clings to us…
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Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing Book Review
“How did I get here?” It’s a common refrain for most people, but…
“How did I get here?” It’s a common refrain for most people, but it slices to the heart of the man or woman struggling with porn and unwanted sexual behaviors. Too often the question is rhetorical…
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Advice for Parents Feeling Betrayed and Deceived by Their Teen Addict
I am a mom of four beautiful children. They each have their…
I am a mom of four beautiful children. They each have their positive and negative traits. Each has made me laugh and feel pride at their accomplishments, and each has disappointed me and fallen short…
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What the Bible Says About Premarital Sex
I’ve heard it said that the Bible doesn’t mention premarital sex as…
I’ve heard it said that the Bible doesn’t mention premarital sex as a sin. There are major implications to this on two levels. One, there is the simple and important question of knowing what is…
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Intrusive Accountability
Christians have grown accustomed to the idea of accountability, and not in…
Christians have grown accustomed to the idea of accountability, and not in a good way. We’re used to hearing the term and filing it in the “things we should be doing” section of our brain…
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7 Relationship Changes That Saved My Life: Tony’s Story
My sexual addiction almost destroyed my life. Although I became a Christian…
My sexual addiction almost destroyed my life. Although I became a Christian when I was 16 years old, and immediately fell in love with God, I remained completely powerless in my ability to resist sexual…
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The Problem With “Mommy Porn”
Traditionally, we have often thought of pornography as a struggle for men.…
Traditionally, we have often thought of pornography as a struggle for men. However, studies like those conducted by Covenant Eyes show that porn use among women is rapidly increasing, particularly among younger females. While some…
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How to Preach About Porn Without Filling Your Email Inbox
Your Church Probably Needs to Talk More About Pornography “Now, I know…
Your Church Probably Needs to Talk More About Pornography “Now, I know I’m going to get a lot of emails about this…” It was a joke Noel made often. Noel is the lead teaching pastor…