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Porn in the Pew: Can You Love God and Porn at the Same Time?
It’s the thing nobody in the church wants to talk about. But…
It’s the thing nobody in the church wants to talk about. But it kills more marriages, drains more hearts, and ends more ministries than anything else. It’s the elephant in the church–pornography. The church has…
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How Life Becomes More Fulfilling Without Watching Porn
One of the most severe things porn does to someone is shape…
One of the most severe things porn does to someone is shape their brain to start seeing men and women in real life the way they see men and women in porn.
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3 Tips to Talk with the Parents of Your Child’s Porn-Viewing Friend
My Kid Saw Porn on Another Kid’s Device at School I calmly…
My Kid Saw Porn on Another Kid’s Device at School I calmly sat across from my friend and explained to her the “Bring Your Own Technology” fiasco that had happened recently at school. As my…
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Therapeutic Disclosure: How It Can Help Your Marriage Heal
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Imagine you go to the doctor…
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Imagine you go to the doctor and learn that you might have cancer. You are sent home and told to come back next week to find out. You don’t…
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Accountability Is Not About Shame and Fear
Ask any counselor, psychologist, or therapist, and they will all agree that…
Ask any counselor, psychologist, or therapist, and they will all agree that accountability is essential to lasting freedom from pornography. But what, after all, is accountability? And why is it so important to recovery and…
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Why Church Governance Must Improve (and How to Start the Process)
The recent news of abuses perpetrated by pastors and priests against children…
The recent news of abuses perpetrated by pastors and priests against children and women, and subsequent cover-ups and lack of accountable oversight, are a crushing blow to the church governance. With church attendance in rapid…
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10 Ways to Fight Temptation
James 1:14-15 clearly outlines the process of temptation, “But each one is tempted…
James 1:14-15 clearly outlines the process of temptation, “But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when…
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7 Questions Pastors Need to Answer about Porn
To the pastors and ministry leaders reading this blog post, a percentage…
To the pastors and ministry leaders reading this blog post, a percentage of your staff and people are regularly looking at pornography. And, all of your people are stuck in a world that has a…
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How Respect Shrivels the Power of Porn
If you had tried to convince me 11 years ago that I needed…
If you had tried to convince me 11 years ago that I needed to respect my porn-addicted husband, I would have laughed in your face. Not the “funny ha-ha” kind of laugh. More like a sneer…
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Your Child Struggles with Porn? You Are Not Alone
When my son told us he had been watching pornography, I wanted…
When my son told us he had been watching pornography, I wanted to throw up. When I understood the depth of his addiction and the length of time he had been watching, I berated myself,…