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Reclaiming Your Family Trips from Technology
Updated May 2022 I’m the oldest of seven children, which means that…
Updated May 2022 I’m the oldest of seven children, which means that I don’t have a childhood memory that doesn’t include a van. I wasn’t even three years old and we were already a family…
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Summertime Tips: Managing Screen Time for Kids
Is There a Right Amount of Screen Time for Kids? Determining the…
Is There a Right Amount of Screen Time for Kids? Determining the right number of hours for a child to use a digital screen is tough. Parents often ask me, “What’s the right amount of…
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5 Fears That Keep Us from Talking to Kids about Porn
Why do we put off what we know we need to do,…
Why do we put off what we know we need to do, even when we know it is something very important? In my experience most parents know that modern day pornography is more dangerous than…
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Steam Reverses Decision to Remove Pornographic Games
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video…
The online gaming store Steam, owned by Valve, distributes thousands of video games for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A combination of faster distribution to consumers, a versatile suite of tools for game development, and more…
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4 Brave Decisions That Can Save Your…
There’s a saying we use these days around BraveHearts and my wife…
There’s a saying we use these days around BraveHearts and my wife Christine’s new ministry, The Braveful Society, that states “You’re just one brave decision away…” For those of us who have unwittingly found ourselves…
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Why We Need the Message of Celibacy Now More Than Ever
When was the last conversation, sermon, or radio program you heard or…
When was the last conversation, sermon, or radio program you heard or participated in that celebrated celibacy as a virtue? A choice to be lifted up, praised, and promoted? What if celibacy was viewed as…
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What Christian Culture Has Gotten Wrong About Sexual Purity
Let me start with something that is fundamental to addressing sexual purity:…
Let me start with something that is fundamental to addressing sexual purity: churches have to talk about porn. I went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night growing up and we never…
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Fantasies: The Window to Your Wound
Lust and fantasy are always symptoms of a deeper problem. The Bible…
Lust and fantasy are always symptoms of a deeper problem. The Bible says over and over in various ways that out of the heart flow the issues we face, not the other way around. Sin…
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Understanding the Triggers of Betrayal Trauma
This post has been updated as of February 2021. “Suddenly my heart…
This post has been updated as of February 2021. “Suddenly my heart is racing, I can feel the blood pumping in my head, my palms are sweaty and I feel like I want to run.…
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“Why Doesn’t God Help Me Overcome Porn for Good?”
You’ve tried everything to deal with your porn struggle. You’ve read all…
You’ve tried everything to deal with your porn struggle. You’ve read all the right books, listened to the podcasts, maybe even talked to a counselor. You studied passages in the Bible about freedom from sin…