When we want freedom from our nagging habitual sins, we often want a private solution to our seemingly private problem. We don’t want to involve anyone else. But what if the Bible doesn’t point us to private solutions? What if Christian accountability relationships are one of God’s ordinary means of…
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5 Ways to Find Joy in Your Imperfections This Christmas
Mention Christmas and immediately my mind goes to scented candles, twinkle lights, festivities, and making memories with my family. Even the Christmas story conjures up comfort as I think of the Star of Bethlehem, Jesus warm in the hay, and the cattle lowing in the night. I certainly do not…
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4 Important Reminders About Helping Someone Quit Porn
Technology Can Be a Fish or a Snake Luke 11:11 says, “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?” Technology can be either a fish or a snake, which can confuse a lot of parents. Fr. Sean says,…
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5 Important Steps to Help Someone Overcome Porn
As a counselor and pastor for 40 years, I’ve had scores of accountability relationships, many with porn strugglers and their families. Though the main priority is understood to be a relationship where we hold each other accountable, I think it is helpful to go further than that in describing what…
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Taking small steps is the cure to addiction
Addictions, as you might already know, are behavioral or substance-based dependences. While some can form nearly instantly—such as in the instance of class-A drug addictions (crystal meth, heroin)—other dependencies take time to grow and settle in. Porn addiction is certainly a good example of this latter kind of addiction. The Downward Spiral Rarely…
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Porn 101: College Campuses Using Porn in the Classroom
Porn is popular on the college campus . . . and I’m not simply talking about the dorm rooms or the fraternity houses. I’m talking about the classroom. It is not surprising that college courses would feature pornography as a topic. Considering how influential and widespread pornography has become in the…
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Porn and Gen-Z: A Conversation With Jonathan Pokluda
Pastor JP’s Story Jonathan Pokluda (JP) has a passion for addressing tough issues like pornography in the church. That passion was born out of his own struggles. Like many people, Jonathan became hooked on pornography as a young person, and it kept its grip on him for many years: “I…
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Recommended Reading For Men
Porn Again Christian (free e-book), by Mark Driscoll Mark Driscoll’s writing style is much like his preaching-blunt, biblical, bold, and balanced. Porn Again is as refreshing as it is hard-hitting. Driscoll’s book is a rudimentary theology of lust which aims at proclaiming the victory available to us in the gospel.…
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Sex Can’t Fix You
Why thousands of porn-crazed Christian men will have miserable marriages Life coach Tony Litster has some wise things to say in a brief clip from the documentary-in-the-making, Shamed. In the context of the church, true spiritual leaders are key to breaking the power of pornography in the lives of young…
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Why Do I Struggle if I’m Dead to Sin?
If you’re a Christian, does it matter if you keep using pornography? The Bible answers this question in Romans 6. Paul has just finished explaining in chapters 3-5 how we are saved by grace through faith. But in chapter 6, he asks an important question: If I’m saved by grace…