I need to be honest, I was reluctant to share my story publicly. Reluctant because women don’t struggle with porn, right? The internet was not accessible for me when I was a teenager. It hadn’t yet infiltrated every aspect of our daily lives. I had no access to, nor any…
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The Benefits of Quitting Porn: What Do You Hope to Gain?
Do you think you’ll actually benefit from quitting porn? It sounds obvious to say it, but the secret to successfully quitting porn is actually wanting to quit porn. The unfortunate reality is that, deep down, many people don’t want to quit. They may think they do, but they’re either too…
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Hope After Porn – “Forsaking All Others”
I’ll never forget the first time I walked in on my husband looking at Internet pornography. Immediately my heart sank, and I remember this sick feeling wash over me. The thought that began to plague my mind instantly was, “How will I ever be able to compete with her?” If…
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Why Internet Accountability is Like Insurance
Accidents happen even at the best of times. I was already backing out of a parking spot in my new car when the car parked behind me went into reverse. And then came the sickening crunch of a collision…and my car suddenly had a lovely new crack in the back…
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Dealing With The Frogs In Your Life: Getting Rid of Idols
In Exodus 8 we read about the plague of frogs God inflicted upon Egypt. Frogs were over the entire country (v.2). Frogs blanketed the land (v.6). Everywhere you looked you saw frogs. Frogs were in the homes, bedrooms, on people—everywhere (v.3-4). Pharaoh’s magicians duplicated what Moses and Aaron had done…
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4 Reasons Women Struggle to Be Honest About Their Sexual Sin
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In fact, I didn’t want to be honest about it. I didn’t want to confess it. I wanted to shove those struggles into the deepest darkest corner of my life, never to be seen again. But I knew that…
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I Was a Christian Woman Hooked on Porn
I will never forget the day I confessed to my husband that I was not only watching porn, but I was watching lesbian porn. Despite the shame and guilt I felt, I did not know how to stop. When I was younger, I became emotionally enmeshed and later sexually involved…
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If You Give a Kid a Kindle: How to Prepare Your Kids for New Devices
As I was working today, an e-mail with the subject line, “Put some fun under the tree!” popped into my inbox. It was, of course, from a large consumer electronics company advertising their latest and greatest electronic device. We’ve put new devices under the tree too, and the response from…
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Paul vs. Porn: How the Old Apostle Delivers a Death Blow to a Modern Addiction
Why are so many today seemingly hooked on porn—I mean, other than the seductive naked people? More than one in three (39%) Christian men and one in eight (13%) Christian women say they believe their use of porn is “excessive.” Many of these would describe their use as “addictive.” Leaving…
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Yes, Using Porn Is Cheating. Here’s Why.
I’ve heard it said that there are men who don’t look at porn, and then there are men who are breathing. If recent surveys are any indication, porn use has become the norm among men, not the exception. Still, I get a lot of questions from women who are feeling the…