The Creator of the brain gave mankind a neurological handbook—the Bible. To live new lives we just have to embed its truths into our daily thinking. Science shows us why the brain can so easily become obsessed with pornography, and it also explains the mechanics behind porn addiction. But aside…
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Book Review – When Good Men Are Tempted
When Good Men Are Tempted is more than a how-to crash course in overcoming lust: it is a theology of the sin of lust and our freedom in Christ. Author Bill Perkins does more than just offer men practical tips in cutting back temptation (although the book is intensely practical).…
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True Story: Woman Finds Healing After 15 Years of Addiction
To maintain anonymity, we have removed the name of the user who submitted this story and replaced her name with “G.” This is a true story. “I was raised in a big Christian, conservative home (and still hold to those views and doctrines), where no one expected porn to be…
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Christian Women Need to Talk About Sexuality
I was shocked when they announced the title of the next book study that we would be doing. I was sitting in a room in my church next to Zack, surrounded by other small group leaders. “This is a conversation that we need to have more often in church,” my…
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What Happens When You Stop Watching Porn?
So, you stop watching porn—what happens next? We find both good news and bad news, I’ll start with the bad. Stopping porn, especially if it’s a longtime habit, can be tough. If it were easy, you wouldn’t bother to read this. Some uncomfortable things happen when you make the effort…
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Setting Up Your Covenant Eyes Account (30 Minutes That Can Change Your Life)
Confession: I can be a procrastinator. Over a year ago, my husband asked me to find a home for a huge pile of extra pillows stacked at the foot of our basement stairs. Guess where they are today? Yep, still there. It’s probably a 30 minute task, but frankly, I…
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Big Fat Lie: Porn Empowers Women
Some believe pornography can actually be empowering for women. For instance, Betty Dodson has been an outspoken feminist leader since the 1970s. While she doesn’t think porn offers the best in sexual education and she would prefer men generate their own mental fantasies, she sees nothing is wrong with masturbating to…
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The Best and Worst Day of My Life: Greg’s Story
I have a hard and painful story to share with you, but in the end, there is hope. I stand before you today only by the grace of God. My name is Greg Swartz, and I am being healed from sexual addiction. My hometown of 1200 people was the type…
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5 Reasons Purity Rings and Pledges Don’t Work
It might have been the most traumatizing day of my dramatic 13-year-old existence. My mom took me to the mall, and, only after walking into the department store, announced that she planned on buying me a purity ring. To me, she might as well have hijacked the PA system and…
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Pope John Paul II on Pornography
The following is a guest post by Mark Houck, a regular author at WhoDoesItHurt.com. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) says, “Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person” (n. 2332). If our sexuality truly affects all aspects of our person, then it is easy to conclude that the…
