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Lisa Eldred is the Educational Content Strategist at Covenant Eyes, and has 10 years of experience in researching and writing about porn addiction and recovery. She has authored numerous blog posts and ebooks, including More Than Single, Hobbies and Habits, and New Fruit, which was co-authored with Crystal Renaud Day. Her writing about faith and fandoms can be found at Love Thy Nerd.

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Why Mere Willpower Isn’t Enough to Fight Porn

Even if you don’t know Terry Crews by name, you’ve seen his face. The former NFL player-turned-actor has been in TV shows (such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Arrested Development) and movies (such as Idiocracy and…

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Porn and the Elephant

Recently, some front-line workers who fight against pornography addictions have noticed how some unique factors, which are seemingly disconnected from porn, have helped contribute to successfully quitting porn. Two people stand out. The first is…

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Covenant Eyes at the Movies

Back in February, Covenant Eyes had the pleasure of sponsoring the 25th Annual Movieguide Awards, which honored the top films and TV shows from 2016 featuring family-friendly content and Christian values. It was a beautiful,…

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Covenant Eyes and the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

UPDATE: As of September 8, 2016, a fix for this issue is available. Download it in My Account. On August 2, Microsoft released an “Anniversary Update” to Windows 10. It boasts not just security updates, but…

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“Nerve” and the Realities Teens Face Online

Proverbs 16:33 says the cast lot is from the Lord… and sometimes, the cast lot lands you with suddenly-canceled evening plans and six passes to a sneak peek of a movie. So it was that…

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Legislation introduced in Utah declares porn a “public health crisis”

A resolution introduced in the Utah State Legislature on Friday seeks to declare pornography a “public health crisis” and urges education and policy-change to battle it. Covenant Eyes applauds Utah’s effort to recognize this growing…

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3 Lessons Movies Teach Us About Accountability

If I fall, I fall alone, but two can help to bear the load A threefold chord is hard to break All I have I give to you if you will share your sorrows too…

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Changing Your Media Diet to Change Your Attitude

I almost rage-quit a video game recently. Not because it was too hard, or crashed too horribly (the usual reasons gamers quit particular games)—no, it was because of the cutscenes. This particular game was the…

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How Covenant Eyes Helps Protect Your Kids on Mobile

“Excuse me. The pastor mentioned pornography in today’s message. Do you have any resources on that?” From my position behind the info booth at my church, I hid a little bit of a laugh from…