“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17) The ministry of Iron Sharpens Iron seeks to mobilize local churches all over the country with a one-day intensive conference for men. We here at Covenant Eyes are helping to make these conferences all they can be, helping men to stand together and “sharpen” [...]
Sexting is the act of sending or receiving sexually suggestive messages or photos via cell phone (or some other hand held device). How widespread is this, you may ask? The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com commissioned a survey of teens and young adults to explore electronic activity. They found . [...]
I’ve corresponded with many people who ask me the same question: How do I win the long battle against sin? How do I fight sin in such a way that I’m not merely changing my behavior, but really changing my heart? For most of these people, their big battle is lust or pornography. Their sin [...]
Watch this short video featuring John Piper’s thoughts on the crippling effects of sexual sin from a sermon he preached in 2007: Is this you? Are you walking away from a radical dream of building for God’s kingdom because you are pinned under guilt and shame from pornography and lust? Theology with Passion for Jesus [...]
Many unmarried people struggle with abstinence and wrestle with God-given desires for intimate relationships and sexual expression. In the wrestling, some are drawn to the temporary pleasures of pornography. The world of porn-viewing offers an illusion of intimate connection and it does stir and lead to satisfaction of sexual urges, either with self or with [...]
What comes to mind when you think of an online sexual predator? Perhaps an older man, mid-40s, stealthily tricking young kids into giving away personal information so they can stalk them offline. There may be many predators who fit this stereotype and many who don’t, but equally important to understanding sexual predation is to understand [...]
As someone who used to be deep into porn addiction, I have benefited greatly from Pure Life Ministries and the work of Steve Gallagher. His book, At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry, is refreshing and thought-provoking. The story of his own exodus out of addiction, Out of the Depths of Sexual Sin, is a startling [...]
Freedom Begins Here is a tool that many are using in the church to help understand and overcome slavery to pornography.
pure (pyur): adj. free from adulterants or impurities We adulterate something when we add extraneous, improper or inferior ingredients. For the sake of this article, we will concern ourselves with that “something,” be it a marriage or a relationship. Two of the biggest things that destroy marriages are financial difficulties and infidelity. Of these two, [...]
With arid dry weather and hot winds that gust up to 85 miles per hour, parts of desert-like, sunny California are a powder keg ready to explode into flames. It is one of the worst wildfire areas in the US. Yet according to FEMA, the fire death rate for California is one of the lowest [...]
