One of my buddies, Tal Prince, tells his story about recovery from porn addiction in this video. I love what Tal says about porn and sex addiction being classified as an “intimacy disorder.” To be sure, lust often drives our attraction to pornography, but it is a multi-layered sin. We often retreat to porn because [...]
by Brian Gardner I first discovered the Breaking Free blog somewhere around the beginning of 2008. I was in the middle of extending the curriculum I had developed for the Sexual Integrity for Men course that I teach. In the midst of my research on the web for resources, I found a link to Luke [...]
Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 78
“Sex is ruled by a peculiar version of supply and demand—our desire for it can only be spoiled by promiscuity.” – Charles de Gaulle Why do guys like porn? There are many reasons why: some obvious, some not so obvious. For some people it is a tangled web of motivations. It certainly was for me… [...]
When you are outgunned, and outmanned, there are only four options. The first is to fight it out to the death, taking as many of the enemy with you as possible. The second option is to surrender, or sue for peace. The third option is to kill yourself to avoid capture and possible torture. The [...]
Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 74
Several weeks ago I received a comment about quitting masturbation: I have eliminated the porn from my life. How can I break the habit of masturbation and lust? Every time I get overwhelmed or stressed out, my mind clicks off and I end up giving in to the lust, masturbation, and fantasy. I could use [...]
John Piper continues to wow me when it comes to explaining how true Christian faith defeats the slavery of pornography. This video is a marvelous excerpt explaining his reasoning behind this. Piper’s ministry of “Christian hedonism” is this very thing: the stressing of delight over duty, of taking pleasure in God over mere performance. What [...]
Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 73
“Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ… Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has… It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the [...]
