The following is a summary of Mark Driscoll’s presentation, “Death by Love. Addiction and Atonement.” Mark is the preaching and speaking pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, ranked “the second most prolific church planting church in America” by Outreach magazine. Seattle magazine named Mark one of the twenty-five most powerful people in Seattle, ironically [...]
The following is a summary of Ed Welch’s presentation, “Addiction, Temptation & Voluntary Slavery.” Ed Welch is a counselor and faculty member at CCEF and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. Ed is the author of numerous books, including Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave.
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We often view the Bible as [...]
The following is a guest post by Jimmy Needham. Jimmy has recently released his second Inpop studio album, Not Without Love. Jimmy’s bluesy and soulful style is matched only by the profundity of his lyrics. Jimmy’s musical influences include Jonny Lang, Lauryn Hill, Gavin DeGraw, Marc Broussard and Jason Mraz, but it is the late [...]
Are you a man who struggles with looking at porn? Do you want to read an enjoyable, practical and theologically sharp book on the subject?
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, has released a FREE e-book called Porn-Again Christian: A Frank Discussion on Pornography & Masturbation for God’s Men. You can read it [...]
Dr. Kevin Skinner’s new book, Treating Pornography Addiction, has been helping countless people overcome their struggles with pornography.
Dr. Skinner recently interviewed me on his Internet radio show, “Pornography As I See It.” On this show we discussed . . .
My personal story of porn addiction (listen to 5 minute clip)
How I started the process [...]
“The moment sex ceases to be a servant it becomes a tyrant.”
- G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
A couple weeks ago was Pornography Awareness Week. Breaking Free released a number of posts aimed at educating the public about the harmful effects of pornography for our culture.
1. Is Porn Protected by the First Amendment? - Is some of the adult [...]
What is White Collar Sideshow? At the core of the show is a man with a message, a man on a mission, a man who has a story to tell about his pornography addiction and how God set him free.
It also happens to be one of the most unique and entertaining shows I have ever seen. [...]
Porn is popular on the college campus . . . and I’m not simply talking about the dorm rooms or the fraternity houses. I’m talking about the classroom.
It is not surprising that college courses would feature pornography as a topic. Considering how influential and widespread pornography has become in the world, to ignore it in academic [...]
“Research reveals many systemic effects of Internet pornography that are undermining an already vulnerable culture of marriage and family. Even more disturbing is the fact that the first Internet generations have not reached full-maturity, so the upper-limits of this impact have yet to be realized.”
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When I first saw the documentary, Traffic [...]
We have a lot of husbands who use our accountability software. They want to make sure that someone is holding them accountable for where they go online. Some of them have really struggled in the past with viewing pornography online, and they are doing all they can to protect their eyes and their hearts from lustful [...]
