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I remember the way I thought about marriage back when I was a single chap. I had determined that if I was ever going to get married (i.e. tied down to just one woman for the rest of my days), my wife would have to meet three criteria: She had…
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This week we are reviewing What’s Wrong with a Little Porn When You’re Single?, published by Harvest USA. . . . . We write a lot about how porn damages marriages…and for good reason. Often, a major catalyst for a person’s desire to change is the recognition that their porn use…
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The pornography industry has permeated the American culture at a speed that no one could have imagined over the past ten years. With the introduction of cybersex, the devastating consequences are now playing out through escalating cases of sexual addiction, marriages failing, and careers collapsing; consequently, a generation of young…
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by Alyssa Shull Our culture is so obsessed with the people that entertain us. I hear people all the time saying “Insert star’s name is sooo HOT.” The star could be married, or single—it doesn’t matter—our culture fawns and obsesses over them. I have even found that married people will…
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As well-attended as Michael Leahy’s “Porn Nation” campus presentations have been, not everyone agrees with Leahy’s message (argumentative college students, imagine that). I thought I would give some highlights for our readers about specific rebuttals Leahy has received (as well as toss in my own two cents as a former campus…
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I received a letter this week from “Krystal,” who explained: My parents never told me anything about sex. I was the daughter of a preacher, and the only thing my dad ever said was preached from the pulpit, and I didn’t understand it. I asked my mom about what I…
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Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the balloons, the teddy bears, the crummy candy in heart-shaped cardboard boxes—are already going up in the stores. Pretty strange, considering that as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to the realization that the only people over the age of…
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The following is an excerpt from the Convergence Summit, sponsored by pureHOPE and the Religions Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP). Commissioner Israel Gaither of the Salvation Army is recognized for his global leadership. He has an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Asbury College and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Taylor University. The San…
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I grew up in an abusive, legalistic Christian home and “ran away” to college to escape my home life and all my problems. But I moved with me. I was still the insecure, frightened, manipulative, prideful, people-pleasing, co-dependent 18-year-old girl struggling with low self-esteem and depression. I met my future husband…
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Whose side am I going to take? The defeated husband who feels like his unresponsive wife is hanging him out to dry with his temptation or the betrayed wife who feels like she’s being blamed for her husband’s sinful choices? The single person who “knows” sexual temptation will be less…