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Brad Hambrick serves as the Pastor of Counseling at The Summit Church in  Durham, NC. He also serves as Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, a council member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition, has authored several books including God’s Attributes: Rest for Life’s Struggles, and served as general editor for the Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused (churchcares.com) project.

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7 Marks of Enduring Accountability Relationships

Too often we relegate accountability to the “wouldn’t it be nice” status. It goes on the same list as having a budget and exercising–things we know we should be doing, but never quite find time…

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19 Possible Motives Triggering Your Porn Consumption

Often triggers and motive are treated as two distinct things, and there are differences. But those differences are more akin to two sides of the same coin than apples and oranges. In this post we’ll…

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How Broken Trust Regrows: 10 Stage Progression

How does broken trust in a marriage regrow? Growth in trust will require your spouse personally investing in change and your willingness to take relational risks. Your spouse’s growth alone will not create trust without…

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5 Horrible Ways to Tell Your Wife About Your Porn Addiction

If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably wrestled with this question many times before: “How do I tell my wife?” When you couldn’t come up with a good answer, you waited. She still doesn’t know.…

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The Inevitable Disappointment of Overgrown Desires

In a previous Covenant Eyes post on “Will a Better Sex Life Keep Porn at Bay?” I made the statement: “When we are willing to sin in order to get something, it has become too…

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Will a Better Sex Life Keep Porn at Bay?

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…

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5 Accountability Questions I Wish My Ally Would Ask Me

I don’t like the word “accountability partner” any more than I like the word “diet,” and I dislike them both for the same reason. They sound like an exception and a punishment rather than a…