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Luke Gilkerson has a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies and an MA in Religion. He is the author of Your Brain on Porn and The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality. Luke and his wife Trisha blog at IntoxicatedOnLife.com

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Generation XXX: Pornography Habits of College Students

Episode 143 [powerpress] Recent surveys indicate 63% of Millennial men (18-30 years old) view porn at least several times a week; 21% of women the same age say the same about their porn use. With so…

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How to Keep a Porn-User for Life

When it comes to porn, don’t get distracted by the sex and miss what really drives the industry: money. Pornography isn’t a back-alley business of repressed artists looking to explore the pleasures of erotica. It…

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Porn In Your Dating Relationship: How to Find Healing Through Transparency

Episode 142 [powerpress] When you’re in a serious dating relationship or engaged, what should you do when you discover your boyfriend or fiancé watches porn habitually? While many relationship counselors advise transparency and honest conversation around…

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XES: Why Church Girls Tend to Get It Backwards

Episode 141 [powerpress] In some church circles, sex is a dirty word filled with notions of forbiddenness and shame. Joy McMillan wants to help change that. Her new book, XES: Why church girls tend to…

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Preparing Your Kids To Stand Against Porn: “Name It When You See It”

Parents today don’t have the privilege of avoiding a discussion about porn with their kids. We get it. The idea of bringing up the subject of porn with your kids, especially your little kids, might…

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The Sex Trafficking Issue No One Is Talking About

Episode 140 [powerpress] Sex trafficking is one of the great social justice issues of our time, but unfortunately society largely ignores how pornography is related to trafficking. We interviewed Liz Yore, Oprah Winfrey’s former legal child…

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My Teenage Daughter and I Fight Over Internet Issues. What do I do?

Last week I got an e-mail from a concerned mom with a 15-year-old daughter. She was frustrated because of Internet related battles at home. Over the years there has been a lot of back and…

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10 New Stats About Porn That Should Scare You

Research on pornography comes out every year, and 2014 was no exception. Overall, the trends were predictable: more people are watching porn, and more porn is available now than ever before. Still, when you drill…

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Porn Addiction Problems: Effects on Marriage (Infographic)

A survey taken among divorce lawyers found that 56% of divorce cases involve at least one party having an “obsessive interest in pornographic websites.” The more we know about the effects of pornography on the brain,…