Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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Porn Made Me Hate Everything—Until I Found Freedom
I have struggled with pornography since I was 15 years old. It…
I have struggled with pornography since I was 15 years old. It started as curiosity and a natural hormonal shift that we all have as humans, but it quickly turned into an issue that lasted…
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What Is Considered Porn?
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean…
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean by “pornography”? Judge Potter Stewart, in Jacobellis v. Ohio, famously wrote that while he couldn’t give an intelligible definition of pornography, “I know…
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Out of the Abyss: How Empathy Led to Freedom
Stuck. That’s how I felt. Stuck in an infinite abyss at the…
Stuck. That’s how I felt. Stuck in an infinite abyss at the bottom of a deep, dark well. Stuck in the cycle of: Each time I looped through that cycle, I found myself digging deeper…
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Porn and Doubt: Why Porn Hurts Christians’ Faith
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what…
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what a 2017 sociological study concluded, and many Covenant Eyes members have expressed the same thing. Let’s take a closer look at the relationship…
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The Journey to Conquer Pornography
I am an elite-level skateboarder who has been in the sport for…
I am an elite-level skateboarder who has been in the sport for fifteen years. I was raised in a Christian household, the eldest in my family, the adventurist, and the thrill seeker. My battle with…
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My War With Pornography
My war with pornography started when I was in junior high. It…
My war with pornography started when I was in junior high. It snuck into my world through a school project. Once I got a taste of it, my curiosity ignited and I explored my discovery.…
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Personal Integrity and the Road to Recovery
Integrity could rightly be labeled the “litmus test” of true recovery from…
Integrity could rightly be labeled the “litmus test” of true recovery from pornography. Addicts are prone to define sobriety and recovery on their own terms, and when they do so, that is all that they…
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Does Striving for a Porn-Free Life Make You “Weird”?
We live in a time when sensitivity toward others and understanding them…
We live in a time when sensitivity toward others and understanding them are upheld as the highest virtues. Yet somehow this changes when it comes to sensitivity and understanding towards those trying to keep pornography…
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What the Devil Meant for Evil, God Turned to Good
In this short testimony, I will offer my testimony of failure, forgiveness,…
In this short testimony, I will offer my testimony of failure, forgiveness, freedom, and a new family that began in a nearly decade-long addiction to pornography. God’s grace and sovereignty are written all over my…
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When Jesus Used Technology
There’s a scene in John 13 that has always stuck out to…
There’s a scene in John 13 that has always stuck out to me. Jesus gathered His disciples together for one last meal with them before he went to the cross. In this hour, the Savior…