Recently, I’ve heard people using a phrase that goes something like this, “Oh, my refrigerator is so full I can’t close it, #firstworldproblem.” In other words, only certain parts of the world have certain issues. If I asked the average American to name three countries where slavery still exists today, chances…
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We All Need Accountability: Dwayne’s Story
My conversation with a church leader recently went something like this: Me: “I just signed up for Covenant Eyes on my new smartphone.” Him: “Why’d you do that?” Me: “I need the accountability.” Him: “How so?” Me: “My phone’s got a big screen and fast Internet access. That’s an invitation…
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Finding Freedom from the Cave of Shame
“Our brokenness is a bridge, not a barrier.” Have you ever experienced what seems like the end of the road—a feeling like you’re trapped in a dark, inescapable cave? Alone, enslaved, ashamed, and often believing that you are too far gone for help. You can stay there. You have stayed…
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Hope After Porn: Our Marriage Would Never Be the Same
It couldn’t have happened at a worse time. After the trauma of preterm labor, a month of bed-rest, and a three-day long delivery, I was a new mom who had to constantly hold, nurse, or pump milk for our premature daughter. The around-the-clock care didn’t ease up after the first…
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How the Internet Challenges Traditional Parent-Child Roles
Children and teens swim in an ocean of technology. It is their natural environment. Parents, on the other hand, often feel like fish out of water. In 2009 alone, 47 million new websites went up. That’s nearly two new websites going up every second. Parents ask us: How can I…
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Killing the Dragon: My Struggle With Sexual Sin
The war that I have been waging against my flesh has been going on for around six years now. The story of how that war began and how I came to faith in Jesus Christ is actually the same, so the subjects of sexual sin, pornography, and lust have all…
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Digital Detox
Taking a Break From Technology to Spend Time with Family Step away from the eggnog…and the iPad—which may be difficult if you are like many families this Christmas. Adults and kids alike are having visions of a very “iChristmas,” but is technology intruding on family traditions? The Apple iPad is…
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Carl Lentz’s Confession and the Critical Need for Accountability
Covenant Eyes was founded on the idea that open and authentic accountability relationships are critical to freedom from secret sin. It’s always painful for us to hear stories of Christians caught in secret sin. It’s particularly sobering when it’s a Christian leader. Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz, famed for his large…
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My Un-Saved Spouse Views Porn and Doesn’t Care
There are multiple things to consider in response to a pornography-using, unrepentant husband. The ugly truth is that many marriages have at least one spouse who is involved with sexual sin through pornography. Numerous surveys report that 53% of men admit they view pornography weekly. In many cases, the wife…
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Women and Masturbation: Talking About It Openly (Part 2)
This is the second half of a two-part series on the topic of women and masturbation. If you missed my first post, I highly recommend reading it before you read this one. In the first post, I shared about my journey to finding freedom from this struggle as well as…