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Repenting of Porn Addiction (Part 1)

I know all too well that there are no quick fixes: no easy tricks or easy solutions to porn addiction. Believe me, I’ve tried them. There were many times of desperation where my latest epiphany seemed like the missing link to my personal recovery. “This is it!” I thought. “This…

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How to Care for a Christian in Porn Addiction

Many thanks to counselor Rick Thomas for his latest article, “How to Care for a Christian in Porn Addiction.” This is an article written for Christian counselors and caregivers who are looking for good resources to help someone with a compulsion to watch pornography. Rick has been a regular author…

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Soul-Care For Wives of Porn Addicts

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor: If either falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm, but how can…

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Dear Porn Addict, This Is Your Wife

Husbands addicted to porn are often totally ignorant to the relational carnage it unleashes on their wife and loved ones once their addiction is exposed. Being caught as a porn addict is like dropping a nuclear bomb on a relationship. Yes, it feels like a mushroom cloud. But, after a…

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How to Treat Porn Addiction in the Church

To what degree do you think sexual sin is impacting the ministry of your church? If 60% of all Christian men are addicted to porn, then every one of them are impacted as well as all of their wives and the kids of those families. If 20% of all Christian…

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Porn Addiction Among College Students

When I moved out after high school and started attending a large, public university, I quickly realized just how big of a problem porn is among college students. What surprised me even more was the fact that no one besides me seemed to think that it was a problem. I…

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Do Christians Overhype Porn Addiction?

Is it true, as one survey suggests, that 50% of Christian men and 20% of Christian women would say they are “addicted” to porn? Really? Has it gotten that bad in the church? A recent study from Case Western Reserve University sheds some light on this subject. Researchers concluded that…

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The Missing Link in Porn Addiction Recovery

In my last two videos I laid out a biblical framework for overcoming pornography addiction, and I gave five nuts-and-bolts strategies to give feet to these ideas. In this video I tie these concepts together into an action plan. In which strategy have you been the weakest: run from, run…

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The Secret to Beating Porn Addiction

“You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God…Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:3,5) Leave a comment! What is the one take-away from this video that grabs your attention the most? What’s…

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8 Characteristics of Porn Addiction

To truly understand pornography addiction, we must first define it and realize it is actually a type of sex addiction. Although there are many definitions for sex addiction, the one I like best was developed by Dr. Mark Laaser: Sexual addiction is “any persistent and escalating unhealthy pattern of sexual…