My wife Robin and I have been on a 15-year journey of recovery from the damage caused by my addiction to pornography, strip clubs, and masturbation. The shame of my 20-year relationship with pornography during our marriage led me to keep many secrets. As I dodged my wife’s questions and…
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3 Benefits of Using Covenant Eyes to Quit Porn
Porn has engulfed our culture like a tsunami. The statistics on pornography use, even among children, are staggering. Even worse, today’s hardcore porn is so extreme that it makes hardcore porn of the past look relatively innocent by comparison. But chances are, you already know about pornography’s harmful effects. There…
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3 Tips to Talk with the Parents of Your Child’s Porn-Viewing Friend
My Kid Saw Porn on Another Kid’s Device at School I calmly sat across from my friend and explained to her the “Bring Your Own Technology” fiasco that had happened recently at school. As my daughter and her friend worked together on a collaborative project using the internet as a…
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Young Women Seduced By Porn: How My Parents Helped Me Break Free
I grew up in a Christian home with amazing, loving parents. From a young age, I had a personal relationship with Christ. As a teenager, I was even given leadership roles in the church. My senior year of high school should have been an exciting time; I had been given…
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Does Porn Impact the Brain?
“…masturbation is the one great habit that is a ‘primary addiction,’ and that the other addictions, for example, alcohol, morphine, tobacco, excessive gambling, etc., only enter into life as a substitute and replacement for it.” – Sigmund Freud It probably doesn’t come as much of a shock to people that…
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Finding the Willpower to Defeat Porn: Part 2
A friend told me recently that his recovery journey feels like riding a unicycle near the edge of a cliff, with the pressure of the world and the flesh always coming at him like a strong wind trying to blow him over the edge. He went on to say that…
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Girls Hooked on Porn: Battle Notes from a Weathered Fighter
Four months ago, when my pastor approached me to film my testimony, my thoughts went something like this: “Share my testimony? You mean, I would be telling the entire church that I have dealt with an addiction to pornography? No way they will take that well. I don’t want everyone to…
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How to Find an Accountability Partner Who Can Really Help You
After a lifetime of habitual sexual sin, today I’m still living in freedom from my sexual addiction and able to mentor others who struggle so they too can experience the freedom that I now enjoy. Needless to say, I love what I do for a living. But I remember the…
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Can Couples Therapy Fix Our Relationship?
I’ll never forget the day I walked out of therapy during early recovery. I left our therapist’s office crying, screaming, and slamming the door, vowing never to return. It’s safe to assume I was not pleased with how the session was going. At the time, I had not yet learned…
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Porn in a Pandemic: Leading Your Church During Coronavirus
We get it. It’s hard to shepherd your flock right now, with your church building most likely shut down. You’re probably scrambling to figure out how to livestream your sermon, or if you’re used to live-streaming, how to help your community groups meet online during this time. Part of shepherding…