Have you had the horrifying experience of discovering your child is looking at pornography? Are you terrified your kids will be exposed to porn? All too often I receive calls and emails from parents who just found out their child has been looking at pornography. The parents feel shocked, scared, angry,…
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5 Ways Pornography Affects Teens’ Brains
In this modern world where everything is accessible, a teenager can easily watch anything he or she wants, including pornography. Pornography does many things to teenagers, changing their perspective and way of thinking, especially when they become addicted to it. Here are the ways pornography affects teenagers’ brains. 1. The Hormone…
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Should Wives of Porn Users “Just Get Over It”?
This comment is a whopper. Earlier this week a man was reading through the comments from wives on one of our popular posts and left his own criticisms. I’ve posted his thoughts below and my own response to him. Let me say this, there is a huge difference between a…
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What’s significant about 40 days?
Everything that’s worth having requires immense effort. I’ve found this to be abundantly true in two specific areas of my life right now–marriage and parenthood. If I want to have a healthy marriage, it requires a lot of work. Intentionality. Care. Attention. Love. Forgiveness. [Fill in the blank–I’m sure you…
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Protecting Church Planters from Internet Porn
The following is a guest post from Bobby Vaughn, Church Planting Director for NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas. . . . . NorthWood Church, under the watchful eye of Bob Roberts (author of The Multiplying Church), has planted over 100 churches in its 23 year history. Recently we noticed a…
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Teens and Internet Pornography (Part 1)
The world has gone through rapid change in the last 20 years. One of the greatest technological advancements of last two decades has been the widespread usability of the Internet. The World Wide Web has radically changed the way we communicate, do business, organize finances, purchase merchandise and services, and…
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Accountability Is Not About Shame and Fear
Ask any counselor, psychologist, or therapist, and they will all agree that accountability is essential to lasting freedom from pornography. But what, after all, is accountability? And why is it so important to recovery and healing? In the minds of many, accountability should harness the power of fear and shame…
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Porn and Your Three-in-One Brain
Brains are complicated. But some neuroscientists use “Triune Brain Theory” as a simple way of understanding the brain’s complexities. I call the three parts, the Gut Brain, the Heart Brain, and the Head Brain. The three parts of our brain show us that pornography poses a triple threat. It damages…
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Porn and Parenting Styles: What Pastors Need to Know
Not too long ago, I wrote a piece about the connections between purity culture’s teachings and pornography use. As I mentioned there, one of the biggest issues with purity culture is that it allowed parents to outsource conversations about sexuality to the church. But, research by people like Jay Stringer,…
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Why Do I Stay Stuck in Pornography?
Why would a Christian have such a personal battle with something he or she believes is wrong? Let’s check out three hidden reasons it’s so hard to go more than a few steps on the recovery journey. All three are driven by pride. The first hidden reason is denial. Countless…