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Covenant Eyes has a new podcast! Join us as we talk about the ramifications of pornography use in our hyper-sexualized society. Experts from a cross-section of fields join Covenant Eyes each week to talk about helping Christians battle: Pornography addictions Sexual brokenness Restoring marriages Parenting in an over-sexualized culture Host…
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I remember the way I thought about marriage back when I was a single chap. I had determined that if I was ever going to get married (i.e. tied down to just one woman for the rest of my days), my wife would have to meet three criteria: She had…
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This week we are reviewing What’s Wrong with a Little Porn When You’re Single?, published by Harvest USA. . . . . We write a lot about how porn damages marriages…and for good reason. Often, a major catalyst for a person’s desire to change is the recognition that their porn use…
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When you’re single, almost anything can become a reminder of your aloneness. Valentine’s Day candy sales, sermon illustrations about marriage, engagement photos on Facebook and Instagram… all of these can be triggers for feelings of loneliness or bitterness, even if you know you don’t need a relationship to be fulfilled.…
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Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the balloons, the teddy bears, the crummy candy in heart-shaped cardboard boxes—are already going up in the stores. Pretty strange, considering that as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to the realization that the only people over the age of…
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How is pornography linked to idolatry and what does this have to do with our marriages and relationships? Porn = Self-Worship Pornography is first and foremost about fantasy. Christian counselor Winston Smith addresses the subject of sexual fantasies with these questions, “How do the people populating my fantasies relate to me? What are…
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A bit ago we looked at reasons why resolutions often fail and how to succeed instead; you can revisit that material here. Today we’re going to do a deeper dive into the second point from that material: the rewards of purity. Focus on the rewards According to Peter Kinderman, Professor of Clinical Psychology…
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I crouched nervously behind the glow of our home office computer. Just hours before, my sister and her friends had called me into that very room to see “something funny.” I was trying to remember the words they searched — to replicate the series of clicks that would bring me…
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Whose side am I going to take? The defeated husband who feels like his unresponsive wife is hanging him out to dry with his temptation or the betrayed wife who feels like she’s being blamed for her husband’s sinful choices? The single person who “knows” sexual temptation will be less…
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Talking to their kids about lust and pornography feels daunting for many parents. And these topics are secondary to a more foundational discussion of sex. Parents who are fearful of talking to their kids about sex leave a void of silence the world—especially pornography—will be glad to fill. The problem…
