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Reading Romance Novels: Is It Porn?

I encountered an influencer who shared a few verses on what the Bible tells us we should turn away from. She brought several verses to her followers’ attention, including Hebrews 13:4. “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and…

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If you are watching “Game of Thrones,” you are watching porn.

The hit HBO series Game of Thrones has won 26 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015, and has 18.6 million people watching each episode, an HBO record.  That’s roughly the same population as America’s third most populated state, New York.  That’s a lot of people.  That’s a lot…

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5 Ways Our Culture Is Grooming Your Daughter for Porn

Whether your daughter is seven years old or seventeen, our culture is grooming her for an appetite for pornography. If you have a daughter or know someone who does, listen up. Millions of well meaning parents have a sincere desire to protect their daughters from pornography. They monitor their daughters’…

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Escaping from Porn: The 6 Essential Ingredients of Repentance

A survey commissioned by a nonprofit organization called Proven Men Ministries and conducted by the Barna Group took a national representative sample of 388 self-identified Christian adult men. The statistics are alarming and paint a picture of the serious problem that is addiction to pornography. The statistics for Christian men…

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Porn Was My Sex Education: Joy Skarka’s Story

I first saw porn in fifth grade. I remember the day like it was yesterday. My friend and I just got back from basketball camp and went up to my room to play. I had a small Dell laptop sitting on my desk and my friend said, “Let me show…

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Girls Like Porn Too: A Timely Message for Parents

Do girls like porn? It was just another normal day, doing homework after school. While doing research, 13-year-old Jessica Harris was intrigued by a particular video she found online. The thumbnail image was dark and blurry, but it grabbed her attention. After pressing the play button, Jessica found herself watching…

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Been There, Done That (Part 1)

Some Personal (and Painful) Recollections Regarding Sexual Sin Years ago my wife and I saw the film “Moonstruck,” in which the actress Cher made some insightful remarks during one of the movie’s key scenes: “A person can see where they’ve messed up in their life, and they can change the…

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From Slavery to Sonship: How the Porn Prodigal Came Home

The following is an excerpt adapted from my book, Delivered: True Stories of Men and Women Who Turned from Porn to Purity. The excerpt is by Joe McClain. There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of property that…

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All I Want for Christmas Is a Porn-Free Husband

One of the greatest gifts in my marriage is that it is free of porn. It sounds like an impossible feat in today’s culture, yet I want to give you hope that a porn-free marriage is both attainable and beautiful.  If your only wish this Christmas is for a porn-free…