“Porn is only consumed by thankless people.” Dr. Heath Lambert isn’t coddling readers in his book Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace. While the quote from his book might sound like a tough rebuke, this counselor and professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary firmly roots his advice…
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Kristen Clark on Sexual Struggles, Freedom in Christ, and Redefining Womanhood | Girl Defined
🎙️ Guest: Kristen Clark, Co-Founder of Girl Defined In this powerful and vulnerable conversation, Karen Potter sits down with Kristen Clark—author, speaker, and co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries—to talk about her personal battle with secret sexual sin and how God brought her into freedom and flourishing. Kristen shares her experience…
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Why Is Porn Addictive?
Why do so many people have a difficult time quitting porn? At Covenant Eyes, we hear from thousands of people—men and women, married and single, young and old, who consider themselves addicted. What causes this addiction? In brief, pornography activates pleasureful chemicals in the brain: dopamine, norepinephrine, oxytocin, vasopressin, serotonin,…
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How Boundaries Helped Heal Our Marriage: Robin and Dave’s Story, Part 2
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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What Happens When You Stop Watching Porn?
So, you stop watching porn—what happens next? We find both good news and bad news, I’ll start with the bad. Stopping porn, especially if it’s a longtime habit, can be tough. If it were easy, you wouldn’t bother to read this. Some uncomfortable things happen when you make the effort…
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12-Step Porn & Sex Addiction Recovery Groups – What are the differences?
There is no end to the groups available for porn addicts and sex addicts. The five major groups based on the 12-step method are SA, SAA, SLAA, SCA, and SRA. All of these sexual addiction recovery groups have adapted the famous 12 Steps to their purposes, but there are some underlying differences among…
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How to Experience Healthy Sexuality in a Broken World
Most of us think about sexuality as a very private compartment of our lives. Even in the innocence of childhood, we were subtly taught to treat everything sexual differently. We learned special names for our “private parts.” We were told not to touch or talk about those parts of our…
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3 Ways to Help Young People Stop Coping With Porn
I grew up in a family that was disconnected emotionally and relationally. At an early age, I learned to hide what I was thinking and feeling from others. I felt that the challenges of each day were up to me to deal with on my own. I began to experience…
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How to Explain Lust to Your Children
How do we teach our children to avoid pornography and damaging sexual situations, while teaching that sex is good and was created by God? I have found it helps to remember that children’s first encounter with sexuality on a personal level is through feelings, not physical acts. God designed us…
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Secrets and Shame: Why we need to confess our porn struggles to others
“Everyone needs to write their stronghold down on a piece of paper and give it to your accountability partner.” My blood started to boil, and I set my jaw. Never before had I been more aware of my rights. You can’t make me do this, I thought. You can’t make me tell you…
