Join Karen and Brandon as they interview Pastor Allen Parr about the 10 ways pornography is destroying your life. Allen G. Parr Jr. is a licensed and ordained minister, has been teaching the Bible for 25 years, and is a graduate from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Master of Theology…
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Why Marriage Won’t Cure Your Porn Problem
For many of us who have grown up with the presence of pornography from a young age—magazines, movies, or the Internet—marriage is sometimes viewed as the healthy “cure” to end a pornography habit. “I’ll stop when I’m married” or “I won’t bring this into my marriage” is usually the rationale.…
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8 Common Reasons for a Sexless Marriage
Like most Mondays, several couples fly in to do a 3 or 5-Day Intensive with me and my team. Many couples I see will inevitably tell me the tale of being in a sexless marriage for months, years, or decades. I smile and tell them not to worry. I have…
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Porn in the Pew: Can You Love God and Porn at the Same Time?
It’s the thing nobody in the church wants to talk about. But it kills more marriages, drains more hearts, and ends more ministries than anything else. It’s the elephant in the church–pornography. The church has only three available responses: ignore it, condemn it, or address it. We have chosen to…
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Day 2: Is it possible to break free?
People often ask if it’s truly possible to be free from porn. They may feel they’ve tried everything and are beginning to despair. They may believe recovery isn’t possible, at least not for them. Still, freedom from porn is possible. We know this for two reasons: Before we engage in practical…
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Is It Possible to Break Free From Porn?
Many people ask me—usually at the end of one of my presentations about the effects of pornography—if it’s truly possible to be free from porn. They feel they’ve tried everything and are beginning to despair. They’re beginning to think that, while it might be possible for some people to break…
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What the Bible Says About Pornography: 6 Important Teachings
What does the Bible say about watching pornography? I’ve searched my concordance and it’s nowhere to be found. But the Bible still has plenty to say about it. The word “pornography” is actually a combination of two Greek words that frequently appear in the original text of the Bible: “porneia”…
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Renting Lacy – Book Review
by Christie Arnold Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children provides a realistic and heart-wrenching look into the underground world of child sex trafficking in the United States. Author Linda Smith is a former congresswoman and founder of Shared Hope International, which works to eradicate sex trafficking and commercial…
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Porn on Pinterest? The Darker Side of the Fastest-Growing Social Network
Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever. But the online pinboard has a dark side where people are showing off more than recipes and muscle cars. Created as a site to “organize and share what you love,” Pinterest has seen exponential growth since its start…
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6 Marks of Biblical Modesty: How God Brings Sexy Back
What does the Bible say about modesty? Modesty is a controversial topic, especially when you throw God into the mix. Does God really care about what we wear? Modesty is notoriously challenging to define, as is pornography. See What the Bible Says About Pornography (Without Using That Word). But as…
