Growing up in today’s culture requires building habits from a young age that, when practiced, will sustain and equip kids to face the pressures, traps, and lures of a society that has lost its fear and concept of God—a society, in fact, that promotes a worldview in which any idea,…
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Slender Man and Other Big Fat Digital Dangers Headed For Your Young Children
Dumbfounded. That’s the common reaction to the recent news story of the Slender Man stabbings. Like many, you’d probably never heard of the fictional paranormal character who is linked to influencing two 12-year-old girls to allegedly stab (with the intent to kill) another girl 19 times in a nearby woods.…
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FAQ: What should I tell my kids about my husband’s porn problem?
Josh had been losing a battle against pornography and adultery for years when he decided he wanted to end his marriage. He had met someone new and wanted to move out, leaving his wife, Serena, devastated and alone. But Serena wasn’t the only one who suffered. He also left his children without…
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How Porn Is Keeping Men from Marriage
As porn use has skyrocketed, the average age of first marriages has increased to 27 for women and 29 for men. For starters, this means we’re waiting longer for marriage at a time when our culture makes it more difficult to wait for sex. The result: more hooking up, more…
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Awakening Our Thirst for God (part 2)
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’” In a previous post we spoke about a festival in Jerusalem in the days of Jesus where the pilgrims would cry out to God to pour out His Spirit upon them,…
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Tiger Woods’ Confession – my two cents
I know every sexual addiction spokesperson on the planet has already jumped all over the Tiger Woods story, but at the risk of being a Johnny-come-lately, I throw in my two cents. First, if you didn’t watch the press conference, you can read the transcript on Tiger’s Web page, or…
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How Porn Destroys Families (Scholarship Essay)
Each year Covenant Eyes awards thousands of scholarship dollars to students who demonstrate integrity. This year, we’re doing it again! Check out the application information and pass it along to a student you know or apply for the scholarship today. Applications are due by May 31. The essays below were written by one of last…
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How a Different Approach to Lent Can Help Your Children
Sometimes the easy thing to do in Lent is to give something up. We give up sweets, watching television, and maybe try to stop spending excessive amounts of money on material things. We might even give up the same thing each year. Giving things up can sometimes be the easy way…
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5 Accountability Questions I Wish My Ally Would Ask Me
I don’t like the word “accountability partner” any more than I like the word “diet,” and I dislike them both for the same reason. They sound like an exception and a punishment rather than a lifestyle and a gift. No one is going to live on a diet or in…
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Glorifying God While Using Media & Technology
by Travis Snode TV or no TV? Internet or no Internet? Facebook or no Facebook? As we navigate the waters of life, these questions and other moral dilemmas seem to await us at every turn. So many of life’s challenges are not specifically mentioned in Scripture, therefore we often find…