As a counselor and pastor for 40 years, I’ve had scores of accountability relationships, many with porn strugglers and their families. Though the main priority is understood to be a relationship where we hold each other accountable, I think it is helpful to go further than that in describing what…
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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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4 Important Reminders About Helping Someone Quit Porn
Technology Can Be a Fish or a Snake Luke 11:11 says, “What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?” Technology can be either a fish or a snake, which can confuse a lot of parents. Fr. Sean says,…
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Escaping the Lies of Pornography
In his book Surfing For God: Discovering the Divine Desire Beneath Sexual Struggle, author and counselor Michael John Cusick describes the crafty and effective ways in which our enemy draws us into pornography through a series of lies and broken promises. Like the serpent tempting Adam and Eve, Satan uses…
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Who Is Watching Porn in Church and What Can We Do About It?
Would you watch porn in a church building? The question might sound shocking, but a while back, our team spoke with David Blythe, a pastor who regularly travels and speaks on the temptations of pornography. A young man approached him after one of his seminars and spoke about being hired…
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Do You Have the Emotional Intelligence to Quit Porn?
“Yeah, I would say Kevin is making good progress with his pornography addiction,” Carol told me during a couple’s session when I asked if she thought her husband was on the right path of recovery. “But there’s still something wrong. He doesn’t talk, except to give one-word answers, and I…
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Christian Marriage Advice: 5 ways porn will hurt your marriage
“And they lived happily ever after…” Cut! End scene. Movie over. They’re married, what more is there? Happily ever after… Is that so? I’m not sure how many married couples would explain their marriage as “happily ever after.” Not that all marriages are bad, by no means! But marriage comes…
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Does Porn Cause Memory Loss?
By now, many people know that porn can affect their brains, but did you know that porn has been linked to memory loss? Over the past decade, a growing body of research has demonstrated that porn causes serious problems with working memory. Let’s take a closer look at the connection…
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Porn and Curiosity: Porn’s Allure and How to Address It
Pornography has a way of sparking curiosity—even if we believe we should look away. And sadly, that curiosity has led many people into deep bondage to porn. Here are some comments we’ve received: “This will be first time I’m saying anything about my porn issue, it all started out of…
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Stop the Abuse of Partners of Sex Addicts
Over the last decade, there have been a handful of professionals in the sex addiction treatment community who are trying to change the treatment of partners of sex addicts. This group is growing and has been joined by other therapists, life coaches, and pastoral counselors. It is exciting to see…
