To the pastors and ministry leaders reading this blog post, a percentage of your staff and people are regularly looking at pornography. And, all of your people are stuck in a world that has a lot of loud opinions about pornography and distorted messages about sex. How are you addressing…
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Day 12: Change the Channel
Over the last few weeks, we’ve learned a lot! We looked at the brain chemicals behind porn, and how a person’s brain is literally rewired by porn for porn, using shame as one feeder system. We also looked at the role of allies, and how removing isolation breaks the shame…
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Will You Go to Hell for Watching Porn?
“Can someone please help me to stop watching porn because, because I’m a Christian, I’m afraid that I might go to hell for this.” If you’re a religious person and you struggle with porn, you may be wrestling with a terrifying thought: “Will I go to hell for watching this?”…
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Porn and Your Three-in-One Brain
Brains are complicated. But some neuroscientists use “Triune Brain Theory” as a simple way of understanding the brain’s complexities. I call the three parts, the Gut Brain, the Heart Brain, and the Head Brain. The three parts of our brain show us that pornography poses a triple threat. It damages…
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It’s Never Too Late to Quit Porn: Crystal’s Freedom Story
Go ahead and imagine yourself at the age of 10. Can you see yourself? Imagine for a moment that you are back in time as your 10-year-old self. What do you remember as your favorite thing to do? Playing outside? Having sleepovers with friends? For this 10-year-old, one of her…
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6 Steps to Experience Freedom as a Woman Trapped by Porn
I was angry. Emotions swirled in my head—confusion, sadness, shame, betrayal—as my tears hit the pew. I had just come from my first confession including my struggle with masturbation. Years of an addiction I didn’t realize I had because of the lies I believed. Lies I told myself. That was…
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What You Need to Hear if Your Husband Betrayed You
As a counselor who specializes in sexual issues, I’ve heard from many wives with spouses who struggle with pornography. Their stories of courage fill my heart with gratitude for their resolve and strength. Their stories of pain and betrayal grip me and tear my heart in two. If you’ve experienced…
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Jesus Saved My Life: Robert Clifton’s Story
Not everyone who professes to be a Christian is really a Christian. That described me. I was raised by Christian parents who took me to church. I was taught right from wrong and knew many things from the Bible. At age eight I asked Jesus into my heart, walked an aisle, joined…
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I Clicked on a Link
Living with integrity in this world is quite difficult because our culture is so against it, but as a Christian God has called me to be different, and striving for integrity plays a key role in that. It is so easy to fall into the temptation of pornography. Unfortunately, I…
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Pastors and Porn – Question #1: “Should I confess my struggle to other church leaders?”
Many of us as church leaders have growing sexual struggles. Our private life underneath does not match what we portray on the outside. Then the question arises, “Should I share my sexual struggles with my church leaders?” The short answer is: “yes.” The better answer is: “yes, but wisely.” Let’s…
