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Many people wonder how big the porn industry is. Really, this breaks down into two more specific questions. First, how much porn is out there? Second, how much money does pornography generate? We’ll take a look at some different ways of answering these questions, the relevant data from a variety…
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Is there a connection between porn and sex trafficking? We know sex trafficking is a horrifying injustice that affects millions of women and children around the world. Most of us feel shock and outrage when we hear about it. Pornography, on the other hand, passes as “adult entertainment.” While we…
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The evangelical community’s preoccupation with combatting lust has over-simplified and trivialized a far more complex issue within human sexuality. We exert tremendous effort attempting to stop our sexual fantasies, but neglect the critical task of understanding what these fantasies might be communicating. Efforts to eliminate lust set us up to…
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One of the most important practical steps to recover from betrayal trauma is to create boundaries. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend describe a boundary as a personal property line, the line where you end and someone else begins. A boundary defines what is your responsibility (your feelings, attitudes,…
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We talk to a lot of parents who want to protect their children from pornography. But what should you do when your teenagers push back when you suggest accountability software? We received an email recently from a parent with two teenagers who object to putting Covenant Eyes Screen Accountability™ on…
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Dear betrayed spouse, I hate to break this to you, but somewhere along the journey very well-meaning people will give you their well-meaning advice. Just be prepared. They will tell you not to pull away. They will tell you to stay emotionally available to the spouse that hurt you. They will even tell…
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Have your kids started to make their Christmas lists yet? As Black Friday approaches here in the US (as well as Cyber Monday for online retailers), it may be tempting to snap up that iPod touch® your kid has been begging for. After all, they’re great gateway gifts for kids, tweens,…
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Pornography is a killer. Whether it is viewed sporadically or our indulgences are a daily (or hourly) occurrence, it will within time prove to be the death of all that is good. We are often blinded to this reality because we typically do not experience consequences over night. The repercussions…
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“My boys think they’re immune to porn. I know that they aren’t.” Sandy has been a stay-at-home mom to six kids for 24 years, three of whom are teenage boys still living at home. Because of school and their interests, they are on the computer a lot. Sandy takes the…
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Today Brandon shared the story of how he first became addicted to porn. Spoiler alert: it’s a pretty common one! Like many people, Brandon was first shown pornography in childhood. In The Porn Phenomenon, a study conducted by the Barna Group in 2016, 49% of teens ages 13-17 accidentally came across…
