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My struggles have been with pornography, masturbation, fanaticizing, objectifying, and lying. It started after dealing with intense feelings of loneliness following my graduation from college and first job in ministry. I was spending a lot of time on my own and was in anenvironment where it was difficult to make…
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I had never had capabilities on any device (to my knowledge) to look up pornography until I was 16 years old, when my parents, younger brother, and I moved to the Middle East. Because of the international school I went to, I needed a laptop. I found ways to download…
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Sham Honesty vs. Authenticity Fr. Mike distinguishes what he calls “sham honesty” from true authenticity: “There was a man named Dietrich von Hildebrand and he wrote a book called The Trojan Horse in the City of God. One of the chapters in that book is a chapter entitled “sham honesty”…
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In recovery literature, you don’t have to look too far to find really good counsel on how to get sober. What you won’t find is enough material on how to stay sober. Sadly, anyone who has attended more than a few 12-Step meetings has heard these discouraging words: “My name…
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New Fruit A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO PORN RECOVERY A FREE ebook offering hope and healing for women who struggle with porn. new Fruit You are not alone. One of the biggest lies women who struggle with porn face is that they’re all alone.It’s not true. Recent research revealed that at least…
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For many struggling with porn, their #1 goal is to stop looking at it. This is why we install Covenant Eyes on our computers and have accountability partners ask us if we’ve stumbled this week (all good and needed things). But is it really freedom if you’ve stopped looking at…
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The first days of January are always full of life, excitement, and motivation! It begins with bright colors of confetti, selfies with the ones we love, champagne bubbles, and the delicious salty and sweet foods in which we don’t typically indulge. All this jolts our senses and tells us we’re…
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Porn. No matter how much or little of it we’ve seen, we hear from couples all the time who want to guard their marriages from potential temptations online. Six couples shared with us why they use accountability software in their homes and love the peace of mind it brings. 1.…
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Did the Church get Her teaching on pornography and masturbation wrong? That’s what Kelsey Skoch, international speaker and author of the book Uncompromising Purity, It's Not Just a Guy Problem, put to the test as she tried to prove to herself that she wasn’t addicted. In this episode, Kelsey shares…
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When my son was sixteen, he attended a youth group meeting during which the male leader spoke with the guys about pornography and enumerated the ramifications porn could have on marriages and families. He learned that porn could seep into all areas of life and that many couples aren’t able…
