Throughout high school, I struggled with porn and masturbation. I knew it was a problem, but at the time I cared about my pleasure and satisfaction. I felt guilt and shame, but that just led me further into the dark and I hid my sin. Senior year of high school,…
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3 Powerful Porn Triggers (And How to Overcome Them)
I call these three emotional states the “Devil’s Triangle of Triggers.” We can’t handle them on our own, and they’ll often send you looking for porn before you know what hit you. Trigger 1: Helplessness Tom is so frustrated he is about to rip the pillow in my office in half. “I’m…
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Romance Novels: Porn or Not?
I remember walking through an airport terminal and seeing a giant poster for the film 50 Shades of Grey. Now, this was an airport terminal where you have people of all ages (including children) and all walks of life seeing this marketing try to normalize acts of sexual violence between…
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Fighting for Purity
We live in a culture where the constant refrain in our movies, television shows, and music seems to be pursue sex outside of marriage because there are “no consequences.” Our public schools and government (particularly via Planned Parenthood) openly encourage young people to pursue sex outside of marriage, divorced from…
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How to Stop Sex Addiction: The Recovery Race
How to stop sex addiction: That is a massive topic that cannot possibly be covered in a single article. Countless books and articles have been written on the subject, so why another? Because today we want to narrow the focus. Rather than concentrating on stopping, we want to talk about…
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Porn is Not Your Problem. Entitlement Is.
The greatest enemy of your marriage is not pornography. It is not lust. It is not fantasy. It is entitlement. My wife and I were both virgins when we got married. My church upbringing and sexual purity books I read in college told me that if I saved myself sexually…
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Overcoming Porn: 4 Tips for Effective Accountability
Your chances of overcoming your struggle with pornography without a good accountability plan will look a lot like Custer’s Last Stand in the end. It will be deadly and messy, with casualties everywhere. Yes, a well structured accountability plan is that important in recovery from the grips of pornography. In…
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Clean: A Proven Plan for Men Committed to Sexual Integrity (Review)
Clean is a good starter book for Christian men who struggle with sexual sin. It is also good for the church to help them understand the problem of sexual sin and learn how they can be part of the solution. Clean is easy-to-read. It is written for the layperson, not…
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Fighting Temptation Like Tim Tebow
by Jared Totten Ever since I was old enough to hold my head upright on my own, I’ve always been just a one-sport fan. Even as a little kid, football has been my game of choice and—as a Denver native—the Broncos and Buffaloes were my first love. So I was…
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Pope John Paul II on Pornography
The following is a guest post by Mark Houck, a regular author at WhoDoesItHurt.com. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) says, “Sexuality affects all aspects of the human person” (n. 2332). If our sexuality truly affects all aspects of our person, then it is easy to conclude that the…
