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I was suddenly filled with panic. I clicked to see the profile of someone who started following me on a social media site, only to see a naked picture of her blasted right in front of my eyes. I scrolled down to get away, but saw even more. It quickly became…
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As porn use has skyrocketed, the average age of first marriages has increased to 27 for women and 29 for men. For starters, this means we’re waiting longer for marriage at a time when our culture makes it more difficult to wait for sex. The result: more hooking up, more…
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My name is Patricia Weerakoon, and I am a Christian sexologist. After 23 years in the University of Sydney, I retired from my academic position as director of a graduate program in sexual health to bring my twin passions together: God and Sex. What better place to start than with…
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“Is my chastity worth $9.99 a month?” I asked myself this question several years ago. Sitting in a dorm room and staring at my computer screen, it was in this moment of grace that I seriously realized that I had to weed out even the temptation to pornography from my…
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So, here we are starting a new year, and many are shouting from the rooftops… “NO MORE PORN!” That’s right, you’re done. This is the year that you are going to hang up that pesky porn habit and live a life of complete purity. However, this probably isn’t the first…
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“My dear Wormwood … I have always found that the trough [boring] periods of the human undulation provide excellent opportunity for all sensual temptations.” —The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis Scripture goes a block out of its way to inform us that the most famous sex scandal in history (David…
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In an article entitled “When the Problem is Sexual Sin,” John F. Bettler breaks down the problem of sexual sin into three areas: 1) Objects of Lust 2) Relationship Lusts 3) Life-meaning Lusts Arranging these sins into a pyramid (Lust Objects at the top and Life-meaning Lusts at the bottom),…
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Recently I received an anonymous email from a single man about his struggles with lust. He asked for prayer regarding his lust, and he made it clear how difficult it was to have a “normal” sex drive and be a single man. He wrote, “Why have a sex drive if…
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The idea of waiting until the calendar flips to begin a transformation can feel overwhelming, especially when winter days are short, dark, and filled with post-holiday exhaustion. Instead of setting yourself up for failure by joining the “New Year, New Me” bandwagon, I encourage you to consider an anti-resolution approach. Why January…
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At age 13 I received my very first personal electronic device, an Amazon Kindle Fire. My parents made sure that the browser was blocked to protect me from pornography. I still had access to the app store which eventually became a tool for seeking out inappropriate images. I was not…
