women and pornography

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Porn Addiction Recovery: Paige’s Story of Freedom

The following is an essay written by Paige, one of our scholarship winners from last year. Paige is graduating from Biola University this spring (May 2015) with a Bachelor’s in Cinema & Media Arts, and is currently pursuing a full-time career as a recording artist in the music industry. This is one…

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XES: Why Church Girls Tend to Get It Backwards

Episode 141 [powerpress] In some church circles, sex is a dirty word filled with notions of forbiddenness and shame. Joy McMillan wants to help change that. Her new book, XES: Why church girls tend to get it backwards…and how to get it right, is helping thousands of women see sex…

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Singleness and Longing: Why Porn Is Not the Cure

Valentine’s Day is still a few weeks away, but the seasonal items—the balloons, the teddy bears, the crummy candy in heart-shaped cardboard boxes—are already going up in the stores. Pretty strange, considering that as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to the realization that the only people over the age of…

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The Sexually Broken: Our New Mission Field

At the time of this publishing, I am on a trip to the Philippines. It has been my dream for nearly a decade to some day serve in Asia. When I began my website in 2009, I figured that dream would have to wait. In my mind there was no way…

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Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Impurity

Why can it be so difficult to overcome our temptations, stop our intake of perversity through forms of entertainment like music videos or pornography, and fully repent of acts like masturbation? I believe it is because too often we treat our sins of choice like they are a comfort and…

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4 Ways to Address Sexy Images on Facebook

If you’re anything like me or 48% of other Facebook users, one of the first things you do when you wake up is check your news feed. Or maybe you’re one of the 28% who peruse its contents before they even get out of bed. There are mornings I come…

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Internet Accountability for the Entire Family

Growing up I didn’t have Internet or a computer in my home until I was a junior or senior in high school. Back then, chat rooms were the hot topic when it came to children and the Internet. I never found my way into a chat room or dangerous situation…

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Falling into Temptation vs. Running into Temptation

With pornography so easily accessible, and each of us with the option to walk this dark path, what’s to stop us from giving in the times we feel aroused or want to take our minds off of the current stress and difficulties we are facing in our lives? The plethora…

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4 Words for Sexual Purity for 2014

“This year will be the year.” How many times have you uttered that as you woke up on January 1? How often can you say it actually was the year? You are likely inundated with strategies on how to make this year successful. January can be full of useful tips,…