By: Allie Joy Kapus The Harlot Stronghold The twenty-third chapter of the book of Isaiah prophesies the city of Tyre’s fall. Isaiah’s bleak description opens with images of wailing, shame, and restlessness. The people of Tyre “play the harlot” and turn to other godless nations for refuge rather than seeking after God with their…
Assess Your Sexual Purity: Free Purity Quiz!
By: Shane James O’Neill Proven Men has created a purity quiz to show you where you are on a scale of sexual purity. We run churches and schools through this assessment and it can be used in small groups, among friends and family, and in other areas of discipleship. We want to give it to…
Mind Hacks for Porn Addicts
By: Alexander Jackson DECADES OF ADDICTION Did you try to kick any habits before your wedding? Maybe you’re not married yet but that’s your plan. How fast can you drop a porn addiction? Reddit users don’t find it very easy. The Reddit subcategory for porn addiction is heartbreaking to read. (If you check it…
Christian Violence
By: Victor Stanely Jr. and Marcia Smith The Violent Christian Pacifist “Murder is a tough thing to digest, it’s a slow process, and I ain’t got nothin’ but time…” These words are uttered by Jay-Z on the song Dead President II. The words capture the thinking of a certain type of person whom I like…
How Shame and Boredom Feed Lust
By: Lexie LaVallee Barren Passions Most porn users struggle with deep-seated shame. Porn rewires your brain and your emotions and it severely messes with your creativity. When you’re giving so much of your passion to artificial sex then you don’t have nearly as much to give to other people or other passions. And that…
Porn Is Not Victimless
By: Lexie LaVallee rape, Porn, and Trafficking If you haven’t read my story, it would help for you to know that I was trafficked as a child. Do you know how buyers found me? Porn. The advertisement for the sale of my body was through a video of me being raped. That was during…
A Missionary’s Journey Through Pornography
By: Hugh Houston Playboy I felt trapped and I couldn’t take it anymore and I was scared to death. I knew that if I didn’t do something quickly, my secret sin was going to get much, much worse. I was 50 years old, and I felt like I had been fighting lust and pornography my whole…
The Reason Why Porn Is Everywhere
By: Dane Skelton Stories from a Pastor The man shaking my hand after church said, “My porn addiction cost me my job and I had to move. My wife considered leaving but held on, and now we are attempting to rebuild but she has a hard time trusting me. Another big downer is that…
7 Ways to Restore Postmodern Sexuality
By: Allie Joy Kapus HEart breaking Research I spent many hours during my junior and senior years of college researching postmodern sexuality. I pored over statistics, rates, and facts. I saw that divorce, hooking up, and pornography have come to define the way that many Americans view and approach sex. It became real to…
Why Does Marriage Matter?
By: Allie Joy Kapus Getting Marriage Right If I’m being completely honest, I put off writing this part of the series. I knew that I would be writing about God’s definition for the marriage covenant, and since I write and talk about that so often, I figured I could just write the post pretty…
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