4 minute read By: Shane James O’Neill Abused and Lonely If you’re reading this then it’s likely that you’ve felt the suffocating entrapment of lust, or that you’ve felt the pain of unfaithfulness or even abuse from the lust of another. Lust is a deep hole that chokes both marriages and relationships alike….
Soldier Finds Freedom from Pornography and Depression
7 Minute Read By: Justis The Death of my Dad I always called myself a Christian, but never read my Bible. I lived in sin by partying, spending countless hours in strip clubs, and almost all my alone time was spent rating porn stars. I wore a smile and could make others smile, but…
Lust Isn’t Just a Guy Issue
4 minute read time Proven women In January, we launched Proven Women, because lust struggles are not just ‘guys issues’ and the need is very real. Last week we did an interview with former porn star Brittni De La Mora. Brittni wrote the foreword for our Proven Women curriculum and this week we want to…
Interview with Former Porn Star Brittni De La Mora
Q&a with Brittni De La Mora Brittni De La Mora is a former porn star who is recorded to have made $30,000 a month in the adult entertainment industry. Even with that kind of fame, her life (along with the industry) was filled with abuse, shame, loneliness, and hurt. Brittni De La Mora has been…
The Importance of Sex in Marriage
By: Allie Joy Hudson Is Sex a Need? Over the past week or so, I’ve been thinking over the question, “Do married Christians need sex”? Why would we need to seek satisfaction if we serve and are genuinely focused on God? But on the other hand, God created sex specifically for the marriage context….
3 Ways to Overcome Porn Addiction
By: Shane James O’Neill Pornography is a powerful force. Many of us started watching porn while we were young. Consequently, our biology, thinking, and habits have been shaped by porn to pursue porn. Pornography rewires our brains and it changes the ways we view people and goals. Porn also changes how we respond when…
Is Porn Addictive?
By: Shane James O’Neill Being informed is a big part of finding freedom and living a truer life. After all, a person can’t pursue truth if they don’t know what is true. Sensible, right? But ignorance can damage a lot of people, including ourselves. So, here is how porn and addiction are connected: What…
How To Find Sexual Purity
Timothy W. Brophy What if I told you that the secret to maintaining sexual purity was revealed somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 years ago? Although lust may seem like a modern issue, the pathway to sexual purity was shown long ago in Psalm 119. New is Always Better We live in culture where new…
Does God Reject Me When I Fail at Lust?
By: Allie Joy Hudson DO We Need God? Something that God has been placing on my heart over and over (and over) this week is the uncomfortable and humbling revelation that I cannot exist in a way that is pleasing to Him or life-giving or fulfilling in my own strength. Everything good in me…
4 Questions to Ask Your Significant Other This Valentine’s Day
By: Shane James O’Neill It’s that time of year — good ol’ Valentine’s Day. In the midst of our sexualized culture, what does it look like to love well? For Valentine’s Day, here are four questions to ask your significant other that will help you to know their heart, not just their body. For…
Mental Health, Depression, Suicide, and Pornography
By: Shane James O’Neill Massive Problems As I’ve mentioned here before, I began to watch pornography before my body was able to respond to the content. My first love was the fantasy world of pornography. Which, tragically enough, isn’t actually unique. Most of the hundreds of millions of pornography addicts in North America began…
Why Sex in Marriage Matters
By: Michael Baker The Sexless Marriage “Do you find your sex life fulfilling?” The latest statistics tell us that 53% of couples say Yes, while 47% of couples say No. Connecting that 47% with the current divorce rate in America, which is 50%, it is interesting that these numbers are so close together. I…
Rescued from the Nightmare of Lust
By: Allie Joy Hudson A Big Change with New Lessons A lot has changed in my life since my last blog post in November. Since then, I got married and moved to a different state, leaving my family and close friends behind. Being Michael’s wife has been so so good, but it’s also been…
The Science of Confession
By: Shane James O’Neill 3 min read Sex Compulsion Have you ever felt a compulsive need to watch porn or hook up with someone? Of course, you have. Ever wonder what that is and how the heck to combat it? So, this is cool. In the book of James (a letter in the Bible),…
2018, From Sex Trafficking to Pornography
By: Shane James O’Neill Every January all the big pornography organizations release their growth numbers. And every year the numbers double and then triple as the porn industry grows from a garden snake into a dragon. Of course, this growth has an immediate affect on sex trafficking, as nearly all trafficking is advertised through…
How to Find Purity This Christmas
By: Shane James O’Neill 3 min read All of Creation Waiting The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. John 1:9 We’re told that Jesus came at the fullness of time. Prophecy and promise were building through the ages until the Word became flesh. It’s crazy to think that…
How is Jesus Better Than Porn?
By: Cale Baker Don’t you love how porn doesn’t require anything from you? We’re free to demand and consume without it ever asking for anything in return. Or at least that’s the lie we’re sold. Becoming a burden For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with feeling like a burden, and this…
From Pastor’s Kid to Porn Addict
By: Paul Quinn Have you ever kept something so hidden that you would die before revealing it? I have. I hated myself for looking at porn, but I couldn’t stop. I was living a double life. On the outside, I appeared to be a model of Christian virtue. On the inside, I was consumed…
Marriage, Sexual Purity, and Watching The Groom
By: Allie Joy Hudson Looking at the Groom Have you ever noticed that at weddings people love to watch the groom’s reaction as the bride walks down the aisle? I always do this, and many of my friends have told me that they’re planning to do the same thing at my (upcoming!) wedding. Watching…
Why You Hate Repentance
By: Shane James O’Neill Our Rights Repentance. What a dirty word. In the West, we’re all about independence. It’s one of our greatest values. Words like obey, submit, apologize, and repent, strike against our notions of independence. Autonomy is our entitlement, our privilege. We get to live however we want, and there’s hell to…
Publicly Violated or Boiled Alive: How Jesus Revolutionized Western Sexual Ethics
By: Shane James O’Neill In high school, my friends would give up porn for Lent. Let me revise that: in high school, my secular friends would give up porn for Lent. None of us were Christians so I was shocked when I first found out my friend-group would endeavor to kick porn every year…
Do You Want To Be Free?
By: Shane James O’Neill As we’ve touched on before, the O in P.R.O.V.E.N stand for Open and Honest. Walking in freedom means living in the light, which can be a terrifying thing — yet that’s where freedom is. As the writer of this particular article, it only makes sense to walk through the doors…
How Allie is Fighting for Sexual Purity as She Prepares for Marriage
By: Allie Joy Kapus Outwitting the Devil In one of his letters to the Church at Corinth, Paul charges the believers there to forgive and restore those who have sinned, “so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.” (2 Corinthians 2:11). Satan is crafty, observant, and…
5 Dead Porn Stars and the Value of Your Body
By: Shane James O’Neill Earlier this year, 5 porn stars died in the span of 3 months. All of their deaths were self-inflicted, through overdosing on drugs or suicide. But why do porn stars and other sex workers have a high suicide rate? They make good money and their job is to have as…
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