From Hopelessness to Healing By: Brian Becker 4 min read First Exposure My name is Brian and I’m a recovering sex addict. That’s how I’ve been introducing myself in recovery meetings for nineteen years. I’m also a husband, father and a grandfather. Let me tell you about how the hardest day of my life…
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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…
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…
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…
I’m a Christian and I was addicted to Pornography
Author, anonymous “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness…” — Jesus, Sermon on the Mount The eyes are a window into the soul. How we look…
Jesus and Porn
By: Josh When 97% of men have viewed pornography: I hope this story gives you light in your situation and a picture into our Christian culture. My Early Years I was born and raised in a Christian home in a small town in Northern Michigan. Everybody knew everybody, and everything was everyone’s business. I…
Sex Trafficked! The New Normal
By: Lexie Smith Growing up Normal According to Child Safe Education, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before age 18. That stat alone compels us to ask, when did rape start to become the new normal? Normal. For most of our lives, things are normal. We eat…
The Life I Didn’t Expect — Kyle’s Story
By: Kyle Thorp How my story begins I grew up in the picture-perfect Christian household. My father was the Sunday School coordinator at our church. My mother homeschooled my two sisters and me. We had family devotions, went to Sunday School, Wednesday night services, youth group, and every other church function that happened. But…
But Does Porn Really Affect Marriage..? Jennifer’s Story – Part 2
Read part 1 of Jennifer’s story, here. By: Jennifer Troutt “Sex Addict” We were damaged and our marriage was in pieces. So, we decided to meet with our pastor and his wife — we just didn’t know what else to do. We needed a space that was safe so we could stop pretending and…