RANDOM NUMBERS

  • Percentage of scenes in today’s mainstream porn that includes violence against women. 88% 88%
  • Percentage of men UNDER 40 suffering from erectile dysfunction (a new phenomenon) 30% 30%
  • Percentage of the profits in the pornography industry coming from child pornography 20% 20%

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Watching Porn at Work? The Consequences of Risky Browsing

 “I was completely blindsided a month ago. My husband of 23 years lost his job because of viewing porn at work. He was in a high level position. It was his second offense. He had been given three days off work w/out pay 2 years ago because of it. He lied to me then and said he had some vacation days he needed to take.“ “Recently I was suspended from work without pay for looking at porn at work. My prayers and worship feel flat. I feel broken and apart from God. I confess this to my pastor. While he…

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Porn and Curiosity: Porn’s Allure and How to Address It

Pornography has a way of sparking curiosity⁠—even if we believe we should look away. And sadly, that curiosity has led many people into deep bondage to porn. Here are some comments we’ve received: “This will be first time I’m saying anything about my porn issue, it all started out of curiosity, I’ve been hearing pornography but didn’t know exactly what it was, so I took my mom’s phone then, I didn’t have one googled it, saw the list of sites and that was it, I was around 14 years then.” “I don’t know how it started for me, other than…

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Porn and Gen-Z: A Conversation With Jonathan Pokluda 

Pastor JP’s Story Jonathan Pokluda (JP) has a passion for addressing tough issues like pornography in the church. That passion was born out of his own struggles. Like many people, Jonathan became hooked on pornography as a young person, and it kept its grip on him for many years: “I was raised in the church, was raised Catholic. Went to Baptist youth group. I was over-churched. I always called myself a Christian… [But] I was totally addicted to pornography.” JP says that his struggle with pornography was more difficult to overcome than drugs and alcohol. “I’ve wrestled with drugs: cocaine,…

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After 7 Years of Porn, I Experienced My First Month of Freedom

I was 12 or 13 when I first looked at porn, and I remember how it felt. The rush of adrenalin and dopamine, and then the feeling of immense guilt that followed. However, I’d poked the bear, and sure enough, I kept coming back to this new enticing world. I made a number of attempts to quit in my teens, but they were all half-hearted, short-lived, and didn’t have any accountability behind them. I remember switching between feeling helpless against my own sin, and constantly rationalizing and ignoring it. I could feel my behavior pulling me away from a life-giving…

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After 7 Years of Porn, I Experienced My First Month of Freedom

I was 12 or 13 when I first looked at porn, and I remember how it felt. The rush of adrenalin and dopamine, and then the feeling of immense guilt that followed. However, I’d poked the bear, and sure enough, I kept coming back to this new enticing world. I made a number of attempts to quit in my teens, but they were all half-hearted, short-lived, and didn’t have any accountability behind them. I remember switching between feeling helpless against my own sin, and constantly rationalizing and ignoring it. I could feel my behavior pulling me away from a life-giving…

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