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Harvard scientist Kevin Majeres talks about the relationship between porn and dopamine.
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Harvard Scientist Explains What Porn Does To Your Brain

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  • Posted on April 29, 2020November 21, 2019

Dopamine is a neurochemical that increases in anticipation of pleasure. It has been termed the…

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John Piper answering a question about the relationship between unbelief and pornography.
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Is There a Relationship Between Unbelief and Pornography? (John Piper)

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  • Posted on April 9, 2020November 21, 2019

How does belief in God, or faith, factor into the struggle for purity? Every believer…

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A stop sign signifying how people should take care with pornography because it can negatively impact their life.
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Consider Before Consuming

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on March 12, 2020November 21, 2019

It’s been estimated that the average adult makes about 35,000 remotely conscious decisions every day…

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John Piper from DesiringGod pictured here discussing the relationship between addiction and lust using the example of an ISIS intruder and a million dollars. No one is absolutely addicted to anything.
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You Are Not Addicted: The Power to Resist Pornography (John Piper)

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  • Posted on February 29, 2020November 21, 2019

The term addiction gets thrown around a lot, but the truth is its meaning is…

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Cultural Quote #42: Isaac Newton

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  • Posted on December 30, 2019January 10, 2020

The way to chastity is not to struggle with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some employment, or by reading, or by meditating on other things.

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Christian Quote #40: Randy Alcorn

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  • Posted on December 26, 2019August 23, 2019

It’s always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it. Randy Alcorn, The Purity Principle

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Christian Quote #39: Randy Alcorn

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  • Posted on December 25, 2019August 23, 2019

The fear of God is a profound respect for His holiness, which includes a fear…

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Christian Quote #32: David Platt

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  • Posted on December 15, 2019August 23, 2019

The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds, but…

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Christian Quote #29: Charles Spurgeon

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  • Posted on December 12, 2019August 23, 2019

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my…

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Christian Quote #27: Fulton Sheen

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  • Posted on December 4, 2019August 23, 2019

Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and…

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Cultural Quote #32: Norman Vincent Peale

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  • Posted on December 3, 2019August 23, 2019

A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness…

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Cultural Quote #27: Thomas Jefferson

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  • Posted on November 30, 2019August 23, 2019

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook…

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Cultural Quote #23: Elbert Hubbard

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  • Posted on November 25, 2019August 23, 2019

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should…

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Christian Quote #25: John MacArthur Jr.

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  • Posted on November 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying…

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Cultural Quote #18: Mortimer J. Adler

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  • Posted on November 19, 2019August 23, 2019

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. Mortimer J. Adler

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Pastor and preacher Paul Washer talking about lust.
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Flee Youthful Lust (Paul Washer)

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  • Posted on November 19, 2019November 21, 2019

The best ways to resist temptation is to avoid it. People routinely compromise on their…

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Cultural Quote #17: Frank Herbert

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  • Posted on November 18, 2019August 23, 2019

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank…

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1 John 2:15-17

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  • Posted on November 18, 2019August 18, 2019

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the…

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Christian Quote #23: Charles Swindoll

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  • Posted on November 16, 2019August 23, 2019

Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in…

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Christian Quote #22: Israelmore Ayivor

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  • Posted on November 15, 2019August 23, 2019

The devil can get you through your flesh. He knows the button to press on…

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1 Peter 4:1-6

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  • Posted on November 15, 2019August 18, 2019

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking,…

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Christian Quote #21: Colin S. Smith

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  • Posted on November 14, 2019August 23, 2019

Explaining temptation by saying “God is testing me” or “Satan is attacking me” positions “me”…

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1 Peter 2:9-12

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on November 14, 2019August 18, 2019

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for…

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Cultural Quote #16: Jason Versey

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  • Posted on November 13, 2019August 23, 2019

The things that tempt us do not come from external persuasions…they originate from our very…

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Cultural Quote #15: Israelmore Ayivor

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  • Posted on November 12, 2019August 23, 2019

Pamper no temptations! Once you are the driver on the steer of your life, choose…

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Christian Quote #20: Sunday Adelaja

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  • Posted on November 11, 2019August 23, 2019

The final aim of any temptation is to bring a person back into the kingdom…

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James 1:12-17

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  • Posted on November 11, 2019August 18, 2019

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the…

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Christian Quote #19: Sunday Adelaja

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  • Posted on November 10, 2019August 23, 2019

If you are facing some kind of temptation, remember that it is within your power…

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2 Timothy 2:20-22

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on November 9, 2019August 18, 2019

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but…

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Cultural Quote #14: Imam Abdallah ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

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  • Posted on November 8, 2019August 23, 2019

You must know everything that God has forbidden you so as to be able to…

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

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  • Posted on November 8, 2019August 18, 2019

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;…

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Colossians 3:1-10

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on November 7, 2019August 18, 2019

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where…

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Christian Quote #16: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 6, 2019August 23, 2019

When Jesus was tempted, He didn’t debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: “It is written…

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Christian Quote #15: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 5, 2019August 23, 2019

Be sure that Satan will tempt you at your weak point, not the strong. Billy…

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Christian Quote #14: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 4, 2019August 23, 2019

Temptation requires definite, decisive action. Billy Graham

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Ephesians 4:17-24

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  • Posted on November 4, 2019August 18, 2019

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk…

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Galatians 5:16-24

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on November 3, 2019August 18, 2019

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of…

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Noah T, author of YouTube channel bignoknow.
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Why I Gave Up Porn (Noah T)

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  • Posted on November 3, 2019November 5, 2019

Some people that think when they get married, their desire to watch porn will suddenly…

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Christian Quote #13: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 3, 2019August 23, 2019

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all…

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Christian Quote #12: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 2, 2019August 23, 2019

We can’t flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength…

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Christian Quote #11: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on November 1, 2019August 23, 2019

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise. Billy…

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1 Corinthians 10:12-13

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on November 1, 2019August 18, 2019

Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation…

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Cultural Quote #13: Veronica Roth

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  • Posted on October 31, 2019August 23, 2019

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.…

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John Piper preaching on lust.
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Saint Augustine’s Battle Against Lust and Fight for Joy (John Piper)

  • by DL Admin
  • Posted on October 31, 2019August 22, 2019

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary.…

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Christian Quote #10: Billy Graham

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  • Posted on October 30, 2019August 23, 2019

If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as…

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Christian Quote #9: R.C. Sproul

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  • Posted on October 29, 2019August 23, 2019

Satan’s chief device of temptation is to attack the truth of God. R.C. Sproul

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Cultural Quote #12: Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

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  • Posted on October 28, 2019August 23, 2019

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great…

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Cultural Quote #11: Becky Wade

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  • Posted on October 27, 2019August 23, 2019

This was thing about temptations. God didn’t take them away. They were there – powerful…

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Cultural Quote #10: Discipline

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  • Posted on October 26, 2019August 23, 2019

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want MOST. Impulse is…

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Christian Quote #8: Randy Alcorn

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  • Posted on October 25, 2019August 23, 2019

Tomorrow’s character is made out of today’s thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin doesn’t.…

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