Why do people watch pornography? In a doctoral study by Yola Koba at WITS University, he summarises it like this: “It makes people happy.” Yola goes on to say: “Pornography is a pleasure and a function, perhaps a pleasure with a function. People watch pornography to help them sleep, to relieve stress, to feel happy, […]
Read morePornography is a struggle for many people. May I give you a glimpse of the heart of those who struggle? Koos (not his real name) wrote: Here I sit, still ashamed. I was one of those who watched pornography. About 30 years ago. Now that I’m older, I realise how badly I sinned against God […]
Read moreJust one more about marriage. God has given people a number of frameworks to help us live successfully. He gave Adam a partner, because He realised that the man won’t make it alone. He put this relationship within marriage and this forms the basis of society. When the relationship is broken, the results are catastrophic. […]
Read morePornography has a huge impact. Let me show what a victim’s heart looks like: I love my husband deeply and I believe he loves me just as much, but he is addicted to pornography. Recently, I saw on his phone again that he had looked at a website with nude photos and photos of other […]
Read moreIt’s interesting to watch the trends here at the Crossroads.com ministry. When a piece of writing goes out to encourage people and to help them through hardship, it’s forwarded all over the place. As a result, many new people join on the various platforms. But when the message is a slap on the wrist with […]
Read moreMy dad was a wonderful man. There were many things he could do well and one of those was to give use a hiding. When we did something wrong, we immediately ran to our mom, because you could hardly feel it when she did it. And fortunately, my dad did not give us another hiding […]
Read moreSome time ago I woke up with the question: Why should every school pay school fees for the implementation of IT for learning? By the way, I’m on the governing body of a high school in our town and IT is my portfolio. At that stage we were hard at work to see what the […]
Read moreI received the following e-mail from Jana (not her real name): My friend’s husband has a problem. The worst thing is that this man had given his heart to Jesus and had stopped for a long time. But then he fell into the trap set by Satan again. She told me that when she wakes and sees […]
Read more5And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: s*xual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. Sometimes you do something wrong. The next morning you feel so guilty; then it’s pushed under the blanket, hopefully forgotten forever. But then […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 Sex, drugs & rock and roll may be a good title for the next couple of verses written by Paul. Paul does not beat about the bush and calls a spade a spade. In this instance you can’t softly and with hidden agendas try to lead people in the right direction. No, let’s […]
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