We need to talk about porn.
Not in a vague Sunday-morning way. Not in a "this is a struggle for some men" way. We need to talk about it the way the New Testament does — directly, honestly, and with a way out.
Because the data is in. And it's worse than most Christians realize.
The Numbers Don't Lie
In 2024, Barna Group partnered with Pure Desire Ministries on the largest study of pornography use among Christians since 2016. The report is called Beyond the Porn Phenomenon. The findings should stop us cold:
75% of Christian men and 40% of Christian women view pornography on some level — only 14 points lower than non-Christians.
Two in three U.S. pastors (67%) report having struggled with pornography at some point in their lives, with almost one in five (18%) saying this is a current struggle.
Gen Z is in crisis — 74% of Gen Z men and 64% of Gen Z women say pornography is a problem for them.
83% of adults with a history of porn use have no one in their lives helping them avoid it.
Just 10% of U.S. Christians say their church offers programming to help those struggling with pornography.
Read that last stat again. Three out of four Christian men view porn. Eighty-three percent of strugglers have no help. And only one in ten churches is doing anything about it. That's not a "personal issue." That's a generational crisis the Church has stopped naming.
What Scripture Actually Says
Some Christians have softened on porn. Over three in five Christians (62%) tell Barna they agree a person can regularly view pornography and live a sexually healthy life.
That position cannot survive an honest reading of Scripture.
"Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Jesus equates lust with adultery. He didn't grade lust on a curve.
Matthew 5:28
"Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body." Paul commands us to flee, not manage.
1 Corinthians 6:18
"This is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality." Not a suggestion. Not a goal. The will of God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?" A righteous man understood three thousand years ago that the eyes are a gate that needs guarding. We carry that gate in our pocket now and call it a phone.
Job 31:1
"Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire." The verb is violent. So is the sin.
Colossians 3:5
The biblical case isn't complicated. Pornography is lust acted on. It's adultery rehearsed. It's the desecration of an image-bearer of God for the gratification of a moment. It is sin — not a quirk, not a "guy thing," not a phase. Naming it correctly is the first step out.
The Cost Nobody Names
Beyond the spiritual reality, the research shows porn is doing exactly what Scripture warned it would. Those who don't use pornography consistently report higher levels of positive well-being — feeling life has purpose (75% vs. 64%), accomplishing goals (64% vs. 59%), and feeling prepared for everyday life (68% vs. 60%).
Porn users score worse on every measure of mental health researchers tracked — more self-criticism, more perfectionism, more fear of failure. More anxiety, more depression, more loneliness.
Porn promises intimacy and delivers isolation. It promises freedom and delivers slavery. It promises pleasure and delivers shame. The data and the Bible say the same thing.
Why Willpower Has Already Failed You
If you're reading this, you've probably already tried the accountability software, the cold showers, the "I'll never do it again" prayer at 1am, the fresh start every Monday, the deleting and re-downloading of apps. It worked for a season. Then it broke.
Here's why: porn is not just a behavior to manage. It's a pattern wired into your brain, your stress response, and your unhealed places. You can't out-willpower a coping mechanism. You have to replace it. You have to bring it into the light. You have to outgrow it.
That requires three things willpower can't give you: truth, community, and a guide. That's where Husband Material comes in.
Husband Material
Husband Material is a global online ministry founded by Drew Boa, a Wheaton-educated Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional based in Colorado. Drew has personally walked in freedom for over a decade and has built one of the most respected porn-recovery ministries in the Christian world.
Drew calls porn what Scripture calls it — sin — but he doesn't drown men in condemnation. The path is repentance, healing, and freedom in Christ.
Drew's framing is to "outgrow porn" rather than just quit it. The renewing of the mind Romans 12:2 actually describes.
Drew is trained in trauma work, brainspotting, and inner-child recovery. The roots of the behavior get addressed, not just the fruit.
That's the 83% problem solved. You walk into a room — digital, but real — full of Christian men doing the same work.
The Path Drew Lays Out
Listen to the podcast — over 300 free episodes on the brain science, the heart work, and the spiritual reality of recovery.
Join the Husband Material Community — a private online community of Christian men telling the truth and walking together.
Take the free "How to Outgrow Porn" mini-course — Drew's introductory framework, self-paced.
Husband Material Academy — the all-in-one paid program with coaching, curriculum, and group work.
CheckPoint's Call to You
If you're a young Christian — entrepreneur, builder, leader, husband, brother, son — and porn has a grip on you, hear us:
You are not the only one. Three out of four Christian men around you are fighting the same thing. Most of them are losing because no one is helping them. You don't have to be in that 83%.
The Bible names this sin so you can repent of it. Jesus died so you can be free of it. The Holy Spirit is more powerful than any pattern in your brain. And in 2026, there are real tools, real coaches, and real communities ready to walk you out of it.
CheckPoint exists to put those tools in your hand. Husband Material is the first one we hand you. Don't wait until your marriage is in crisis. Don't wait until your integrity has eroded so far that you can't recognize the man you wanted to be. Take the first step today.
This post is part of the CheckPoint Resources series, where we vet and recommend the people, programs, and ministries equipping young Christians to live integrated lives. We are not affiliated with Husband Material — we just believe in the work Drew Boa is doing and want every man in our community to know about it.