Why don’t churches talk about sex and pornography more? Whether you’re married or single, in adolescence or adulthood, sex and what to do about it bombards your reality, yet the Church, which should be the place ushering us into the true reality of Jesus’ Kingdom, is often strangely silent on this topic (yet Jesus wasn’t…). Are we afraid people will be offended? Are we afraid to be vulnerable, admitting our own struggles? Do we honestly think if we just don’t talk about it, it will simply go away? Pretending it will go away does people such a destructive disservice because sexual temptation isn’t going away anytime soon, in fact it is only invading our culture faster and stronger as technology becomes more advanced and more a part of our daily lives.
Chew on these stats: (source)
- In a 2007 study of students aged 13-14, 90% of males and 70% of females had accessed pornography at least once.
- 87% of men and 31% of women reported using pornography. (2008)
- The pornography industry has larger revenues than Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple and Netflix combined.
So somebody is looking at it, I wonder the chances it is people in our churches? But for whatever reason, we are afraid to talk about it. Ironically, Jesus and the Bible were not.
I encourage you to check out the sermon I did this past Sunday on this topic. The sermon hits on sex in general, not just pornography, and is applicable to all ages and genders. Before posting the link, I also want to share with you some great resources to protect you and your family:
- Spector Pro – read my write up on it here, and don’t forget to use promo code FILIPIAK to get 10% off your order. Spector Pro will stop 100% of lust avenues on your computer, I love it!!!!
- The same company that makes Spector Pro for computers makes eBlaster Mobile for Android phones. I also use eBlaster Mobile. It’s not as good as Spector Pro because it doesn’t cover you on Facebook (no products I’ve found do), but you can use it to block Facebook use on your phone, and the rest of your web browsing is covered by it’s monitoring service. This is better than lusting, trust me, and you can just use your Spector Pro covered computer for Facebook. Also use promo code FILIPIAK for 10% off eBlaster Mobile.
- If you have an iPhone, I haven’t found anything that covers iPhones so my advice is to trade it in for an Android and get eBlaster Mobile
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