I’m a guy. You are a guy (or at least that is usually who is reading REUP posts). So let’s be brutally honest about something that IS an issue for men EVERYWHERE. Porn. I am not an expert by any means on dealing with such a serious issue that faces society today, but I do know that 1 Corinthians 10:13 promises us there is an escape for temptations we battle. Below is a portion of an article from Focus on the Family along with a link to an entire series they have featured on the subject. This is by no means the only source for information, but one that is easy to read and search.
“Once a loathsome industry of photographing haggard prostitutes with drunken johns, this underground market, now more acceptable and mainstream due largely to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine (first edition 1953), is today an estimated $4.9 billion behemoth. Earlier this decade the domain name business.com was sold for a record $7.5 million, as sex.com was valued at $65 million. Perhaps we should call it the Intercoursenet instead, as an estimated 28,258 people every second, mostly men (72 percent) but also women (28 percent) view pornography. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the United States.
Christians aren’t immune. When surveyed, 53 percent of men who attended Promise Keepers said they viewed pornography that week. More than 45 percent of Christians admit that pornography is a major problem in their home. An anonymous survey conducted recently by Pastors.com reported that 54 percent of pastors admitted viewing porn within the last year. In an online newsletter, 34 percent of female readers of Today’s Christian Woman admitted to intentionally accessing Internet porn. One out of every six women who read Today’s Christian Woman say they struggle with addiction to pornography (Today’s Christian Woman, Fall 2003).”