DEFENSE…
In football it means preventing the other team from scoring and getting the ball back. Same in many other sports, and in many non-sport endeavors.
But, when I think of “defense” in terms of the moral impurities in this world I don’t think of sports. I think: COLD WAR.
You see, I was a Cold War sailor, [...]
NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s standard for humanity. If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
Impure. Impurity.
We all know we are sinful. So, when we talk about impurity we often just chalk it up to not being “sinless”? If we’re not yet [...]
Over the years I’ve heard a lot of “support” for pornography:
“I’m not really cheating.”
“I’m only looking.”
“It’s a substitute until I get married (or while we deal with issues).”
I haven’t seen “THOU SHALT NOT VIEW PORN!” in the Bible.
Recent surveys show that more and more Americans, even Evangelicals, find nothing wrong with viewing pornography. With [...]
Every day I have at least one struggle with the temptation of sinful lust!
Many tempting things can trigger this inner battle:
A woman dressed in a revealing or provocative manner.
A woman acting “flirty” or affectionate in public.
Messages on T-shirts, shorts, and bumper stickers
Billboards
Certain songs
TV shows
Commercials
Movies
Internet ads
Suggestive or revealing pictures in the news, and in articles [...]
I once heard a Navy pilot I was friends with trying to explain what it felt like to take a “cat shot” off of an aircraft carrier to a civilian who rarely even flew in a plane. I could tell that he was frustrated. When he finished he walked over to me and remarked:
“It’s [...]
It was an NC-17 church service.
The local pastor was fed up with parents and other adults not attending programs they needed to attend, so he asked me to preach SEX, KIDS, & THE INTERNET™ to an adults only Sunday morning worship service.
This was going to be different!
The service started. We sang one song. The ushers [...]
NOTE:
This post will deal with adult issues and activities.
What’s the harm? I’m only looking!!!
So goes one of the most common rebuttals to viewing pornography as sin. It reflects the view in our society and, unfortunately, by many Christians that sexual purity and fidelity only involve the body.
Looking ain’t cheatin’!
Believe or not, the Barna Group [...]
Sex.
It is EVERYWHERE in our society.
No wonder that youth and adults, alike, are confused about what is OK, what is sinful. It is no wonder that many are wounded and crying on the Sexual Battlefield.
It doesn’t help that many elements in our Society continue to attack marriage. Sex outside of marriage is common in the [...]
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