The Porn Pandemic

> The Porn Pandemic Video: The Devastating Effects on Children, Family and Society (Click Link to Play)


> In addition to the above video, here is a reprint of our Sept 2011 ANVIL post on this epidemic by Rev. Al Saunders (from our own PAOC Fellowship):

Pornography 
-The Real Weapon of Mass Destruction

by Al Saunders  (reprinted from “halftime report”) According to Focus On The Family research and our own research through Honor Bound Men's Ministries, 65% of Christian men admit to struggling with pornography. So what's the big deal? Consider these facts: Pornography is a 20 billion dollar a year industry in North America Pornography is addictive - There is a neuro-chemical bond formed between the pleasure experienced and the stimulus that produces it. It is more addictive than cocaine - and quicker. The part of the brain stimulated by pornography is the same part stimulated by cocaine. Pornography appears to encompass all 3 major drug categories: Anti-depressants Anti-anxieties Stimulants The brain has an escalating zero point - It takes more and more of the same thing to stimulate it.

Pornography continued … Pornography involvement is harder to treat and restore to wholeness than adultery: Adultery diverts the sex drive from God's intended purpose. Pornography perverts the sex drive from God's intended purpose. It dehumanizes women and desensitizes men. Be aware that you cannot control its lure nor gain victory from it on your own – once you become involved with it! So the best route is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it – even if that means you have to get rid of your cable, satellite dish and/or TV. Here are two good guidelines from the God’s Word: Job 31:1 – Job stated: “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.” 2 Corinthians 10:5b – Paul states: “…we take captive every thought and make it obedient unto Christ.” There’s the two keys: Covenant with your eyes – discipline where and what you look at. Take charge of your thoughts.