Should a Woman Marry a Man Who Has a Problem with Pornography?

This question is an urgent one given the importance of marriage, and the pervasive problem that pornography is in our culture. Many women have been concerned about this problem, and many more are sure to follow in their footsteps. I want to respond to this question in three ways: with a short answer, with a long answer, and by posing a more helpful consideration. First, the short answer. There is a clear and... MORE

How Pornography Works: It Hijacks the Male Brain – AlbertMohler.com

We are fast becoming a pornographic society. Over the course of the last decade, explicitly sexual images have crept into advertising, marketing, and virtually every niche of American life. This ambient pornography is now almost everywhere, from the local shopping mall to prime-time television.
By some estimations, the production and sale of explicit pornography now represents the seventh-largest industry in America. New videos and internet pages are produced each week, with the digital revolution bringing a host of new delivery systems. Every new digital platform becomes a marketing opportunity for the pornography industry. MORE:
How Pornography Works: It Hijacks the Male Brain – AlbertMohler.com

3 Lies Porn Tells You | RELEVANT Magazine

hree years into our marriage, my wife, Trisha, woke up in the middle of the night and realized I wasn’t in bed. She walked out into the living room and as soon as she looked at the TV, I quickly changed the channel.
She began to question me about what I was watching, why I wasn’t in bed, and why I would immediately change the channel. Then came the repeated question: Do you struggle with lust and pornography? The more she asked the more intense the conversation became. MORE: 3 Lies Porn Tells You | RELEVANT Magazine

AlbertMohler.com – A Warped Worldview: Another Moral Effect of Pornography

The moral effects of pornography are, by now, well attested. The scourge of pornography has brought ruin and harm into the lives of millions of our friends and neighbors, destroying marriages, distorting sexuality, and poisoning minds. Even so, the pornography industrial complex continues to grow, representing one of the most lucrative segments of the Internet economy. MORE....
AlbertMohler.com – A Warped Worldview: Another Moral Effect of Pornography

Pornification Part 2: Not That There is Anything Wrong with That

(Ed Stetzer) Last week I began a series entitled "The Pornifcation of American Culture." You can read the first post of this series here. These posts come from a lengthier article I wrote for the Assemblies of God Enrichment Journal. The entire issue is worth your time and you can access it here. In this part, I deal with changing views of sexuality and inceased sexualization.

Here is more of the text from that article:
The issues of human sexuality are impacting evangelical churches in a profound way. The church must recognize and address the changing sexual mores of the world. Sex and sexuality outside of marriage has been around for millennia but the current is moving to new places.

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The Pornification of American Culture

(Ed Stetzer) "recently wrote a journal article for the Assemblies of God Enrichment Journal. I will be turning that into a series here at the blog. The entire issue is worth your time and you can access it here.
Here is part 1: Introducing the Issue.
The world seemed shocked by the Tiger Woods scandal. The media feasted on the stories, rumors, and drama that surrounded Tiger's life of undisputed sexually infidelity. But who created Tiger Woods? From American hero worship to a dysfunctional childhood and everything in between, multiple factors contributed to Tiger being Tiger. His saga has emerged as one of the most sad and shocking stories in American sports history. But one thing is for sure--Tiger's story is only a symptom of our sex-obsessed, pornified culture. Even greater, our obsession with Tiger's story may be an indicator of where we are as much as where he is. Sexual deviance is now the norm, not the exception.   More:

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Counseling a Wife Whose Husband is Involved in Pornography (Amy Baker)

"I’m counseling a woman whose husband is involved in pornography. She is a Christian, her husband is not. She recently discovered he is caught up in pornography. He told her it is all her fault because she is not intimate enough for him. She believes it to be true and that when she changes, he’ll stop. Any suggestions?
Dear Friend:
It’s distressing to be faced with a husband caught up in pornography, and scripture aptly describes the pain of situations such as this.. I’m glad God has put you in the path of this dear lady to encourage and uplift her. You’ll want to be especially quick to offer hope..."

Porn and Paper Pastors

Porn and Paper Pastors (Dan Phillips)

"Decades ago, I read a disturbingly candid essay by a pastor about his struggles with pornography. It was in Leadership magazine. Years later, two of his realizations still stand out to me.
The author came to see (as I recall) that he was attracted to these images because they were unreal. The women in the pictures never had bad days, were never crabby and demanding, never disrespectful and demeaning. No mood swings. They always suited his mood, his needs, his wants. They were unreal..."

Saving Your Family From Music Porn (Baptist Press) "Nearly every 12 year-old knows Rihanna, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Do you?
The music industry today is huge, racking up over 1.5 billion in sales in the U.S. alone, and kids are their target audience. It's an industry that is no longer primarily about music. It's become another avenue for selling porn and sexualizing younger and younger children in the process.
Recently, Mike Stock, one of Britain's top songwriters and producers, denounced his own industry for marketing music that is, what he calls "99 percent soft pornography."

Freedom from Porn: One CEO takes a Stand (Breakpoint). "In the never-ending battle of the technological titans, score one for Steve Jobs. No, the CEO of Apple hasn’t come out with yet another groundbreaking iProduct, at least not since the iPad. But he’s done something even more extraordinary—he’s brought good values into the mix..."

The Dangers of Emotional Pornography (Relevant Magazine) "We (rightly) worry and fight against visual pornography. But what about the dangers of pornography of the mind and heart? I watched the pilot episode of Glee when it premiered a few months before the show was to begin airing regularly. It was decent enough to at least give some time to the next few episodes. But by the end of episode two, I was getting a little uneasy. As I watched it, I was becoming aware of what the writers wanted me to feel—the good guy teacher to cheat on his evil wife with the gentle co-worker, and the main male character to cheat on his hypocritical Christian girlfriend with his female lead counterpart..."