XXXchurch: TEENS BLOG
Porn pretends to be something it's not. For the viewer it depicts a fantasy of sex. It makes it seem like this is what all sex is like. It tells the lie that if you aren't doing it like that, you are missing out. Or if you're body isn't that perfect, you are unattractive-that sex is about performing.
But it is not just the viewer that has lies fed to them. Porn lies to porn stars and porn...
Christ set me free from the sexual addiction and the shame that came from the effects of what had been done to me and the things that I had done - I once was held captive by this secret, but now that I feel freedom, I can scream it from the rooftops and I can tell my closest friends about the road Christ has taken me down and what He has done in my life. But when it came to my parents, this...
Going to the therapist does not mean you’re weak or a basket case, and it does not mean that you’re on the way to the loony bin wearing a nicely fitted white jacket. Therapy is an important step in the healing process and is a step to freedom from pornography, addiction and other sexual struggles.
It’s not for the weak; it’s hard to open up to someone about struggles that are so personal and...
We just rolled out our 6th video in our "Voices" series. It is with Juliet Simms from Automatic Loveletter. Her band played Warped tour this summer and she recently was on the NBC show "The Voice". Check out what she has to say below or scroll down to watch the video
Struggles on the road as a woman in the music industry.
Juliet Simms: Some of my struggles on the road…I’ve been touring for...
Imagine this scenario. You arelaying in bed, dressed all in your P.J.s. The lights are out, maybe your sleepytime playlist is playing softly in the background. You’re fairly comfortable,but you just can’t seem to fall asleep. Roll over on your side and keep trying to drift off but your brain just won’t stop ticking away. You begin to pay attention to your thoughts, and realize you know exactly...
Porn hide and seek is a game you play on your own and you never win.
I should know because I played it for years.
Basically you hide yourself away in porn, stuck in your room and wait until you find yourself. The trouble is the longer you play the deeper you go,the further you hide yourself and the more unrecognizable you become. Until you don't even remember the person you were looking for in...
Think. What are the things that you think of the most? What causes you to think of them? Does the media influence your mind set? How about your actions? Like one of my close friends once told me “Where your mind set is there your lifestyle will be there too.” The things you watch, read, listen to, and the people you’re around ↕ Affects what you think about and focus on ↕ What you think and...
There are a lot of things the world is short on right now. Fossil fuels, jobs, strong families, and finances are all in excruciatingly short supply and pretty much everyone knows about it. But one thing the world ISN’T short on is sex. It’s abundant, it’s free and it’s EVERYWHERE. And in times like these, people really need it! But great deals of us are abusing that abundance.
Television,...
There are a lot of things the world is short on right now. Fossil fuels, jobs, strong families, and finances are all in excruciatingly short supply and pretty much everyone knows about it. But one thing the world ISN’T short on is sex. It’s abundant, it’s free and it’s EVERYWHERE. And in times like these, people really need it! But great deals of us are abusing that abundance. Television,...
My wife and I are leaders for the mid-and-high school group at our church. Lately, we've been going through a series on marriage with the rest of the congregation, and this last week, we discussed sexual assault, and the shame that sexual sin often causes the victim, or the remorseful perpetrator. Despite the fact that I have heard more heartbreaking stories of rape and assault over the course...
