Another published article...

I just wanted to send out here a link to all of you. I was recently published through another ministry that deals with men & women who struggle in the area of sexual purity. I am not going to post the blog here because of my agreement with xxxChurch.com but I am providing the link in case some of you here are interested in reading the post. 

(The link to my full article posted on the xxxchurch website can be found here.)

This is very a very humbling thing. It's not easy to speak out on a topic that you almost never hear talked about in any church. Yet in my experience more people, Christians even, deal with this issue on some level. It seems that the more I am open and transparent about this topic the more God opens doors for me to share bits and pieces of my own personal journey. I'm not ashamed because I know it's in my weakness that His strength is oh so perfect. 

Men: If you are interested in being a part of a private men's online group please let me know. I open this to men because I believe men should get in the trenches with like-minded men who understand the nature of the battle. Unless you've dealt with this topic personally you honestly don't have any idea of magnitude of the battle. 

Women: That's not to say that women don't deal with this but for obvious reasons women should seek out like-minded women. If you are a woman and deal with this I can direct you to a resource, if needed; xxxchurch.com is a great place to start. But I will not be involved with any form of counseling or accountability with women.

Still not convinced that this is an issue. I'll leave you with some staggering statistics.

• The average age today's children are exposed to pornography is 11

• $3,075.64 per second is spent on porn (PER SECOND)

• Vistors to pornographic websites consist of 72% male and 23% female

• Every 39 minutes: a new pornographic video is being created in the United States.

• Every second - 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines.

• Every second - 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography.

• 53% of men attending "Promise Keepers" admitted to viewing pornography the week prior to attending this men's Faith-based event.

• 47% of Christians surveyed stated that pornography is a "Major Problem" in their own homes.

• In the United States alone $13.3 billion is spent annually on pornographic websites (The pornography industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink)

If you'd like to view the entire statistical list it can be found here.

Take Care & God Bless,

-E