Excerpt from EveryStudent.com - On a cold, dark night, there’s nothing better than a blazing fire in the fireplace. You can pile on the wood and let it burn nice and warm. It’s safe, warm, relaxing and romantic. Now take that same fire out of the fireplace (which was built for it) and drop it in the middle of the living room. Suddenly it becomes destructive. It can burn down the whole house and kill everyone inside. Sex is like that fire. As long as it’s expressed in the protective commitment of a marriage relationship, it’s wonderful, warm and romantic. But porn takes sex outside that context.

Check out this great article from everystudent.com about the toxic effects of pornography. Toxic Pornography, Toxic Sex

Hollywood, television commercials, magazine’s, internet, and even billboards are littered with sex appeal. Through these outlets society has desensitized men to the consequences of pornography mentally, physically, and spiritually. As a result of this type of exposure adolescent boys are fully educated on sex by the age of 13, (in many cases even younger). One Youth Pastor reported to his youth group that by the age of 16 an alarming percentage of adolescent males had already been exposed to hardcore pornography. May I add that once a pornographic image is viewed, it is immediately registered into our long term memory. Pornography is a major problem for men these days. We would be amazed if we truly knew how many men are exposed to pornography on a daily basis.

Here are three ways to overcome pornography.

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