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Introduction. Introduction. How does the ruler of this world try to pollute our mind? - John 14:30 ; 17:14; 1 John 2:15-17 We Are Warned - Deut. 18:9-14 Indeed – the world is evil - John 7:7; 1 John 5:19 Satan has blinded the minds of MANY! – 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 4:17-20

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  1. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  2. Introduction W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  3. Introduction • How does the ruler of this world try to pollute our mind? - John 14:30 ; 17:14; 1 John 2:15-17 • We Are Warned - Deut. 18:9-14 • Indeed – the world is evil - John 7:7; 1 John 5:19 • Satan has blinded the minds of MANY! – 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 4:17-20 • We are to remain separate from the world – untainted by it’s influence – 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; James 1:27; 4:4 • We are to feed our mind with things that will encourage, (not discourage), us to remain holy and serve God – Phili 4:7-9; 1 Pet. 2:1,2,11,12 W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  4. Introduction Romans 12:1-2 (KJV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. [2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  5. Pornography • There are 800 million rentals each year of adult videos and DVDs (Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004). • 11,000 adult movies are produced each year (Overdosing on Porn, Rebecca Hagelin. www.worldandi.com, March, 2004). • Playboy’s largest cable channel, Playboy TV, is available in 24 million of the nation’s 81 million homes that receive either satellite, cable or digital television (Court Overrules Law restricting Cable Sex Shows, Linda Greenhouse. The New York Times On http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/scotus/ articles/052300scotus.html ) • Median age for the first use of pornography: boys: 11-13; girls: 12-14 (Your Children & Pornography: A guide for Parents, Tom Buford. Tommera Press, 2001). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  6. Pornography • According to 2004 IFR research, U.S. porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC (6.2 billion). Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises. The pornography industry, according to conservative estimates, brings in $57 billion per year, of which the United States is responsible for $12 billion. (Internet Pornography and Loneliness: An Association? Vincent Cyrus Yoder, Thomas B. Virden III, and Kiran Amin. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, Volume 12.1, 2005). • For every 10 men in church, 5 are struggling with pornography (The Call to Biblical Manhood.  Man in the Mirror, 6 July, 2004). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  7. Pornography • In 2004, there were 372 million pornographic Web pages, 2.5 billion emails (8% of total emails), 100 thousand Web sites offering illegal child pornography, (Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • 72 million Internet users visit pornography web sites per year (Pornography Statistics 2003.  Internet Filter Review  www.internetfilterreview.com, 2003). • At least 20,000 American adults visit Internet sex sites at least 11 hours per week (Victims of Pornography Month Should Not Exist, Jan Larue.  Christian Counseling Today, 2003 Vol. 11 No. 3). • 34 percent of churchgoing women said they have intentionally visited porn websites online (Internet porn a guy thing?  Not really, online rating service says, Mark O’Keefe.  The Charlotte Observer). 22 W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  8. Pornography • Twenty percent of men and 13% of women admitted to accessing pornography at work (Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • Three million of the visitors to adult websites in September 2000 were age 17 or younger (NetValue Report on Minors Online.  Business Wire, 19 December, 2000). • 21 percent of teens say they have looked at something on the Internet that they wouldn’t want their parents to know (A World of Their Own.  Newsweek, 8 May 2000). • The average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old (Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • The largest consumer of Internet pornography is the 12-17 age group (Internet Pornography Statistics.  Internet Filter Review, 2004). • Sex sites on the Web generate at least $1 billion per year in revenue (Wall Street Meets Pornography.  New York Times, 23 October, 2000). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  9. Pornography Effects of Pornography "Sex on the net is like heroin. It grabs them and takes over their lives. And it's very difficult to treat because the people affected don't want to give it up." - Dr. Mark Schwartz, Masters and Johnson Institute in St. Louis. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  10. Pornography Effects of Pornography 1. Addiction 2. Escalation 3. Desensitization 4. Acting out sexually 5. Anti-social behavior W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  11. Television • 75 percent of prime time television in the 1999-2000 season included sexual content (Sex on TV: Content and Context.  The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001). • Movies have an 87% likelihood of presenting sexual material (Sex on TV: Content and Context.  The Kaiser Family Foundation, 5 February, 2001). • The average American adolescent will view nearly 14,000 sexual references per year (Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media.  American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education, January, 2001). • More than 3 out of 4 Americans say the way television programs show sex encourages irresponsible sexual behavior (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  www.mediascope.org, 15 March, 2000). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  12. Television • 64 percent of all shows include sexual content, and only 15% mention waiting, protection, and consequences (TV Sex Getting "Safer."  Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kff.org, 2003). • “The Center for Media and Public Affairs’ new study found that sexual content is featured once every four minutes on network TV, with 98% of all sexual content having no subsequent physical consequences, 85% of sexual behavior having no lasting emotional impact, and that nearly 75% of the participants in sexual activity were unmarried.” (New look at TV sex and violence. National Catholic Register, 16-22 April 2000). • Sexual content on prime-time TV more than tripled in the past ten years (More TV Sex, USA Today.  30 March, 2000). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  13. Television • 40 percent of teenagers have gotten ideas for how to talk to their boyfriends and girlfriends about sexual issues from entertainment media (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  Media Scope.  2001). • Teens ages 13-15 rank entertainment media as the top source of information about sexuality and sexual health (Teens, Sex, & the Media.  Media Scope.  2001). • Youth exposed to sexual content on television are more likely to overestimate the frequency of sexual activity among peers and have more permissive attitudes toward premarital sex. (State of the Nation: Challenges Facing STD Prevention in Youth.  American Social Health Association, 2005). We Can Be Desensitized To Sin: W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  14. Television Proverbs 6:27 (NKJV) Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? • Educational – • Informational – • Wholesome Entertainment - • Used for Spiritual things - Skin But 75% is filth!! W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  15. Music Industry Seventy-eight percent of girls and 88% of guys said they listen to music "often," as opposed to "seldom" or "sometimes." They named nearly 150 different favorite artists. The most popular musical genre was hard/modern rock (e.g. Dave Matthews, Limp Bizkit, Creed) to which 52% claimed to listen. Rap (e.g. Triple 6 Mafia, Eminem, Snoop Dog) was the second in popularity with 38% saying they listened. . . . It is notable, especially to concerned parents, that some hard rock and rap music often contain the most objectionable lyrics and themes. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  16. Music Industry Rap videos often promote drug use, violence and sex, . . . (A prospective study of exposure to rap music video and African American female adolescents’ health, Wingood GM et al.  American Journal of Public Health, 2003). W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  17. Evidence suggest that certain beats and sounds can influence attitude and perception – • Many of the lyrics are immoral and sexually explicit – • Many of the lyrics condone, promote, and even glorify sin – • The exaltation of ungodly people – • Influencing our dress and activities - Music Industry W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  18. Conclusion • Think About It!! • Do not expect a person who views pornography to have pure thoughts! • Do not expect a person who views hours of sexually explicit television and sexual innuendo to be unharmed! • Do not expect a teenager, (or anyone else for that matter), who watches five hours of MTV per day, to respect and honor their parents. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  19. Conclusion • Think About It!! • The lamp of the body is the eye – Mat. 6:22-23 • You can commit adultery within the heart - Mat. 5:27-28 • If your right eye causes you to sin, . . . - Mat. 5:29-30 • . . . Make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. – Rom. 13:14 • Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV) W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

  20. Conclusion 1 Thes. 5:21-23 (NKJV) Test all things; hold fast what is good. [22] Abstain from every form of evil. [23] Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. W. 65th St. church of Christ - 7/14/2005

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