Overview
Pornography victimizes women, children, society, and those who use it. The rate of sex-related crime rises wherever porn is rampant. Yet the industry grows. Must Christians allow perversion to spread? Is pornography really protected by law? What can you do in your community to fight pornography? This study will seek answers to these questions.
Table of Contents
SCRIPTURE: Proverbs 14:31, 34; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ezekiel 22:29, 31; Zechariah 7:9-10; Matthew 5: 13-16, 27-30; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Galatians 5:19-25; Ephesians 5:11-17; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; Jude 22-23
LEADER'S GUIDE
• The Issue
Sample questions:
What arguments do those who favor pornography use to defend it?
Why can Christians fight pornography without this being an "imposing of religious values" on others? Why is pornography not really a First Amendment issue?
• The Scriptures
Sample Scriptures:
Matthew 5:27-30: For what basic reason is porn produced and published?
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8: What does God intend for the human body? How does pornography violate this? Whom do we reject when we ignore the warnings and instructions of this passage?
• The Application
Sample application questions:
What can Christians do to ensure that prosecutors, judges, and police forces do their job when it comes to pornography?
What can you do personally to fight pornography? What hinders you from doing it?
ARTICLE FROM CHRISTIANITY TODAY
• Pornography: The Human Tragedy, by Tom Minnery (March 1986, 11 printed pages)
Total number of pages - 12
