Thursday, February 7, 2008

Sexual Purity

If you're falling, get rid of what's tripping you up.

"BUT..."
"But there are hardly any decent TV shows any more." Then stop watching TV. Read books. Have conversations.
"But all the newer novels have sex scenes." Then read old novels. Read fiction from Christian publishers.
"But I've subscribed to Sports Illustrated for years, back before they had the swimsuit issue." They have it now. So drop your subscription. And tell them why.
"But its almost impossible to rent a movie without sex and offensive language." There are Christian movie-review sites that can help you make good selections for family viewing. There are also services which offer edited movies, television adaptors which edit profanity, and DVD software that cuts offensive scenes from movies.
But suppose there were no decent movies-what then? I enjoy good movies, but the Bible never commands us to "Watch Movies." It does command us "Guard your heart."
It's a battle-battles get bloody. Do whatever it takes to walk in purity!

-Randy Alcorn, The Purity Principle P. 67-68

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