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Is porn really a big deal? Let's listen in on what Pastor John Piper has to say to a young woman considering marriage to a man struggling with pornography.   So, how does porn affect us? Consider the four elements Piper puts forth. - It is unloving. - It is adulterous. - Destructive to a man's capacities to love a woman purely for herself. - Destructive to a man's soul; his capacity to see God in the purity and greatness of His glory is shriveled. How does this play out: Porn says reality is not good enough. Pornography is a conglomeration of photoshopped images and tantalizing scenarios. None of which exist in the real world. Today on the internet there are infinite amounts just clicks away. Every click brings a new experience and new stimulation. You can fast-forward and rewind. Nothing in the real world comes close to the expansive nature of sexual images and videos. Porn tells a woman she is not good enough. Nothing...

"Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. ... Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm." - President Barack Obama, Inauguration Speech, January 21, 2013 Today, let us take a moment to remember the lives we were unable to protect. Those lives whose end was neither natural nor accidental. Let us think upon those never allowed to fill their lungs with air. And let us think upon those who have bought the lie that this is "choice." Let us, in silent vigil, remember the one out of every four children [1]   and the millions of woman left with empty arms. But, let this moment be brief. For, as President Obama has exhorted us, there is work to be done. Let us turn our at...