It's usually a good idea to experience something before commenting on it to others. However, this Daily Article will focus on an experience I refuse to have and encourage you to refuse as well.
Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, is showing in theaters beginning tonight. One secular reviewer called the film "the year's first true cinematic travesty," "utterly ridiculous," and "reprehensible."
I warned you not to see the first movie when it premiered two years ago. I'll repeat my reasons for the sequel.
One: The movie is pornographic in the extreme. It exhibits behavior so explicit and immoral that I will not repeat even what reviewers have said about it.
Jesus warned us to refuse lust in all its forms (Matthew 5:28). His Spirit will be grieved by any Christians who open their minds to such blatant immorality.
Two: The plague of pornography is an epidemic in our culture, and these movies are making things far worse. They are intended to legitimize and normalize behavior that, according to researchers, damages the brain and escalates deviant behavior.
Three: The movie normalizes sexual abuse. The timing could not be worse: according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 64 percent of American women have been victims of rape or other sexual violence.
God's word is clear: "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things" (Philippians 4:8).
We are told to "keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:23).
So read God's word and good books. Do what will draw you closer to Jesus.
And refuse what dishonors your Lord and damages your soul.
One: The movie is pornographic in the extreme. It exhibits behavior so explicit and immoral that I will not repeat even what reviewers have said about it.
Jesus warned us to refuse lust in all its forms (Matthew 5:28). His Spirit will be grieved by any Christians who open their minds to such blatant immorality.
Two: The plague of pornography is an epidemic in our culture, and these movies are making things far worse. They are intended to legitimize and normalize behavior that, according to researchers, damages the brain and escalates deviant behavior.
Three: The movie normalizes sexual abuse. The timing could not be worse: according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 64 percent of American women have been victims of rape or other sexual violence.
God's word is clear: "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things" (Philippians 4:8).
We are told to "keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (Proverbs 4:23).
So read God's word and good books. Do what will draw you closer to Jesus.
And refuse what dishonors your Lord and damages your soul.
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