Porn and Pancakes

8am this morning: I'm standing in the foyer of Emmanuel Community Church chatting with Dennis Miller, the pastor - we're glad to see the hundreds of men streaming into the gym. Dozens and dozens of tables are filling up fast with men and boys with plates full of pancakes, eggs and sausage. I greet a bunch of my friends from Anchor - Russ, Steve, Terry, Allen; and friends from ECC - Brad Camp, John Downey, Neil Warner; and other friends: Brian Smeltzer, Pat Rowland, Nate Hasty.



Why were we and about 500 other guys gathered in the gym for a porn and pancake show? Because porn is probably one of the most poisonous activities pulling apart families - addicting senior citizens and college girls, middle aged men and teenagers...and it is getting worse. So this morning members of XXXChurch.com did a classy, funny, engaging, sobering, inspiring presentation about the truth behind porn (thanks to comedian David Dean for getting us going...) and how these young women are destroyed.

You only browse through the free porn sites? They produce more money for the porn industry then paid sites. It's a normal adult male activity? Then why the secrecy and isolation? The women are professionals, it's just a job. Then what if it was your daughter or sister or mom? Or your neighbors, or coworkers...it's still okay?

The damage done to these young women - daughters and sisters and moms - are brutal, and the the resulting porn addiction of men and women is bad for building a happy family. As Craig Gross says: porn leads to a dead-end.

If porn is pulling your life apart, get help. Contact me, contact Craig Gross of XXXChurch.com, contact Dan Boen of CCCOI.

Jesus loves porn stars. Jesus loves porn addicts. Jesus' love can set you free, but you have to want the forgiveness, and the freedom. Let others help you get real, good, God-love; no more of the fantasty, fake, foolish stuff that wrecks your life.

Porn and Pancakes was a good-God event...if one comes to your community, GO.