Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Bringing Sexy Back...where it belongs.

When it comes to the topic of sex, most of what should never be talked about or exposed is what is discussed and revealed by the world in magazines, movies, talk shows, internet websites and many other venues. The important issues of sex that should be talked about in our homes and churches are rarely, if ever discussed. Therefore, this leaves our kids to discover their “sexuality” on their own.

This trend has proven devastating to America and must stop. On Sunday at Every Nation Tallahassee it does. We kick off our February series called “Bringing Sexy Back…where it belongs”. I will begin the series with a message called “Sex and the City”. We are going to “talk about sex baby”, exposing lies and revealing truth, about the topic of sex. I hope to see you there.

To further emphasis our “state of emergency” in America in regards to sex, and hopefully motivate you to attend, I have included some statistics that reflect our sexual behavior.

Average age of first sexual experience is 15.8 years old.

Average length of first sexual relationship is 3.8 months.

23.4% of first time sexual experiences are one night stands.

16.7% of adolescents who took virginity pledges became sexually active.

The average teen watches 3-4 hours of TV with 6-7 sexual images shown per hour.

55% of 11th graders in Ohio have had sex.

The average age of first time porn internet exposure is to 11 year old boys.

The California Protective Parents Association study reveals that much of the multi-billion dollar porn industry is focused on attracting young boys between the ages of 12-17.

20 billion is spent worldwide on porn.

21% of all websites on the internet are all porn which works out to 372 million pages.

68 million searches for porn are done per day which is 25% of all searches on the internet.

The porn industry is a 57 billion dollar a year industry, this is more that the combined revenue of ABC, CBS and NBC combined. It is also more than all professional sports teams in the US make per year put together.

53% of Promise Keeper men viewed porn last week.

There has been a 418% increase in rape from 1960-1999.

The annual cost of teen pregnancies from lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, foster care and involvement with the criminal justice system is said to be around 7 billion.

More than 1/3 of all teenage pregnancies in America end in abortion costing taxpayers a little over 5 million.

The annual cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) is said to be well in the excess of 10 billion.

8,000 teenagers a day get STD’s in America.

3 million teens will be infected with STD’s this year.

In 2000, 240,000 children were born to girls 18 and under. Most of them were unmarried.

It’s time to take back sex education from Madonna and Britney, Nick and Jessica, Brad and Jen, Justin and Cameron, Ryan and Reese, and the many others who have failed in their relationships.
It is time to “Bring Sexy Back” where it belongs.

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