The Los Angeles Times published an article about the growing demand and supply of 'soft-core porn' by cable TV channels and no longer just at late night hours.
Erotic entertainment "is a staple of [Cinemax's] brand, it's in our DNA, we're not running away from it" [Susan Ennis, executive vice-president of program planning for HBO Networks, which owns Cinemax]I think it's a very strong statement when someone can coolly say that immoral, ensnaring entertainment is in the 'DNA' of a thing.
That content is particularly conspicuous now on VOD, which has unshackled soft-core from the boundaries of late-night.
Then, at the Focus on the Family's Plugged In blog, Adam Holz reported another horrifying and in-your-face downward slide that is going to have an effect on the young girls and boys in our households - as well as men and women who are already struggling because of the sexual compromise that has already invaded their life. Here's a clip:
"...the Miss USA pageant has decided to add a lingerie segment to the competition. Specifically, each contestant has to pose for photos in a hotel room wearing skimpy underwear and sporting sultry, suggestive expressions. A couple of contestants even opted to go with braless outfits, wearing only open shirts and panties.
The resulting images look like they'd be more at home in a Victoria's Secret catalog than in a beauty pageant.
Pageant owner Donald Trump has been unapologetic. "Whether we like it or not, beautiful women will always attract ratings," he said. Trump also recognizes that the images push the envelope, but in the end he thinks they're acceptable for broadcast television (the pageant will air May 16 on NBC). "I think they've maybe gone a little over the top this year," he said. "These pictures are a little wild. [But] the girls are incredible. … They go about as far as you can go on network television, which is pretty far."" [Read more]
We are in a time where the lusts of the world will be offered openly and in increasing variety. Still, God requires holiness from those who are His. And only the holy will inherit eternal life and walk the streets of His Kingdom in the age that is to come. Holiness means being set apart for God and away from sinful lifestyles. Walking in holiness does not happen by accident. No one can arrive there nonchalantly given the temptations that abound. Everyone is susceptible. We need to be intentional about obeying God and following close after Him.
Do you have walls and hedges and gates and bolts in the right places in your life?
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