Episode number one thousand today, it is incredible. It should be a little out of the norm, of course,

and it is today we tackle a surprisingly common phenomenon made super convenient by the technology

of the smartphone. Of course, we're talking about sending nude selfies. This is part of a growing

conversation in our culture. I recently met with the the assistant principal of a large public

high school here in the suburbs of Minneapolis to talk about smartphones and teens. This is what

she said to me. I wrote it down so I could share it here. In the last year, I've been shocked

at how many kids, kids that you would never suspect have naked pictures on their phones. Private

pictures sent between them and a boyfriend or a girlfriend. In my job, I look through a lot of

phones and when I come across those pictures, I'm simply stunned to me when it comes to high school

students and their smartphones. This is the most surprising trend I now see. In quote,

but this is part of a much larger phenomenon happening among males specifically who will

send unsolicited nude pictures of themselves to girls out of the blue. It's a disturbing new

practice now well documented by journalist Nancy Jo sales in her eye opening book American Girls

Social Media and the secret lives of teenagers. It's a troubling book too and a wake up call for

any parent with a daughter who has a smartphone. I say all of this to introduce today's question

which comes to us from a 20-something listener named Lily. Lily writes in to ask this,

dear pastor Johnum currently in a long distance dating relationship with the fellow Christian.

Lately, he has requested that I send pictures of myself nude which I obliged. I now regret this

decision. What would you say to young unmarried Christians who are tempted to make this same mistake?

I think I have good biblical authority in saying on behalf of God to every one of his children,

male and female, don't ever ask to see anyone naked except your spouse and don't ever offer to show

yourself to someone naked for erotic or sexual reasons, not medical reasons except to your spouse.

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