Talking with Your Family About Pornography with Aszia Pearson
The Family Discipleship Podcast
The Family Discipleship Podcast
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🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
- Why does a podcast about spiritual leadership spend an episode talking about pornography?
- What age families should be thinking about this?
- Where are you seeing issues with pornography in church families?
- What are the dangers and the damage done by exposure to pornography for kids?
- How can families who’ve never talked about sex, think about talking about pornography?
- How should we help our kids think about devices, movies, and things their friends might show them?
- What do you say to the parent who is struggling themselves with pornography?
- Are there any helpful resources for families to help them have this conversation?
- What scriptures come to mind for you when you think about addressing this topic with your family?
- How do you set yourself up for success in a conversation of this importance with your family? How can parents approach this well?
- What if we catch our sons or daughters looking at it, how do we approach the conversation with the appropriate weight and grace?
- Sometimes in a church we create a purity culture that makes sex seem dirty. How do we talk about pornography with our kids without making sex something the Lord hasn’t made it?
- Any thoughts about what Aszia is saying there and about purity culture in a church?
- That’s a lot about why and how to have the talk, but what about preventing exposure? What do you guys think we can do to keep our kids away from it?
- How can we make conversations about this more normal and comfortable even for our kids to initiate?
- How can churches navigate sensitive topics like this with families and for kids whose families are not talking about this?
- “Ultimately we want to see our kids be freed up by the gospel of Christ. Pornography in its very nature is addictive and it runs opposed to the God of the universe who’s made people in his image. Where we objectify people, or comidify people, that is offensive to the holy God that we serve who made us.” - Chelsea Griffin
- “God created us with special dignity. Where we fail to dignify people by lusting after them in our hearts – exploiting, objectifying – these things are offensive to God. When we do things that are an offense to God it hurts our ability to draw near to him.” - Chelsea Griffin
- “Kids aren’t just getting exposed to things they’re not ready for, they’re getting exposed to things that no eye should see and no ear should hear. And that’s a problem because the eye is never satisfied with seeing and the ear is never satisfied with hearing. Even though for most people that initial exposure has some cocktail of arousal and interest, as well as shame and terror.” - Aszia Pearson
- “We believe God designed people for one, long-term, monogamous, sexual relationship and not only is pornography offensive to that it is detrimental to it.” - Adam Griffin
- “If you believe that something would be harmful for your kid to watch then you should consider it harmful for yourself.” - Adam Griffin
- “It’s important to start with God’s good design for sex and his hopes for us. God gives us good gifts and we sometimes pervert those things and we twist those things thinking that we have a better idea of what to do with creation than God himself does. We have to resubmit ourselves to his authority.” - Chelsea Griffin
- “We have to be ready to give things up. I would rather not have a phone if it is dragging me into something addictive and destructive, that is searing my soul. I would rather not be in a group text with the right color texts than have something in my pocket that tempts me and lures me in.” - Chelsea Griffin
- “The same way we don’t look through our neighbors window and watch them have sex, we don’t look through our screens and watch people have sex.” - Chelsea Griffin
- “Can a man carry fire close to his chest and not be burned?” Proverbs 6:27
- “The right tone is not one of fear or alarm.” - Cassie Bryant
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Family Discipleship Podcast, a podcast of Training the Church. |
| 0:12.2 | This is Adam Griffin. |
| 0:13.3 | And before we get to our topic of the hour and our guests, let me first introduce my two |
| 0:17.2 | lovely co-hosts. |
| 0:18.3 | First, Cassie Bryant. |
| 0:19.5 | How are you today, Cassie? |
| 0:20.7 | I'm good. This is one of those days where you show up, even maybe if you're not feeling up for it. And I'm here. And I'm so glad I'm here. And I'm so glad I showed up. But you're not feeling up for it? It was a rough night last night and a little bit of a rough morning. |
| 0:34.2 | But I'm really happy to see your face and I'm really happy to be here. |
| 0:37.7 | And I'm eager for this topic because it's so important. |
| 0:39.8 | Yeah, me too. |
| 0:40.8 | And of course, our other co-host, Miss Chelsea Griffin, how you doing today, Chelsea? I'm doing well. Happy to be here. I think the Bible says that there's new mercies on every podcast. I receive that. So that's for you, Cassie. There's new mercies. |
| 0:55.7 | We should start recording in the evening, maybe. We could make it like a happy hour podcast instead |
| 0:59.5 | of a morning one. Oh, yeah, that's when I feel a lie. Would that include a cocktail? |
| 1:04.2 | Well, what an honor to have with us today, our friend, fellow East Sider, Asia Pearson, on this |
| 1:09.8 | episode with us. How are you doing today, Asia? |
| 1:11.6 | I am doing great. |
| 1:13.9 | I walked out this morning and my daughter said, what is that? |
| 1:18.8 | And she meant, Mom, you're wearing clothes. |
| 1:22.2 | Usually you wear workout attire. |
| 1:25.6 | So I got dressed for you guys. Oh, yes. Thank you. It's a good day. |
| 1:32.0 | That's a good day. Thanks for dressing up for this digital platform. |
| 1:36.9 | Experience. Oh, and by dress up, I mean, I put on a sweater and brushed my hair. |
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