{"id":35328,"date":"2017-08-10T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/?p=35328"},"modified":"2023-05-16T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:07:22","slug":"much-needed-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/much-needed-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"A Much-Needed Wake Up Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img alt=\"wake\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34289 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2017\/06\/iStock-earscovered-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"wake\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/>Dear Josh,<\/p>\n<p>Well done!<\/p>\n<p>I have been sounding the trumpet on this topic [pornography] for the past 10 years.\u00a0 We hit it hard in our confirmation program at our church for sixth through ninth graders.<\/p>\n<h4>However, in recent years, I have been convicted that our efforts are coming too late.<\/h4>\n<p>Despite the fact that all of our boys and at least half of our middle school girls report having seen porn, and I mean significantly disgusting porn, the parents are slow to appreciate the dangers.<\/p>\n<h4>Parents look at me as though I have lobsters coming out of my ears when I call this the decisive battle of the century.\u00a0 (I have been a pastor for 27 years.\u00a0 I am used to that.)<\/h4>\n<p>Your address has vindicated our efforts and we will pick up the challenge with greater clarity and zeal.\u00a0\u00a0 I am sure that you will take heat for this address. God bless you!\u00a0 I also appreciate that you lifted up the relationship you have with your wife!\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you, thank you, thank you. May God continue to nourish and sustain you!<\/p>\n<h3>Excerpts from Josh&#8217;s 2015 Moody Founders Week address:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"Solution to the Greatest Cancer in the Church\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNiWHZDYQII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about the problem&#8211;and more importantly the solution? Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/setfreesummit.org\/\">Set Free Summit website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talks.josh.org\/product\/set-free-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-29182 size-medium\" title=\"border-spacing: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2016\/10\/Set-Free-Global-Summit-Title-600x600-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"set-free-global-summit-title-600x600\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nFREE RESOURCES<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDownload Josh McDowell\u2019s pornography presentation and research\u00a0from the\u00a0<em>Set Free Summit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/talks.josh.org\/product\/set-free-summit\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\nDownloads include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>A Call to Arms<\/strong>\u00a0(Presentation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Call to Arms<\/strong>\u00a0(Notes)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facts &amp; Stats About Pornography (Vol 1)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Facts &amp; Stats About Pornography (Vol 2)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What Josh is saying\u2026about internet pornography<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What others are saying\u2026about internet pornography<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recommended Resources to Help with Overcoming Pornography<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Josh, Well done! I have been sounding the trumpet on this topic [pornography] for the past 10 years.\u00a0 We hit it hard in our confirmation program at our church for sixth through ninth graders. However, in recent years, I have been convicted that our efforts are coming too late. Despite the fact that all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23327,"featured_media":34289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"94","_seopress_titles_title":"A Much-Needed Wake Up Call - Changed Life Stories","_seopress_titles_desc":"A pastor of 27 years thanks Josh for speaking out on an uncomfortable topic--one that too many parents avoid until it is too late.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[558,188,161,231,559],"translator":[],"blog-author":[78],"class_list":["post-35328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-why-god","tag-changed-life-stories","tag-josh-mcdowell","tag-pornography","tag-set-free-summit","tag-solutions","blog-author-josh-mcdowell-ministry-team"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2017\/06\/iStock-earscovered.jpg","meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35328"},{"taxonomy":"translator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/translator?post=35328"},{"taxonomy":"blog-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites-stage.josh.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-author?post=35328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}