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Porn's Influence on Christians
Shane Idleman

Shane Idleman (1972 - ). American pastor, author, and speaker born in Southern California. Raised in a Christian home, he drifted from faith in his youth, pursuing a career as a corporate executive in the fitness industry before a dramatic conversion in his late 20s. Leaving business in 1999, he began studying theology independently and entered full-time ministry. In 2009, he founded Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, relocating it to Leona Valley in 2018, where he remains lead pastor. Idleman has authored 12 books, including Desperate for More of God (2011) and Help! I’m Addicted (2022), focusing on spiritual revival and overcoming sin. He launched the Westside Christian Radio Network (WCFRadio.org) in 2019 and hosts Regaining Lost Ground, a program addressing faith and culture. His ministry emphasizes biblical truth, repentance, and engagement with issues like abortion and religious liberty. Married to Morgan since 1997, they have four children. In 2020, he organized the Stadium Revival in California, drawing thousands, and his sermons reach millions online via platforms like YouTube and Rumble.
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This sermon emphasizes the danger of pride leading to regression from God, as seen in the backsliding and deception caused by the lust and perversions of the heart. The speaker highlights the prevalence of sexual promiscuity and the influence of worldly entertainment that draws people away from God, urging a return to Him and a transformation of the mind to resist conforming to the world's standards.
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And what does he go on to say? Because their transgressions are many, their backslidings have increased. And that's a sure sign of pride. Regression is a sign of pride. Anytime somebody begins to regress from God, backslide, turn from God, pride is at the forefront. It's sure not humility. It's sure not humility and needing God. It's pride. It's pride driving us away from God. And that's what happens. The pride of your heart has deceived you. He says that often to his people, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Amos, Obadiah. All these guys are saying the pride of your heart has deceived you. Wake up, the pride of your heart has deceived you. You see how deceptive this area is? How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by those that are not even gods. When I had fed them to the full and they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's houses. What he's saying, there's so much promiscuity, sexual promiscuity. They're just lined up to the door. The porn industry, number one billion industry, tops all sports combined. All this lust and this perversion. Everybody wants to put a porn star sticker on their truck. I want to say, wake up, that's perversion. You're not cool. You're going against God. Think about it. We've got our young girls now thinking it's cool to have porn star things on their purses, stickers on their cars, as if God is going to just wink and say, oh, no big deal. He says, you lust after these evil perversions. Turn back to me, people. A lot of people are watching these things, all these shows, wife swapping, desperate wives, the Kardashians or whatever. All this stuff. All this stuff. We laugh, but we watch it and we wonder why, what's going on. We're lusting after all these perversions. The lust of your heart has deceived you, has drawn you away from God. You tell me what you watch, I'll tell you what you worship. That's just the truth, myself included. What you allow into the mind gate to influence you is what you ultimately worship. There's no way around that. Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. I told you I'm a little bit angry today. I'm on the warpath. The enemy's coming after too many families, coming after too many marriages. I see too many young adults ruining their lives when they know better. This lust and this perversion everywhere. You got porn on Facebook. You got soft porn on Carl's Jr. commercials. For the love of God. It's a hamburger place.
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Shane Idleman (1972 - ). American pastor, author, and speaker born in Southern California. Raised in a Christian home, he drifted from faith in his youth, pursuing a career as a corporate executive in the fitness industry before a dramatic conversion in his late 20s. Leaving business in 1999, he began studying theology independently and entered full-time ministry. In 2009, he founded Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, relocating it to Leona Valley in 2018, where he remains lead pastor. Idleman has authored 12 books, including Desperate for More of God (2011) and Help! I’m Addicted (2022), focusing on spiritual revival and overcoming sin. He launched the Westside Christian Radio Network (WCFRadio.org) in 2019 and hosts Regaining Lost Ground, a program addressing faith and culture. His ministry emphasizes biblical truth, repentance, and engagement with issues like abortion and religious liberty. Married to Morgan since 1997, they have four children. In 2020, he organized the Stadium Revival in California, drawing thousands, and his sermons reach millions online via platforms like YouTube and Rumble.