by BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY
One of several billboards put up by XXXChurch.com in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl. The nonprofit ministry aims to help those battling pornography addictions. XXXChurch.com/via Flickr
More than 300 churches are expected to celebrate National Porn Sunday on Feb. 6. The members will watch a video sermon featuring current and former NFL players talking about their struggles with pornography.
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“I would go home, and I would sit there, and the laptop and I would have a conversation,” says Josh McCown, who played quarterback for several NFL teams, most recently the Carolina Panthers. “And I would battle with not even wanting to open it, not even wanting to check e-mails because I knew where it might lead me.”
“I mean, you go to MSN or CNN or MSNBC,” adds quarterback Jon Kitna of the Dallas Cowboys, “and you see this, and it leads to a link to this, and pretty soon I’m into a world that I never knew existed.”
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“The statistics say that 48 percent of Christian families are dealing with the issue of pornography in their home,” Gross says. “I would say the other 52 percent are just unaware of it being an issue in their house.”
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