Shelley Lubben Tells the Hard Core Truth

Pornography has always been a soul destroying scourge. And it has never been easier to access than it is now in our wireless world, where the latest titillation can be downloaded to your phone. It isn’t unusual to hear preachers like me speak against it either. But it is unusual to hear porn “stars” tell the real story behind the industry.

Shelley Lubben has done just that. She is a former prostitute and porn actress that has been completely restored by Jesus Christ. She tells her compelling story on a website for the foundation that she created to reach out to people caught in the porn industry. The website is www.thepinkcross.org. It is a powerful story for anyone to see, but especially for those who use porn or who work in the industry. More about Shelley’s personal biography can be found on her personal website www.shelleylubben.com.

Here are some sobering stats from her site:
 66% of porn stars have Herpes, a non-curable disease.
 Chlamydia and Gonorrhea among performers is 10x greater than that of LA County 20-24 year olds.
 70% of sexually transmitted infections in the porn industry occur in females.
 25 HIV cases among porn performers since 2004 reported by Adult Industry Medical Healthcare. (Shelley advises that this number is purposefully underreported.)

Shelley’s story is full of hope. But it is also convicting to those of us Christians who have never known the shame and degradation of a life like hers. It takes a relentless kind of unconditional love to reach a person like Shelley and let her know that she is as valuable to God as any one of us that sings songs to Jesus on Sunday Morning. Most of us, I’m afraid, would rather “pass by on the other side of the road” than offer the hope and forgiveness that she was offered at her church in California. God bless those guys, whoever they are.

Go to www.thepinkcross.org, click on the video link to the right titled: SHELLEY LUBBEN TELLS THE HARD CORE TRUTH. Watch the whole thing. And ask God to help us become a Church where the Shelley Lubbens of the world can meet Jesus and be restored. And if you know someone struggling with a porn addiction, give them the link and urge them to watch. They will never see porn the same way again.