Think about life before the Internet. The only pornography that was available was in the side room of the VCR rental store. It was the place where men entered and left, trying not to be detected. If a child was fortunate enough, his father would have a personal collection that could only be accessed by being sneaky.

Why are men drawn to pornography? For many guys, the draw to pornography can become compulsive. As disciple-makers and teachers, we bear the responsibility of not only using the Word of God to expose the evils of sexual immorality out there in the world, but also allowing the Word of God to expose the evils in the hearts of our own people. Despite the fact that we can preach about porn as addictive, relationship-destroying, and an injustice to women, the fact of the matter is this: men still like it. We can wag a finger at the purveyors of sexual media, the advertisers, the traffickers, and of course, the vile porn industry itself.

For my May column, I attempted to abstain from all sex for a month, which had me thinking about and often watching porn. So I figured now might be a good time to explain guys' relationship to the weird world of recorded, artificial sex, which is a sort of cherished one. Don't worry—next month I'll get back to more wholesome topics. I wish I could write a column about how I don't care for pornography and how it has no effect on me, but I'd just get distracted and start googling "boob sex boss dominatrix. My gal pals tell me this offends them more than razor stubble in the sink and dirty socks combined.