
One of our focuses here at
XXXchurch has always been on those who are in the
porn industry. We meet so many of them during
outreaches and we've long
known that they're regular people, just like you and me: they have
dreams for life, they have bills to pay, they have parents and family
and children. They just do something different for a
living than many of the rest of us. And, very often, those who work in
the industry would love to be doing something else but just don't know
how to remove themselves from it.
One such person is
Greg. We've
gotten to know Greg, who used to act in porn under the name "Randy
Spears." Here's a short video about Greg's story, as well as some
thoughts he wrote down about his life in porn, his faith, and the power
that both of those have had over his life. Check it out, and if this
testimony from a former porn star speaks to you, go to
XXXchurch.com/get-involved to get involved in helping people just like Greg."I
have a story. We all do. Mine is not only unique, but highly
controversial to many. A rebel if you will, but certainly with a cause. I
became so used to my lifestyle that it became 'normal' to me. In
retrospect, it was anything but. I am
Randy Spears. I am also Greg. Porn
was my job, my life, my universe, and I was deeply
immersed in it.Let me make something perfectly clear from the beginning: I am a
Christian. I have always been.At
the height of my career I was a Christian. I was raised that way and
remained a Christian throughout my career. I just had one foot in and
one foot out. The dedication to my faith and my Creator took a back seat
to the lifestyle I wanted to live.Let me make something else crystal clear: I do not hate porn people.I
do not look down on them in any way or
judge the people that are in
that business. Those people are my friends, and I love some of them
dearly. How could I possibly judge anyone? That would make me the
biggest of hypocrites and go against the very message in which I
believe. I have never, and will never, "thump" anyone with the book that
I firmly believe was God-inspired, protected through the ages, true,
and which I carry under my arm to church every Sunday.I don't
rain down fire and
brimstone messages to the hapless sinners who don't
turn from their wicked ways. I have no
soapbox or
political agenda. It
makes me weary to think of the energy I'd have to expend in such a
conquest. I leave the saving to the one who saves: God.
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