Revolutionary thoughts for the church

I am going to take the risk of offending some and mention the dire need to address those topics that most Christians won't touch with a ten foot pole. Especially in our generation when you mention things like clubbing (getting smashed), internet pornography, backstabbing discussion many of us tense up with avoidable guilt. Most of these issues are in the areas of body abuse- and stem from emotional escape, gossip, lust, or sexual immorality; all of which most of us have fallen in (and felt alone with secretive guilt), so I intend to not be coming across as self-righteous. I want to claim as bold men in the New Testament did the pursuit for discipline in these areas. The real solutions to these socially acceptable (and in most cases secretive) failures is consistent accountability (team effort) and a vow to stand firm in truth with the way we interact with those closest to us. Openness and honesty is the only way to understanding and fighting this battle. Now I'll mention more controversial words Christians aren't comfortable with: masturbation, premarital sex, pornography. Another set of topics for another time are: the danger of fun-crude jokes and the damage done by slander. At this point I realize my need to stand with our community to recognize the danger in ignoring the power in these things. Our culture begs for us to gloss over these daggers in the Christian walk. And yet we claim to be the church (a safe place) and the time is now to speak up on these things. Check out these websites and let's talk in person about some contexts of these topics further:

http://www.awomanshealingjourney.com/sharingourstories/everyman.html

http://www.carm.org/questions/masterbation.htm

http://www.focusonyourchild.com/develop/art1/A0000553.html