Film Review - Traffic Control: The People’s War on Internet Porn

I just picked up a copy of the documentary Traffic Control: The People’s War on Internet Porn. In a word: it was excellent. I highly recommend picking up a copy.
(Watch the trailer at the bottom on this post to get a better feel of the film.)
From January to November 2006, Bryan Hall and his team traveled [...]

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Of Gods and Girls - Hiphop Star Speaks out Against Child Pornography

I just ran across this music video from hiphop star, Mr. J Medeiros. It’s a song called “Constance,” and it speaks a strong message against the pornography industry, and in particular, child pornography and sex trafficking. His lyrics are aggressive: “all you have to do is click on your web browser / its not illegal [...]

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Drawing Out the Infection

This is a guest post written by Tim Challies. Tim is the author of The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment. He is the author of the widely-read Christian blog, Challies Dot Com, and the editor of Discerning Reader, a site dedicated to discerning reviews of books that are of interest to Christians. Tim is a self-employed [...]

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Is Filtering All There Is? - Introducing Accountability Software

Everyone’s heard of Internet filtering. For children using the Internet, filtering may be one of the best tools we have to protect their young minds from stumbling on questionable, objectionable, and pornographic content online.
But even the best filters only address part of a widespread problem. Many children can easily learn how to get around a filter: [...]

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The Covenant Eyes Dynamic Filter - How It Works

It’s been about one year since Covenant Eyes released its Internet filter for Windows. Many users of our accountability program wanted a filter as well, so we created one that would work hand-in-hand with our accountability service. Of course, it also works as a stand-alone filter, but it is based on the same scoring system [...]

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Myths About Pornography

(I wrote this post last week as a guest blogger on A Good Husband.)
I spend the bulk of my working hours surfing the Web to listen to the chatter about porn. Addicts, wives of addicts, parents of addicts, porn stars and pastors and priests, the tempted and the tried: many people are talking about how [...]

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Is Internet Addiction Real?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been the standard handbook for mental health professionals for over 50 years. A release of the approved fifth edition, the DSM-V, is expected in 2012.
In a recent editorial, Jerald J. Block, M.D., discusses the possibility that “Internet Addiction” may be appearing in the new manual. [...]

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Podcast: The Perfect Sin (Internet Pornography)

I just finished listening to a podcast from one of our ministry partners, Steve Webb. One of his latest Lifespring podcasts, “The Perfect Sin: Internet Pornography,” offers a number of thoughts for the porn addict. If you struggle with this problem, you may want to give this a listen.

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Covenant Eyes Going to Promise Keepers in Fresno

We’re gearing up to go to our first Promise Keepers’ Manhood ‘08 conference in Fresno, CA. Our long-standing partnership with Promise Keepers has been a great blessing to us, and this upcoming conference is no exception. (Click here for more information about the conferences.)
Meet Sam and Scott. They’re the two smiling, well-dressed guys in the [...]

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Power System Backup Test - Friday June 6th 4AM - 7AM EST

I am happy to announce a power system backup test this Friday! We will be doing some testing of our generator and backup at 4AM EST. Everything should be wrapped up by 7AM EST.
Our Vice President of Technology, Scott Hammersley, had this to say about the test.
At our global headquarters we have generator and power supply [...]

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