This is a guest post from Johnny LaLonde. Johnny is a Registered Mental Health Counselor, Intern and Counseling Assistant at University Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida. Johnny is also the founder of theVERSOgroup, an online resource for those who are struggling with sexual addiction or those who have been effected by sexual addiction. TheVERSOgroup aims [...]
Covenant Eyes accountability software is based an age-old philosophy of accountability. When we are willing to give a continuing account of our thoughts and actions to others, this heightens our attentiveness to obey God. When others receive a continual account of our thoughts and actions, it enables them feed valuable and timely wisdom into our [...]
This podcast is from Teens Against Porn. If you are a teenager struggling with the temptation to view pornography, please listen to this short message from Teens Against Pornography. You will be challeged to fight back against tempation and find real accountability in your life.
As you seek out accountability for your Internet use, please learn [...]
Recently, a Covenant Eyes member told me a story that has been repeated quite a few times over the years. It is a story of a father and a son.
The father (”Max”) and his 14-year old son (”Jeremy”) had drifted apart emotionally since Jeremy entered Junior High School. Max just felt like they had little [...]
Many thanks to the hosts of WELSTech, Martin Sprigs and Sallie Draper, for their insightful interview with Christian counselor Paul Mavrogeorge. Paul offers some practical tips for recognizing and fighting the temptation of Internet pornography.
Listen: Excerpt from “Battling Internet Pornography”
In a previous blog post, I talked about the importance of discipleship. A disciple is not merely a student who wants to know what a teacher knows, but someone who wants to BE who the teacher IS. This is ultimately what it means to follow Jesus today as His disciple. He has given us His [...]
Accountability is one of the foundational principles of Covenant Eyes. Our software is a tool that allows people to take another step in vulnerability and honesty.
What Christian men and women often think about when they hear “accountability” is a small group sitting in a circle discussing their failures and addictions. They may picture a late [...]
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Quality Accountability
Accountability partnerships need to go deeper than a simple review of Internet reports. True accountability means helping others to walk in the light, coming alongside them in the process. We help each other to walk in the light by (1) giving each [...]
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The Power of Shame
Shame gets a lot of bad press today, and for good reason. Chronic shame that accepts no comfort and no forgiveness from God when He offers it is a real problem. But shame has positive counterparts. Sometimes shame refers to the painful [...]
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Accountability Partners
In a Christian context this is what the redemptive community called the church is all about. When followers of Jesus refuse to submit themselves to wise and godly people in the Body of Christ we can see a red flag, a root of independence [...]
