Comments on: Covenant Eyes– two years later http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/ Pondering life in light of God's endless glory. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:13:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Luke Gilkerson http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2260 Luke Gilkerson Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2260 Hello again, Jack's Pipe. Hope all is well with you. I wanted to pass along the new video Covenant Eyes just made. Its all about the power of pornography temptations online and how accountability works. If you like it, pass it along to others through your blog! We want as many people to see this video as possible so that people will get the help they need. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ICTrHtUkx8 Hello again, Jack’s Pipe. Hope all is well with you. I wanted to pass along the new video Covenant Eyes just made. Its all about the power of pornography temptations online and how accountability works. If you like it, pass it along to others through your blog! We want as many people to see this video as possible so that people will get the help they need.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ICTrHtUkx8

]]> By: Jack's Pipe http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 Jack's Pipe Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2089 Thanks brother. It seems to me a sign of God working in you that you've taken what was surely a humbling step by going to an elder, and it's a joyous thing to look forward to the day when we won't be at war within ourselves any longer. Thanks brother. It seems to me a sign of God working in you that you’ve taken what was surely a humbling step by going to an elder, and it’s a joyous thing to look forward to the day when we won’t be at war within ourselves any longer.

]]> By: Jim Hays http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Jim Hays Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:46:27 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2088 Thanks for the input. I have actually engaged an elder in my church (in his formal capacity) on the whole issue. I am trusting this issue can be dealt with redemptively in that context. BTW, thanks for the website. I have realy enjoyed your thoughts....the longing that it stirs in my heart gives me hope. Thanks for the input. I have actually engaged an elder in my church (in his formal capacity) on the whole issue. I am trusting this issue can be dealt with redemptively in that context. BTW, thanks for the website. I have realy enjoyed your thoughts….the longing that it stirs in my heart gives me hope.

]]> By: Jack's Pipe http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 Jack's Pipe Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:01:15 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2086 You're rights, it's not a cure, just a tool that helps. And it sounds like it has helped to some extent. I'm hardly a counselor, but a couple of things: (1) Don't give up. The battle against sin is a lifelong, often maddening struggle. (2) We sin because we like it in some way, so cultivate competing desires. (3) If Covenant Eyes can't be installed on your work computer due to security, there may be something out there that can... X3watch? In many places (including my job) they can monitor usage, so consider your career. If you have a closed-door office, perhaps it'd be best to seek work somewhere where you don't. The point is to keep finding ways to snuff out occasions for sin. It's key to get out of the habit with any ongoing sin. (4) This seems to me something worth bringing to the attention of one of your elders or the pastor. You’re rights, it’s not a cure, just a tool that helps. And it sounds like it has helped to some extent.

I’m hardly a counselor, but a couple of things: (1) Don’t give up. The battle against sin is a lifelong, often maddening struggle. (2) We sin because we like it in some way, so cultivate competing desires. (3) If Covenant Eyes can’t be installed on your work computer due to security, there may be something out there that can… X3watch? In many places (including my job) they can monitor usage, so consider your career. If you have a closed-door office, perhaps it’d be best to seek work somewhere where you don’t. The point is to keep finding ways to snuff out occasions for sin. It’s key to get out of the habit with any ongoing sin. (4) This seems to me something worth bringing to the attention of one of your elders or the pastor.

]]> By: Jim Hays http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 Jim Hays Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:43:55 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2084 I have been a long time subscriber to CE. I still struggle deeply with Porn...particularly on my work PC. I am so discouraged with my total lack of progress in this area. It just feels like the grip only tightens. CE is good, but there is no software program that will address my sinful habits. I am only getting in deeper. I have been a long time subscriber to CE. I still struggle deeply with Porn…particularly on my work PC. I am so discouraged with my total lack of progress in this area. It just feels like the grip only tightens. CE is good, but there is no software program that will address my sinful habits. I am only getting in deeper.

]]> By: Luke Gilkerson http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 Luke Gilkerson Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:55 +0000 http://www.jackspipe.com/2008/03/23/covenant-eyes-two-years-later/#comment-2067 We're very interested in hearing from our members about our new "Quick Look" feature. I appreciate your comments here about it. Several people have started commenting about it on the Covenant Eyes blog. Please stop by and leave your comments for more people to read: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/03/14/a-new-quick-look-at-ce-reports/ Our scoring system itself has changed very little (we, of course, update our scores continually, but the overall way we score remains the same). The individual scores found on your report are still rating not each webpage but each PART of each page that appears on your screen: every story, ad, photo, etc. Each of these items is a URL and every webpage may contain several if not dozens of URLs, each with its own web address that is scored by our system. CNN, for example, has links to Sports Illustrated, which, as you know, contains many low-rated URLs of stories and photos about sporting events. But the Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar and videos are also URLs on that page. If I do not click on those questionable links, then my report will show a couple of high scoring hits that show I ran into temptation, just like I do when I watch TV at night or when I walk through the mall. But if I do click on the swimsuit link, it will take me to a web page that has dozens of photos, cutlines, stories, and more that will receive scores that show mature content. Each of those URLs will appear on my report, which will provide the web address of the URL, a score, and the time and day I viewed them. So, in short, Covenant Eyes reports show the temptations we face and the choice we make. The "Quick Look" feature just replaced the familiar "1-5" overall report score with phrases that indicate what the 1-5 system really meant in the first place. I'm glad the accountability report is easier to read. By the way, thanks for your helpful "Death to Porn" posts. I've really enjoyed reading them and have referred to them several times in my blogs on the Covenant Eyes blog page. Blessings, Luke Gilkerson Internet Community Manager Covenant Eyes www.covenanteyes.com "I have made a covenant with my eyes" (Job 31:1) We’re very interested in hearing from our members about our new “Quick Look” feature. I appreciate your comments here about it. Several people have started commenting about it on the Covenant Eyes blog. Please stop by and leave your comments for more people to read: http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/03/14/a-new-quick-look-at-ce-reports/

Our scoring system itself has changed very little (we, of course, update our scores continually, but the overall way we score remains the same). The individual scores found on your report are still rating not each webpage but each PART of each page that appears on your screen: every story, ad, photo, etc. Each of these items is a URL and every webpage may contain several if not dozens of URLs, each with its own web address that is scored by our system.

CNN, for example, has links to Sports Illustrated, which, as you know, contains many low-rated URLs of stories and photos about sporting events. But the Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar and videos are also URLs on that page.

If I do not click on those questionable links, then my report will show a couple of high scoring hits that show I ran into temptation, just like I do when I watch TV at night or when I walk through the mall.

But if I do click on the swimsuit link, it will take me to a web page that has dozens of photos, cutlines, stories, and more that will receive scores that show mature content. Each of those URLs will appear on my report, which will provide the web address of the URL, a score, and the time and day I viewed them.

So, in short, Covenant Eyes reports show the temptations we face and the choice we make.

The “Quick Look” feature just replaced the familiar “1-5″ overall report score with phrases that indicate what the 1-5 system really meant in the first place. I’m glad the accountability report is easier to read.

By the way, thanks for your helpful “Death to Porn” posts. I’ve really enjoyed reading them and have referred to them several times in my blogs on the Covenant Eyes blog page.

Blessings,
Luke Gilkerson
Internet Community Manager
Covenant Eyes
http://www.covenanteyes.com

“I have made a covenant with my eyes” (Job 31:1)

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