“Fences” to guarding yourself on the Internet

 

I used to work with ministers whose #1 temptation was “overcoming impure thoughts” and I’ve written plenty of that subject over the years and have plenty of stories of how men (and some women too, though my wife works that side of the street) have found complete victory in their thought life. 

          However there is less demand for help with thought life nowadays among both pastors and my students.  The #1 temptation today (for men at least) is the attraction of Internet porn. In the last five years I have had dozens of students or pastors talk to me about Internet porn and not a single one ask me about impure thoughts.  Apparently the “battle line” has moved from the inner sanctum of the mind to the outer action of porn surfing. My own University has installed complex and expensive software to filter man