“Study: Teen Sex Doesn’t Affect School Performance”
That’s the headline this week reporting on the results of a joint study by researchers from the Universities of California and Minnesota. You can read the article on FOXNEWS.com here.
This bothers me on many levels: As a father. As a Christian. As an engineer/statistician.
This headline “greenlights” teen sex, in [...]
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This 2010 update addresses developments in the threats [...]
Unless you’ve been on a submarine for the past few weeks you have heard about Apple’s latest game-changer:
The iPad™!
After playing with one for a couple of weeks I have go to tell you that “game-changer” is not an understatement! I feel no fear in “prophesying” that the iPad will soon become the delivery method of [...]
Every day I have at least one struggle with the temptation of sinful lust!
Many tempting things can trigger this inner battle:
A woman dressed in a revealing or provocative manner.
A woman acting “flirty” or affectionate in public.
Messages on T-shirts, shorts, and bumper stickers
Billboards
Certain songs
TV shows
Commercials
Movies
Internet ads
Suggestive or revealing pictures in the news, and in articles [...]
Our kids are being fed a cultural lie:
If you have sex outside of marriage, and you use a condom, you are safe and protected from pregnancy and from STDs.
Unfortunately, scientific evidence does not indicate you are safe or “protected” if you use a condom. It only states that the risk of pregnancy and/or infection by [...]
In my recent post “SMILE! You’re on Candid (Web) Camera” I talked about the dangers posed by remote activation of web cameras.
This should be of great concern for clergy and mental health professionals who counsel others in their offices. Frequently there is a computer in the room. If it is an iMac (or similar all-in-one) [...]
A friend of mine “video called” their daughter, who was at college, via the computer recently. She was surprised when her daughter’s web cam came on without the daughter taking any action! In fact, her daughter didn’t event appear to be home!
Scary!
But, what about the scandal in Philadelphia in which built-in webcams on school-issued laptops [...]
Parents wanting to protect their children from undesirable material on the Internet used to have a fairly easy task:
Install filtering software on the computer!
In 2010 that is simply not enough. Why?
Because access to the Internet is no longer limited to the PC/Mac but now includes the following devices:
Media devices, such as the iPod Touch
Sony PlayStation [...]
NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s design for humanity. If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
Before reading this blog you might want to read my other posts on “sexting”: Part I and Part II
Technology gives our children the power to do great things, [...]
NOTE:
This post deals frankly but respectfully with issues regarding sexuality
& God’s design for humanity. If this makes you uncomfortable,
please consider that we are discussing GOD’S DESIGN.
Part 5 of the multi-part series: “SEX: What was God THINKING???!!!“
Before reading this blog you might want to read my other post about viewing GOD AS DESIGNER.
Earlier in [...]
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