"Have you not a hedge around him?" JOB 1:10 What happened to
Jake? Jake was a great guy. He and his wife Sarah had two beautiful kids. They were active members of our church. Jake taught Sunday school to young couples and was also a deacon. Then he began to spend a lot of time on the Internet, particularly late at night when the rest of the family had gone to bed. Curiosity led him to an erotic chat room where he met a married woman living in another state. They began a relationship through their regular chats and eventually began playing simulated sex games over the internet. After a few clandestine trips, Jake divorced his wife, left his children and moved his new girlfriend and her child in with him. Sarah is now a single mom, trying to make sense of her broken marriage and broken heart. Unfortunately, stories such as this are not only true but sadly becoming more common. With the anonymous lure offered by the Internet, not to mention the staggering number of pornographic sites, a Pandora's box of nightmares has stormed into our lives. The least likely among us now become sudden prey to images and relationships from the most deprived resources imaginable. But is disconnecting the computer really an option in todays modern world? What is needed is a "hedge" to protect your family and your business from the debris of the world while making all of the resources of the internet fully available. Very few sites are actually "rated", so the ratings system included with some browsers is completely ineffective. All a child has to do is place a search on any search engine for the word "toys" and a long list of pornographic sites will be on the screen, only a click away. This is a very serious problem. If you want a hedge of protection around your family (or business), the best solution is HEDGEBUILDERS, a non-profit organization that everyone needs to know about. The way HEDGEBUILDERS works is simple. It is simple to install. After that, it is completely maintenance free. It is automatically up-to-date. You don't have to do anything--ever. In addition to pornography, sites containing excessive violence, racism, and chat rooms are blocked. Research has proven that "chat" on the internet has had the single most damaging effect on families over any other electronic media. Language on search engines is also filtered. Search engines that do not allow this type of filtering are blocked. No compromises. For only $6.00 a month, HEDGEBUILDERS provides a very complete service. It is run by evangelical Christians who use the Bible as their criterion for which internet sites to block. A not-for-profit company, they offer their service FREE OF CHARGE for pastors and missionaries. THE FIRST 2 WEEKS ARE A FREE TRIAL PERIOD. This is basically what HB is all about: "I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set my eyes before no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil". Psalm 101:1-4 You will never be sorry for trying this service, but you may be sorry you didn't. Go ahead! Put a HEDGE around your family today! |
