tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post6727342760889307575..comments2023-07-20T09:09:24.580-07:00Comments on Girls, God and the Good Life: What's the Difference?Camy Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-86185415692761282422007-12-06T15:57:00.000-08:002007-12-06T15:57:00.000-08:00Great thoughts!I see the difference in accountabil...Great thoughts!<BR/><BR/>I see the difference in accountability and mentoring as you described it, Timothy. Thanks for sharing that distinction. Makes sense. <BR/><BR/>And as I think about it more, I see that distinction played out in the ministry with at-risk teens where I am. We just typically haven't labeled it.<BR/><BR/>Nikky, wonderful insights well applied to your own life and Internet use.Jan Kernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612444294227967889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-71653796691908118892007-11-21T11:31:00.000-08:002007-11-21T11:31:00.000-08:00He told me, “You reach a certain point after a whi...He told me, “You reach a certain point after a while—and it doesn’t take much—where boom! your conscience is seared and you convince yourself that what you’re doing is OK. Your innocence is drained. You can do it, and do it, and do it all day long.”<BR/><BR/>That's a SCARY thought! And it happens so EASILY...we think we're stronger than this or that, and we're not. The most dangerous place in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-41700151442039990052007-11-21T08:37:00.000-08:002007-11-21T08:37:00.000-08:00I didn't have an addiction to porn, but I certainl...I didn't have an addiction to porn, but I certainly did to myspace and entertainment/Hollywood sites and blogs. I could spend hours and hours a day AND night being "entertained" by both. As a Christian woman, something that had been weighing on my spirit for quite some time finally hit me hard about a month or so ago...God has a purpose for me...and here I am wasting precious hours (and HOURS) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503640.post-79744237650259509662007-11-20T08:34:00.000-08:002007-11-20T08:34:00.000-08:00I mostly agree with his assessment of the two diff...I mostly agree with his assessment of the two different concepts. The purpose of an <I>accountability partner</I> is to give you someone to whom you are forced to admit that you messed up. The idea is that you won't want to have to admit that you messed up, so you won't do it. The problem with this is that there are ways to hide what you have done, if the person is not right there looking overTimothy Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554064732811895577noreply@blogger.com