Prophecy News Watch – November 9 , 2008 - The Bridge Calvary ...

Colin's story from junior high on, alternating chapters of Colin's unfolding story withchapters addressed to the teens struggling with similar issues. Heavily laced withencouraging scripture and thoughtful questions, she also includes side notes to friendsand leaders who want to know how to help.She interviewed many teenagers and shares their experiences and advice as well."People like Colin and others I interviewed have found that along with all the positiveexperiences, being online has also been a downfall for them - big time," Kern says."When they're really being honest, they talk about lines they've crossed. Sometimeswithout even realizing it, they've been consumed by being online with simple activitieslike e-mail and blogging. But some have also discovered games or activities they can'tstop thinking about even when away from the computer. Others have ventured into X-rated sites and found themselves lured by sexual traps that turned into secretaddictions.""God isn't anti-Internet. He's just got a whole lot more in mind for our lives - freedomfrom the traps, but also excitement, energy and fullness beyond our online existence."Colin agrees. "The problem with Internet obsession is that you can look completelynormal and nobody knows you are in so much pain," he said. "That was true for me.When I was obsessed by the Internet in junior high and high school, I was so depressedand nobody ever knew why. They didn't even begin to think it has anything to do withthe computer."As I grew older and was able to look back on my life, I could see that the Internet was abig reason why I was depressed. It just continued to feed my miserable feelings, neverletting me breathe for a moment.""Colin has an honest story to tell, an honest perspective," Kern says. "Being connectedonline is still part of his daily world, but not in the same way it used to be. He's not afraidto admit where his Internet use took him or the depths of the battles he fought."It takes courage to look at the reality of anything we do that might be harmful and beopen about how it impacts us on the different levels of who we are. Colin has thatcourage," she concluded.Christian fraternities look to make statement on U.S. collegecampuseshttp://www.christianpost.com/article/20081107/christian-fraternities-embrace-jesus-not-kegparties_page2.htmIt's 11 a.m. Saturday, and whiskey is flowing at the big houses on fraternity row at theUniversity of Alabama. Guys in ties and baseball caps are laughing and dancing with