A Christian Internet Filter

CleanInternet.com (www.cleaninter.net/) is a Christian internet filter which can be installed on IBM and PC-based computers.  It is compatible with Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP.  The filter blocks numerous categories of websites which might be offensive or unsuitable for children.

The categories blocked are: drugs and drug use, alcohol and alcohol use, tobacco and tobacco use, sites which offer free web pages, gambling sites, sites which advocate illegal activities, graphic violence, murder, suicide,  sites about bodily functions and vulgar humor,  profanity, pornographic and “adults only” sites, chat rooms, personal advertisements.

The filter does not work on Mac computers.  Clean Internet recommends http://www.MacWebFilter.com/

Biblical Sources of Phrases in Common Use: A Fly in the Ointment

A "fly in the ointment" is an inconvenient fact which can ruin or taint an otherwise positive situation; like finding half a worm in the apple you are eating.  Think of your dismay at discovering that the wonderful philanthropic projects of a local businessman were funded by deceit and illegal financial dealings on his part.  The "fly in the ointment" would be the source of the money; should you refuse it and send it back?

Think of the respected and powerful preacher whose ministry is ruined when he is exposed as a marital cheater.  The "fly in the ointment" is the sexual infidelity.


"Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour." Ecclesiastes 10:1