tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post490472874232050101..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Something to Bear in Mind While Choosing What to Watch on TVPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-91833322717536203162009-05-05T20:36:00.000-07:002009-05-05T20:36:00.000-07:00Yeah, silence on a thread of this sort can be eith...Yeah, silence on a thread of this sort can be either good or bad.<br /><br />I still struggle with what I watch on TV or how much time I put into vain entertainment. I've gotten better, but I'm far from where I think I should be.<br /><br />We do need to be very careful or we could fall into a sort of legalism. We need to make sure that we're biblically discerning when it comes to our choice of entertainment.<br /><br />It still amazes me (it really shouldn't) that Hollywood with the view of being either relevant and/or "artistic" that you have to be as vulgar, explicit or gratuitous as possible to entertain the public.<br /><br />How many movies could be decent enough entertainment if they'd just lay off the vulgar language. You can even get pragmatic with them by giving statistics that show that movies with bad language don't do as well overall as those without. Movies with PG or even G ratings can still take the Lord's name in vain, constantly even. But yet, they just keep churning out movies/TV shows that are at the outset offensive to most Christians.<br /><br />I could ramble on forever on this topic, but I think I'll stop there. I really do pray for Christian entertainment that can edify, teach, rebuke, etc. It can be done, but definitely not by Hollywood, it just wouldn't be politically correct to present "our" worldview.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907254174794098010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-20179892065549711642009-05-05T15:32:00.000-07:002009-05-05T15:32:00.000-07:00Wow. That was a really good one, Phil. Thank you. ...Wow. That was a really good one, Phil. Thank you. I needed to hear it.Mik Harewamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954870739421674683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-22077385489982774162009-05-05T09:38:00.000-07:002009-05-05T09:38:00.000-07:00I'm really surprised that this post has had so few...I'm really surprised that this post has had so few responses. It must've really hit home!~Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819856178499938127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-52399754579585016472009-05-04T22:35:00.000-07:002009-05-04T22:35:00.000-07:00Phil,
I know this makes me a freak but i have nev...Phil,<br /><br />I know this makes me a freak but i have never owned a TV. In 1968 I spent most of the summer in El Salvador, too two books an RSV and Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan. Reading McLuahn and later working with some folks who were doing media impact research for the armed forces during the last years of Vietnam, I decided I could live without TV. After 40years I can't say that I have missed much.C. Stirling Bartholomewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571440237755902925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23962762840418759162009-05-04T18:04:00.000-07:002009-05-04T18:04:00.000-07:00Powerful message, good for the eye-gate and the ea...Powerful message, good for the eye-gate and the ear-gate.~Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819856178499938127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59787530822739281352009-05-04T07:20:00.000-07:002009-05-04T07:20:00.000-07:00"We are always more severe with other men than we ..."We are always more severe with other men than we are with ourselves"--pertains to everything, doesn't it? ConvictsEbethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190002073330892056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-72689645167087887282009-05-04T06:53:00.000-07:002009-05-04T06:53:00.000-07:00Double Ouch. We just got digital cable with all k...Double Ouch. We just got digital cable with all kinds of movie channels :-(.<br /><br />This is especially timely for me because as the Holy Spirit awakens me more to how I should live in a fallen world, I have come to realize that when I do something as little as smile when a dirty joke is spoken, I participate in that sin. I can't be unique in that I work with some world class sinners. How I react to these situations is a struggle for me.<br /><br />Just the other day one of my co-workers, just for shock value, asked me if I was having sex with one of the women at a particular customer location. I told him I wasn't going to answer that question. I'll bet if I started sharing the Gospel with him, he would stop asking such things.Roscoe Washingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796027152639870863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10818041837031836762009-05-04T05:41:00.000-07:002009-05-04T05:41:00.000-07:00Very timely. Our church is in the middle of a seri...Very timely. Our church is in the middle of a series of sermons "At War with Sin. On Fire for God."James Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983848193844746369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7719851494119056342009-05-04T05:06:00.000-07:002009-05-04T05:06:00.000-07:00Ouch.
It's a good thing the new house doesn't hav...Ouch.<br /><br />It's a good thing the new house doesn't have cable.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.com