entertainment
Numbed to Sin
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Repeating an old Vantage Point in the blog venue. This column was one of our top mail producers.
Christians used to be concerned about the entertainment industry being morally on the edge, and worried that young believers would be tempted to dabble in questionable pastimes. That concern is now a thing of the past. Entertainment has […]
An Early Christian on Entertainment
Thursday, June 19th, 2008What would the early Christians think of the kinds of entertainment professing believers watch today? TV, movies, video games, etc.
Listen to Tertullian (A.D. 140-230) talking about the content of the theater of the day.
“The father who carefully protects and guards his virgin daughter’s ears from every polluting word takes her to the theater himself, exposing […]
Noah the Musical: Review
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008I recently saw Noah the Musical, an impressive new production in Branson, Missouri. Here is the description from the Branson Tourism Center Web site. It is very accurate:
Noah the Musical show of unbelievable proportions at the Sight & Sound Theater! Relive an amazing time in history when God told a man to build a huge floating vessel and […]
TV to Avoid #5
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Commercials
Yes, advertisements have been on my TV to Avoid list for a long time … but for increasingly different reasons.
I have muted commercials for years. I don’t like the volume or the propaganda. If you think about all the time in your life you have sat in front of that box letting propagandists pour their […]
Souls Are More Important Than Appearances
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Assemblies of God Prayer Summit Report
Forgive me for diverting to an area that will be of most interest to preachers. Of course, those of you readers who are not preachers do listen to preaching, so you’ll be better off if the preachers you listen to take this advice from Jim Cymbala.
As a former pastor and […]
TV to Avoid: The Moment of Truth
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Seeing commercials for this program was nauseating enough. I couldn’t tolerate viewing the actual show.
Television is outdoing itself, exploiting gullible people, and destroying families and lives. That’s all that can happen with this show.
The wife of a New York City cop admitted, on Fox’s The Moment of Truth, that she cheated on him. Oh, […]
Enough Violence in Entertainment
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008We all know that violent movies and video games lead to real violence. But those who make money on violence—and they know it leads to violence—basically wink and say, “Yeah? Prove it.”
Of course, proving the connection is almost impossible, even though the connection is obvious.
Unfortunately, virtual violence recently turned to real violence when an online […]
TV to Avoid: A Surprising Entry
Friday, January 18th, 2008Some of you may be surprised by my next entry in the list of television programs to avoid, because these are actually Christian programs. Yes, I believe there are Christian programs we are better off without.
Christian television programs that spend a large portion of their time asking for money: At best these are misguided; […]
