I don’t watch TV or movies. Not even on my computer via the Internet. But I could. And I could become addicted to both. I know. (I even could become addicted to blogging, Facebook, and other social media.)<\/p>\n
Maybe you don’t watch TV or movies either.<\/p>\n
But we read. (Well, some.)<\/p>\n
This applies to our reading as well as our viewing:<\/p>\n
We went to Blockbuster and rented one season\u2019s worth of episodes.<\/p>\n
[…]<\/p>\n
I overlooked it and kept watching for the laughs. […] The feeling lingered and I went to bed feeling oddly soiled. I prayed. I sought God\u2019s perspective on the TV show. I made two lists […]<\/p>\n
Here were the reasons in my second list for not continuing to watch the TV series:<\/p>\n
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- The dirty feeling afterward.<\/li>\n
- We are told to \u201cwalk as Jesus walked\u201d (1 John 2:6), and I can\u2019t picture Jesus sitting on a couch, passively taking in the sights I took in.<\/li>\n
- Scripture says, \u201cBlessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves\u201d (Romans 14:22). I am not at all sure that I would not judge myself someday for approving of watching that show.<\/li>\n
- God commands us to love Him with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. I don\u2019t believe that finding enjoyment or interest in that TV show meets that bar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Then I fell asleep. In the middle of the night I woke up with a single word in my mind, a word that is not part of my working vocabulary: \u201cabomination.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What would that list do to our (you know, my and your) viewing and reading?<\/p>\n
What would these do?<\/p>\n
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them”<\/span> (Ephesians 5:11).<\/p>\n“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”<\/span> (2 Corinthians 6:14).<\/p>\n
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you”<\/span> (2 Corinthians 6:17).<\/div>\n
Oh, and please read the full version of the article above: Andr\u00e9e Seu’s piece at World Magazine<\/i>, Abomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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