James Ashworth
Inactive User
I was wondering if you could share your thoughts about Christians watching films (in particular, those that contain profanities, violence, sex etc).
Within my church there has been a big uproar lately about some people going to see the Matrix. Now as Christians, if we do something that genuinely offends our fellow believers, for the sack of Christian fellowship, we should refrain from that thing. In this instance, some young people within the Church were confused as to what was right and what was wrong in regards to watching movies, and the fact that a bunch of people from the Church had arranged to go caused confusion. So, the issue was brought before an elder and the person arranging the event was asked to cancel it.
This event preceded (and was fuelled by) a lengthy email concerning the disrespectful Christian-undertones of the Matrix and the worldliness of film going in general.
Being fully aware of the MASSIVE potential dangers of worldliness creeping into the Church and the lure it has over our own personal lives, do you think we are compromising by going to watch such movies (as mentioned above)?
...Some would even say watching movies altogether but for now we'll just talk about these.
What shall we say then?
Within my church there has been a big uproar lately about some people going to see the Matrix. Now as Christians, if we do something that genuinely offends our fellow believers, for the sack of Christian fellowship, we should refrain from that thing. In this instance, some young people within the Church were confused as to what was right and what was wrong in regards to watching movies, and the fact that a bunch of people from the Church had arranged to go caused confusion. So, the issue was brought before an elder and the person arranging the event was asked to cancel it.
This event preceded (and was fuelled by) a lengthy email concerning the disrespectful Christian-undertones of the Matrix and the worldliness of film going in general.
Being fully aware of the MASSIVE potential dangers of worldliness creeping into the Church and the lure it has over our own personal lives, do you think we are compromising by going to watch such movies (as mentioned above)?
...Some would even say watching movies altogether but for now we'll just talk about these.
What shall we say then?