I'm perplexed by how many "conservative" Christians seem to lose their minds when it comes to movies and television. When I read the Puritans, and the Bible, I hear prohibitions against partaking in worldly, Christ-belittling "entertainment"; and yet I know lots of people who read solid, Reformed work, and go to conservative churches, and yet indulge their flesh in movies that blaspheme, promote all types of sin, mock true religion, and ignore God.
If you're someone who doesnt think watching movies that propagate sin and ignore the Scriptures is wrong, please help me to understand how it is you believe it ok to join the world in such things?
Don't the commands to keep oneself unspotted in the world, come out from among the world and being separate, and avoid even the appearance of evil- don't these commands prohibit engaging in this type of worldly entertainment? And doesn't the holiness of God show us that He does not take such matters to be insignificant?
If you agree with me on this, have you likewise encountered people who read and enjoy the puritans, and yet behave as examples of Christ in just about every area of their life besides tv and movies?
If you're someone who doesnt think watching movies that propagate sin and ignore the Scriptures is wrong, please help me to understand how it is you believe it ok to join the world in such things?
Don't the commands to keep oneself unspotted in the world, come out from among the world and being separate, and avoid even the appearance of evil- don't these commands prohibit engaging in this type of worldly entertainment? And doesn't the holiness of God show us that He does not take such matters to be insignificant?
If you agree with me on this, have you likewise encountered people who read and enjoy the puritans, and yet behave as examples of Christ in just about every area of their life besides tv and movies?