Been awhile since I last made an entry.
For me its no small wonder I keep really busy and am easily distracted.
I myself have been forced to re examine how I as a Christian regard our present culture as a whole. I always was certain there that there was no re deeming value to be found in liberal newspapers/magazines, TV, some books, technology, art and music.
What I never realized until I started reading more was that there others like me as well. These people are railing against this modern culture and its culpability in destroying the Church. Preachers who don't preach on culture and its ills are aiding this slide.
It seems to me anyway that we have so many amusements that preachers are forced to preach in a manner that will entertain rather than feed the flock. We don't have any musements, where we have to actually sit and read and discern what God is saying to us in His Word. We would rather be a mused (or put the grey matter into cruise control). We cannot process linear thought. If we cannot or do not want to how can we know with any certainty what the will of God is for our lives. We fall prey to any wind of doctrine.
All this of course is my opinion of course.
But, I maintain that you reap what you sow. Bible says:
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
(Gal 6:7-8)
You get something from what you sow or put in.
When I was a kid and we went to the zoo we'd put a quarter into the slot at a machine and watch as the wheels would turn and gears would grind an injection molded plastic monkey. Put in a quarter get a monkey. Wow!!
What I am trying to say is if we'll sacrifice our gray matter in the name of entertainment then we will lose something in the process. If we absorb ourselves in every aspect of culture ,knowing culture shapes meaning, then perhaps we sacrifice who we are in Christ as well.
Its a thought.
