Wisdom, awareness, and discernment for watching Movies.
“As viewers, we must be sensitive to our own weaknesses and negative propensities…we must be careful to draw personal lines that we will not cross, based upon what particular things affect us negatively when we are exposed to them in movies.”—Brian Godawa
A Great book is Hollywood Worldviews and also check out plugged in online.
Finding out how to live in the world without being of it has always been difficult. But we need to continue to think hard about it each generation.
“Beyond the pages of the New Testament even a casual history of the church discloses an incredible diversity of situations in which Christians have found themselves: persecuted and reigning, isolated and dominant, ignorant and well educated, highly distinguishable from the culture and virtually indifferentiable from it, impoverished and wealthy, evangelistically zealous and evangelistically dormant, social reformers and supportive of the social status quo, hungry for heaven and hoping it won’t arrive to soon. All of these polarized possibilities reflect diverse cultural self understanding. Inevitably, in most generations Christians have pondered what their attitudes ought to be.”—D.A. Carson
More posts on this in the days ahead.
Two years ago, Dr. Darrell Bock wrote an excellent article about how to react to the latest “big story” about Jesus. Just in time for the Christmas season and the reruns on the Discovery channel…it’s well worth the read.
“We need to understand that public discussion of the Christian faith has changed—permanently. So the next time you hear an earth-shattering announcement about Jesus from the media, don’t get angry. Rather, take three deep breaths, sit down with your Starbucks coffee, and watch how the announcement is treated on blogs and other media. Above all, prepare yourself for the opportunities it presents. This is how religious news comes to us now. It requires a fresh response….” (More)
This was one of the quotes that led me to start Think Christianly almost 6 years ago. A very important observation from a very important book:
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”–Proverbs 4:23