This past Sunday my minister preached a sermon where he said we (meaning Christians) are speaking FM to a world that is tuned into AM. So if you stumble upon this blog and it doesn’t make any sense to you, that’s probably why. 
Oh, how I believe that. On Monday nights, when the television show "24" is on, I stay in the office and turn my music on or go up in my room and close the door so I don’t have to be exposed to the yuck coming out of my TV. But my family is being exposed. And they think nothing of it. They crave it, as a matter of fact.
Tonight, as I walked out of the office and up the stairs, I caught sight of the image on the TV before turning away. It was an image of a captor behind a young girl, holding her head. And these words trailed after me even as I left the room. " Do what I said, now, or I will gouge out your daughter’s eyes." I ask you, what part of our sick soul does this feed? Why would anyone find this entertaining? No wonder we live in a world full of violence.
Don’t tell me that it doesn’t affect you. Don’t tell me that it’s just a story, or that it’s a reflection of real life. Real life is NOT what God has planned for us. But we fall far short from the way God wants us to be as human beings. And embracing the things of this world as normal and acceptable keeps us there.
If we live according to God’s spirit we are full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (see Galatians 5:22). And we are exhorted to focus our mind on things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy (see Philippians 4:8). Is that the stuff shows like 24 are made of? I think not.
God help us all.
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