I grew up with a television set in the house. I spent my formative years watching tv, thought not binge watching. I lived a pretty normal suburban childhood. My parents had friends who did not have a tv in their house. I remember thinking that was strange, but we were children and we played outside until it got dark.
When Kathy and I were first married we did not have a tv in our little house. We were too busy to watch television. We had one for a short time but got tired of it and got rid of it. We had turned our backs on television long before pastor Mitchell made it a policy that people in ministry ought not to have a tv.
I am not anti watching at all. But honestly, there is very little useful information on tv today. I use the internet as a means to an end, it is not the end in itself. I am old fashioned in that regard. Or am I? Entertainment can be a welcome diversion. But it can also be a tool of evil people to twist truth and to shape our thinking to set our hearts against Christ. This is a problem as old a mankind.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." Romans 12:2
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