For a long time it seemed that the answer to a successful Christian life was not going to movies or watching television. Looking back, I think we were treating the symptoms, not the problem.
Someone once told me that the best internet filter was me. No content filter was good enough to filter out everything. Only a heart full of God that did not desire to take in all that the internet provided was strong enough to prevail.
Social media is not ruining this generation. Social media is exploiting the lack of strength and good character that this generation already has. All entertainment media is simply very smart people exploiting weak human nature for financial gain. The love of money is still the root of all kinds of evil.
What movies were and television was in times past, Facebook and Instagram are today. They are means, not to reflect, but to influence, society.
The answer is not to turn off your TV or get a dumb phone. The answer if to be full of God, a partaker of the Divine Nature. Go to church, read the Bible, pray without ceasing, and love your neighbor.
Do not get married just to get sent out. You will still be married whether you go or stay or come back. Marriage is a stand alone relationship. It is not good for a man to be alone. Marriage was before the fall and long before the cross. Marriage is fundamental to a good life.
God bless us, everyone.
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