Entertainment Becomes Very DANGEROUS Once This Happens 

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Not been a huge fan of Wretched, but this video is spot on. Telling others that adultery is sin and then enjoying movies glorifying such sin is hypocritical and makes a mockery of the Gospel and our witness. Same with music and movies glorifying lust, revenge, pride, rage, etc. If we are truly followers of Christ, these things should break our hearts, not entertain us.

Everyone should spend time with the Lord through his word

I WILL set no wicked thing before mine eyes I hate the work of them that turn aside PSALM 101.3

Why y’all calling me out 😭 Thank you for calling me out

This is actually crazy timing to see this. I've been parting ways with my things, particularly forms of entertainment, over the past few weeks. Why should I watch things that either hate the Lord, blaspheme Him casually in speech, or hate people who believe like I do? My money and my time can go elsewhere. If I want an adventure with interesting characters, I look at the people in my life. Friends, family, my girlfriend...they are more important to me than needing to entertain myself with secular fiction.

The entertainment industry is rotten from the inside!!

Christ? Or the world? There is no in between. "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable - if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise - dwell on these things. " (Phil 4:8)

I quit TV soon after I was saved, haven’t missed it. We have dvds but I have no tolerance for blasphemy or profanity so my selection is small. Even old tv shows are far worse than I realized at the time. Your discernment grows as you remove such garbage.

All I can say is Amen!

More of this please!! So thankful for the other men that joined together here!

Thanks for the reminder! Important!

Thank you, Nathan. Your faithfulness moves me to want to do better.

God's providence gets me every time. I am reading J Warner Wallace's new book today, The Truth in True Crime. Great book on the nature of man (you should read it). There's a part in the book speaking to humanity's worship of something. I also listened to Living Waters podcast, it spoke on humanity worshipping as well. I did a heart check real quick to be sure I'm worshipping God, but wasn't sure I could pinpoint any false worship because if I'm not with God, I am mindlessly scrolling videos on the weekend, sometimes for a few hours. This video was an answer from God for me. I have been feeling a strain on my relationship with God. I asked and He answered as always. Blessed be the name of our God. He is faithful and true, abounding in loving kindness.

Thank you! Finally someone is talking about entertainment TV, movies and electronic games will be our downfall and we are well on our way. Clean / wholesome entertainment is almost non-existent today. The entertainment industry rots your brain and corrodes your conscience. If it were not for the “old” shows like the Waltons, Leave it to Beaver & etc. I would not need a TV.

No one can serve two masters... You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.

There is absolutely no form of modern entertainment that is godly.

Point 4 is my big thing.. I think I can handle it.. Perhaps that falls under pride? I need to think and pray more on this.

One of America's biggest idols! Don't think so? Then criticize someone's favorite singer, rock group, TV show, etc.

All your videos are definitely have all attributes of entertainment :)

So very useful….thank you Todd and Nathan

Very blessed and definitely convicted me. Really helped me how to walk according with the gospel and total submission. Thank you it was very helpful

Christian liberty is freedom from the bondage to sin

Thank You for making this video I needed it.

Awesome lesson, love it! Great presentation!

Thank you for this, this was something I’ve been pondering since my surrender to the Lord Jesus; thank the Lord for this channel

You should include the chosen

If you drop all streaming and cable, etc.. you won't regret it.

This is an excellent video.Thank you.

So convicting. Thank you

Thanks for this.

It's so easy to slip into this stuff 😢

LOVE THIS CHANNEL

Ouch, and thank you. Proceed.

Todd, Amen.

I 100% agree with you. I am highly influenced and I have had to get worldly music and entertainment out of my life completely to help my relationship with God (Hebrews 12:1). However... A weak believer is not someone who struggles in an area, that's actually a mature believer that recognizes their struggles. A weak believer is someone who thinks someone else must stay away from what "my" struggles are too. My mentor and the teacher of this channel does not have the same struggle as I. I asked him why would a believer watch stuff like that? His response was it comes down to why they watch stuff like that? it goes along with what you said regarding having communality/relatability with unbelievers as a means of oppertunity to share the Gospel. It's about what's going on in the heart and what message one is communicating. Your message in this video can push someone that was in one extreme into the exact opposite extreme. It's a balancing act. The important question is, do you own it, or does it own you? If God said you could never watch Harry Potter again, would you be ok with it? A good question for each of us for self examination. I still can't touch that stuff, and many others shouldn't either, but just as some aren't able to be around prostitutes, Jesus was able to be. Jesus was able to be around drunks, and sinners. That is why we must continue to mature to become more like Jesus. In the world, and not of the world (John 17:11-19), only by His power.

Lots of amen for the truth. Holiness is 100% more important than happiness and if you seek true joy, feel free to read Philippians 4:4. 😀👍 I used to enjoy offensive humor back in the days until I realised it's nothing but bad attitude masquerading as having a strong sense of humor. And yes, I was a radical leftist (which is just depravity disguised as morality) before The Lord Jesus saved me.

To muse on something means to think about it. Amuse means to not think have to think, to just enjoy ourselves which, when done in excess is dangerous! Reminds me of the book by Neil Postman: 'Amusing ourselves to death'!

Thanks for this. Elders seldom touch this subject.

Good job. The Christians definitely need to hear this. I saved this. I will post this on my Facebook when I'm led to. T.y and Good Job. Looks like you have insight and discernment. It's not very common these days. God bless

I know we keep talking about the world but there are things behind the scenes that you should be discerning about like some Christian music, movies, and shows. Everyone is watching The Chosen but do you know the behind the scenes? Do you care? Not everyone that says Lord, Lord... I watched an interview where a guy was a Christian music artist and he confirmed that he witnessed music being prayed over demonically. Remember the enemy can disguise himself as an angel of light and his workers can disguise themselves as men of righteousness. Not everyone who names the name of Jesus is true and this is the same thing with movies and shows like the chosen. So many people are deceived by that show and the excuse is that they've never been closer to God until they watched that show which is sad but sooo many people are deceived

Amen!

"The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

Serious question about something that keeps cropping up in my mind. I believe it was Paul that said the Holy Spirit is inside us that we have from God. The question posed to me which I cannot answer and keep thinking about me is this. Since we are born with a soul inside us placed there by God and God placed the Holy Spirit in us is our soul actually part of the Holy Spirit and that is why Satan wants our souls? To keep us from rejoining our souls with God through the Holy Spirit?

I haven't really watched TV this year aside from the entrepreneur show Shark Tank and I feel better in the area of whats on my mind. I hate having graphic images in my mind like CSI, Law & Order, Black Mirror, Stranger things "perverted btw it has kids kissing in season 2" I just don't care for TV like I use to.

So glad to find this channel. I used to watch so much garbage. I saw the house of the dragon trailers it was coming back etc and before i was saved i was a huge game of thrones fan. So i tried a rewatch of season one thinking I'm going to watch this new season, nope. Think again me, i got maybe ten minutes in, felt a bit sickened and thought, what am i actually doing? This show is terrible, and i realized I really didnt care about this show or the new season and was pretty convinced i was delusional for a spell. Praise Lord Jesus in all his glory. All Glory to god in the highest, i feel free from the grip of secular media and music, i was also a fan of ganster rap and all kinds of music that spoke death and destruction, that urge left me before the movies and tv. Now being on this side of things i see so many that dont see how i see and it hurts my heart to see so many under the spell of media. My son, my daughters, my mom, we all used to gather to do these things. Not once have we ever gathered for the Lord. We have a long way to go. Father please draw them near to you, in Jesus name, amen.

This is gonna ruffle feathers 😅

Amen 🙏!!!

Amen

AMEN!!!

As many times people tell you what to avoid, but never suggest alternatives. What are the good options for Christians? Other than sermons and commentaries (I read and listen and watch sermons, podcast, and commentaries).

I liked this video; but, I thought you would talk about: How the entertainment becomes dangerous when children watch certain things.

What about Roman’s 14!? We constantly argue over entertainment and Phillippians 4:8 is a principle and not a command. If a Christian believes that watching the show the chosen is a sin for them then it should be respected and if a Christian doesn’t believe it’s a to watch the chosen then that’s fine too. I would recommend Christian’s to read a Bible verse where apostle Paul talked about food being sacrificed to idols and the whole chapter of Roman’s 14 because Roman’s 14 talks about personal convictions, causing others to stumble being a sin, etc. . I agree with being careful with what you watch and listen to but also there are Christian’s that have different personal convictions when it comes to movies, tv shows like the chosen and even when it comes to video games too.

As someone who is currently and certainly recently has absorbed blatantly wicked things in tv/movies - yes, absolutely wrong for me to do that. Something that has a WORSE effect on me though, is the good, clean things that are NOT promised to me. Both the world AND truly clean Christian movies, books, all media promote healthy, whole families and even romance. This is an unhealthy and delusional practice. Not making an excuse for watching the bad stuff, it’s more like a new recognition that I am not allowed ANY entertainment and should only absorb facts, no fiction.

I would argue that if you know of people who are fascinated with the show VIKINGS they probably had grandparents from Scandinavia. Talk to them about how several Viking Kings gave their lives to Christ and tell them their stories. Historical shows like Vikings can be absolute GOLDMINES for conversion if you know how to use it as a tool.

Not sure what I think of this video. This might have been best handled in a 2- or 3-part series. There’s a lot of heavy-handedness here, but also the needed call to holiness. Would have been helpful to hear what they think Christians SHOULD be doing with their “discretionary” time. That was left completely untouched. Also left untouched is what Christians who are in the entertainment industry supposed to do with this message?

I was thinking about our enjoyment of the world and our relationship with the Lord and loving the world. The children of Israel coming out of Egypt wanted the food of Egypt because they developed a taste for it. We need to develop a taste for the things of God. God brought them out of Egypt, but Egypt has not come out of them. In Genesis 4 we see mans need to be satisfied, so he turns to himself and the world for his satisfaction. We also know that which comes out of the mouth defiles us, not what goes in. But out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. If we hope to speak forth and for God, we must abstain from taking in unholy and impure things. Foot washing is a practical practice to get the dirt from outside off to not bring it into the house. I am grateful that we have the washing of both the blood and water. What grace!

I don’t think it’s necessary to show ugly tv footage to make your point. That’s contradicting your statement to not watch tv trash so you can use it as a talking point to share the Gospel. I don’t want to see this stuff. I don’t watch any TV . I don’t go to the movies either. Please spare our eyes from seeing evil. 🙈

Guilty!!!

I honestly think i fit somewhere in the middle on this issue, not everying is off the table i disagree with some of the shows presented like vikings. i mean, its historical fiction vikings were brutal learning about that and thier culture aswell as thier customs isnt necessarily wrong I also disagree that you can't use entertainment to bring the gospel or use it to start a gospel conversation For example, if a film has a villain who is evil and is in need of redemption You can use that to point out that we are all villains in need of redemption If the film contains elements of redemption, religion salvation, or whatever else Or of its a movie about a criminal in court you can brimg the gospel on there

I have a educational background in psychology, and everything we watch or consume has an impact on us. People who watch the news regularly are very angry. People who watch mainstream TV shows are taught unbiblical tolerance of sin. Not everything is beneficial.

Not trying to split hairs but this channel uses clips of secular, sinful, popular movies as ways to make a point on different things.

There are so many hundreds of individual, specific things we're explicitly told in the bible we shouldn't do though. I try not to take on extrapolation that encourages us to add dozens or hundreds more.

i can't wait to be free from my sinful flesh and hoping that's via rapture, but i have a confusing time in my mind thinking i'm battling sin and maybe not free, but i am truthfully free because of Christ's work.

It’s anti-Christ from the word GO! Is the world crucified to you tonight or does it fascinate you? -Leonard Ravenhill

1:30 .... isnt this the guy that fired Todd for answering the phone as "the WRETCH the song refers to".

AMEN! Suggested old public domain book: "The absolute unlawfulness of the stage-entertainment fully demonstrated. By William Law, A.M. 1726" Free online. Thank you!🙏📖🙋🏼‍♂️

Hello, please pray for me, that I would put off worldliness and that God would help me love Him more. In Jesus's name I ask for this please. Thank you

I agree with you, Todd. You are only good at one job, but you do that job really well! Leave the detective work to the pros!

It was good to hear this presented from someone other than that crazy Todd Friel. Straight to the point with no drama. Nice change up. J/K Tood.

When we study the catechism we learn about Law and Gospel. The law Shows our Sins, S.O.S. The law tells us what to do and what not to do. The law has three uses. It curbs our behavior. Like when you are driving down route 129 and see a state trooper up ahead in the median. What do you do? You slow down, even if you are doing the speed limit. The law curbs your behavior. The law also functions as a mirror to show you your sins and show that you are a sinner. The third use of the law is to function as a guide. How shall I live? Love God and love your neighbor. Now the law does not only condemn, but it always condemns. The law always shows you to be a sinner. Hearing that “faith without works is dead,” is law. You are saved by grace through faith is Gospel. The word Gospel in Greek means good news. The Gospel is the good news of forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ. The Gospel Shows our Savior; S.O.S. The Gospel tells what God has done for you in Jesus Christ. That Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sins and rose from the dead to conquer death. That, in Christ, you have eternal life. The Law is the Word of God and the Gospel is the Word of God. So when should we use Ephesians 2, and when should we use James 2?

I won't lie, I'd rather watch a movie.

Ask yourself why you even have the interest to watch such things?

to be honest when things get taught this way it's like there's 6 things you're allowed to do, pray, read the bible, sing praise songs, go to church, evangelize, and preach, and if you're not doing those things you're sinning and man, it makes me not want to have ever existed if that's all we can do all day every day. Because the way they're using those scriptures if you watch ANY entertainment, boom, sin. If you do ANY hobbies (unless your hobby is singing praise).. boom, sin. If you ever do anything you actually enjoy rather than singing hymns 24/7 (and imagine if you don't enjoy singing).. boom, sin. That's a slave driving, taskmaster whip cracking grind your face in the dirt kind of god that is a displeasure to serve, especially when your day of rest is supposed to be devoted to those 6 things too. Is that existence? Stroking a tyrant's ego for all eternity? I'd rather not exist.

Jubal was the inventor humanly speaking of entertainment in the old Testament (Gen 4). When you learn about the descendants of Cain you find out their years are not numbered, but those who fear God and worship Him are numbered. This shows us that 1, living with the world and having the world be part of your living is spiritual fornication. 2, it shows that God wants to be our enjoyment and our entertainment. In the garden, there was not commerce, or need to amuse oneself, because God was with them and man was fully satisfied. This is one way we know God is the only true and living source who can satisfy and meet mans every need. The Lord also is touched by our human weakness with temptations, but He overcame them as a man to be the prototype to defeat Satan and free us from the bondage of loving the world, the self, and sin.

They should come up with a system where Christians can go away into a cave or giant stone building and just pray and walk around somberly. I don't know, maybe wear heavy uncomfortable hooded brown cloaks and shave their heads in a weird wreath which encirles their scalps? I'm just spitballing here. This might have been done already. Maybe someone could do some research and see how it worked out for them? Maybe guys like Anthony, Benedict, Gregory, Basil, Catherine? Total isolation, which the Apostle Paul said was impossible.

Let no vile thing come before your eyes. Psalm 101:3

Most "Christian" movies are no better. Most have immodesty and almost always blaspheme the Lord's Name.

More and more trash on tv, especially with all the tv preachers

Then let me ask you this. ? Why are you showing immoral and wicked things and advertisements that we should avoid in this video? Think on that! God bless your day with wisdom and better discernment !

we are all sinners, and we have broken God's law. Therefore we all deserve hell. But God was merciful and sent Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, His Son, to die for the sins of those who would believe in Him. He lived a sinless life, and then he died on the cross, taking the wrath of God we deserved onto himself. He rose again 3 days later to defeat death for all of those who would put their trust in him. If you repent of your sin and place your faith in Christ, He will save you from hell. This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The only way to enter heaven.

There are cooking shows on RU-vid I've refused to watch because I sensed the Holy Spirit tapping me on the shoulder in regards to worldly subtext. Cooking shows are not inherently sinful, but as Christians, we have to be aware of any subtext that involves loving this world. There don't need to be explicit sexual themes for it to be worldly.

Be careful what you read🤔

Because of our sinful nature. More so Christians 🤷‍♀️✝️😮? There's no conviction no spiritual awareness? No obedience! So the world 🌎 is totally oblivious careless without restraints.

I've learned a lot of valuable biblical truths from my entertainment and media. I've developed a very critical eye for stories, not in a "plotholes" kind of way, but a "is this loving and selfless and joyful?" kind of way. In fact, if a story is very mean-spirited or indulgent, I find myself turned off by it! I argue that Jesus told parables because he knew the power of a good story. Fiction isn't just entertaining, it really helps illustrate to us what is good and beneficial.

Have you watched what degenerate sinful rubbish spills from TV?! I’ve switched that rubbish off 20+ years ago…

Why are you showing us so much of Vikings and Thrones and all of this garbage ? I love to hear you but I don't need to see that while I am listening.

All Law no Gospel in this video transformation is law not Gospel.

I pretty much only watch MotoGP and fart videos and only then sparingly. I figure I am doing pretty good.

Those of us who are working A LOT tend to steer towards funny. I keep OBVIOUSLY PROFANE AND SATANIC JUNK out of my mind.

What’s funny is we’re supposed to abstain from sexual immorality and yet there are plenty of apologists (not going to name names but I’m sure you can find their channels) who would use the verse from 1 Corinthians “all things are lawful but not all things are profitable” to defend masturbation and say that’s not sexual sin. I’d love to see both camps open their bibles and shout verses at each other with their own interpretation of each verse until someone quits or dies.

The Amish people say…that people outside their faith are too busy entertaining one another. Christians do the same at church.

Well some of the points listed just don’t work or can’t be used to approach other forms of entertainment. For example, sports. In Mexico, many ministries regardless of denominations use football (soccer) events to both communicate with their local communities around them and share the word. They also individually play it for fun and to stay in shape as they age. Of course there are other motivations to play soccer, but it’s not just as straightforward as “if it doesn’t honor God, then you shouldn’t do it”. That certainly is the case for many entertainment formats but even then it’s an individual’s approach to the media or form of entertainment that completely sidelines half of these points.

Protestants' talking about Saints, I'll be!

Too be honest I get what your saying but have you read the old testament??!! There is more murder, sexual immorality and all kinds of sin in there. Maybe if we can identify sin and NOT revel in it then I don't see much wrong in watching some stuff that has a good story. On the other hand continuous blasphemy, sexually explicit scenes, or gratuitous violence should remain off our must see list as that is just temptation masquerading as entertainment.

Does watching sports glorify God?

Hallelujah!!! I’m favored and blessed with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and also support the work of God and the church.

What about celebrations of immotal government holly days?Celebrating the Fourth of July is fundamentally unchristian because the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution were rooted in Enlightenment ideals, not Christian principles. The Revolution involved rebel Christians killing Loyalist Christians, an act that starkly opposes Jesus' teachings on love and peace. Additionally, this rebellion was against established authority, directly contradicting the biblical mandate for submission to governing authorities (Romans 13:1-2). The Enlightenment's emphasis on human reason and autonomy also conflicts with traditional Christian teachings. By celebrating an event that involved Christians killing each other and promoted secular ideologies, Christians are endorsing a movement that undermines the very faith they profess to uphold.

Don't watch tv. Watch the prophet of Zod

I cannot even *look* at some of the Clips used to show what TV is like now! they made me feel utterly Ascorched and In SIN to even have them afore my Eyes! I had to shut my eyes and look away *More* than once because I considered the Images as Sinful and Satanic and the Products of Hell! so Please Include a "this Video contains clips that may cause conviction and Stumbling" Warning next time Please! thank you! Also, am I still being too Worldly because I still like Cars? allow the odd 3 to very mild 12 (ESRB E-E10 in the US) Rated Racing Game in my Life (in the Grace of God I can go up to Four Days without a Game now (and gave up Violent Titles Completely, God, in His mercy, though Christ, has changed me from being in near Bloodlust, to feeling *Literally Physically Sick* at just a Screenshot of a Violent Title)...but any longer and My *Extremely Poor* Mental Health Starts to Fail due to the Stress and Depression that comes from being in this Evil and Fallen World, so it would be *very Dangerous indeed* for me to give them up.. please keep that in Mind before Answering!) and still watch the odd bit of TV (mostly Old (I am talking Pre 1990) Adventure Serials (think the Original 1960's "Mission: Impossible" and its 1980's Continuation as an Example), the odd Documentary Series such as "Bangers and Cash" (about a Family Run Classic Car Auction House in Yorkshire) and the Occasional Children's Cartoon, and thats about it) and the occasional Animated Family Comedy here and there, as I am Worried about that! However, being of a Wesleyan (oh yes, I admit openly that I am an former Heretic who was once trapped in False, works based, "Religion") background before I became Reformed (Reformed Anglican at that, like J.C. Ryle, mentioned in this Very Video!) by the Regeneration of the Holy Spirit in the Mercy of God, I am prone to extreme Legalism sometimes, So I am not sure if my worries are some of the Old Legalism of my Past coming back to trouble me with the Lies and Torments of the Devil, or if I really do have a Problem! Note: I agree, Movies have no Place in the Church, and *cannot* be used as Gospel tools! "there is nothing more Grievous unto God than those made in His Image being entertained by People Imitating the things that He has commanded them to be Stoned for!" -Saint John Chrysostom.