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The following articles have been posted on our website for
quite some time. By request, we continue to make them part of our on-line
bulletin in hopes that new viewers will read and reflect on their truths.
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What Does
TV Stand For?
(We congratulate Kevin Huddleston
for the following article which is a timely and timeless assessment of our modern society.)
TV stands for
Teaching Violence.
Turn on the set almost any time and it
won't be long until someone is shot, stabbed, burned, beaten, kicked, or run
over. Since seeing the same old violence over and over again gets boring,
the violence has to bet more graphic and more bizarre just to keep out
attention. Heroes of the stories are ruthless, powerful, characterless
people who use violence as a means to an end. If we saw these things in
real life we would be shocked and outraged. But...it's only TV.
TV stands for
Teaching Vulgarity.
It is commonplace to hear on TV what
years ago would have been outrageous and objectionable. Filthy gutter
language is liberally strewn throughout many of the shows. Humor has
increasingly turned to sexual innuendoes and crude comments about bodily
functions.
Rudeness and crudeness are the rule of the day. If our children talked
like this, we would wash their mouths out with soap. But its only TV.
TV stands for
Teaching Vanity.
Money, sexual prowess, power, beauty, and
greed are the ingredients for a "good" show. Often those characters who
are successful and happy on the show are shallow, selfish, and self-centered.
The emphasis is not on the character you possess but on the possessions that you
possess. Are these enduring values we want our children to share?
But, its only TV.
TV stands for
Teaching Values.
Fornication and adultery are the norm
rather than the exception. Situation ethics has served well situation
comedies. "it is only wrong if you get caught". Sex without marriage
is okay, so long as you love each other. Lying is okay if telling the
truth would hurt. Homosexuality is just an alternate lifestyle. Safe
sex is being responsible. Religion is mocked and religious people are
depicted as oddballs and fanatics who just don't quite get it. If we knew
someone was teaching our children these things, we would be outraged.
But...its only TV.
TV stands for
Time Vacuum.
Whoever coined the phrase "couch potato"
got it right. As we sit and vicariously watch what TV stands for, we are
taking away time from talking with our family, reading, building friendships,
participating in life, thinking, praying, etc. We let our children watch
for hours on end, and the same thing happens. They miss the opportunity to
play, think, learn manners. and serve...But it's only TV.
Now, I know that not all TV stands
for the above, but the majority of it does. May we as Christians guard
ourselves from what TV stands for and use our time with our family to teach them
about God and what He stands for.
~Kevin Huddleston
Via Bulletin Digest
Life Looked Better in Black and White
You could hardly see for all the snow,
Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go;
Pull a chair up to the TV set,
"Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet."
Depending on the channel you tuned,
You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June;
It felt so good. It felt so right,
Life looked better in black and white.
I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys,
Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys;
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train,
Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane.
Father Knows Best, Patty Duke,
Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too;
Donna Reed on Thursday night! --
Life looked better in black and white.
I wanna go back to black and white,
Everything always turned out right;
Simple people, simple lives...
Good guys always won the fights.
Now nothing is the way it seems,
In living color on the TV screen;
Too many murders, too many fights,
I wanna go back to black and white.
In God they trusted; alone in bed they
slept,
A promise made was a promise kept;
They never cussed or broke their vows,
They’d never make the network now. |
But if I could, I’d rather be,
In a TV town in ‘53;
It felt so good. It felt so right,
Life looked better in black and white.I'd trade all the channels on the
satellite,
If I could just turn back the clock tonight;
To when everybody knew wrong from right,
Life was better in black and white!
Borrowed from the Myrtle Beach Church of Christ Website:
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. |
Drug Problem
(The following was passed along via
email. The origin of the article is unknown but whoever wrote it has
identified a serious problem in our modern "socially-correct" society.)
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining
county and he asked me a rhetorical question. "Why didn't we have a
drug problem when you and I were growing up?" I replied, I had a
drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning,
Sunday night, and Wednesday night. I was drug to church for weddings
and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no
matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful
to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my
parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, didn't speak with
respect, spoke ill of the teacher or preacher, or if I didn't put forth my
best effort in everything that was asked of me. I was drug to the
kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered profanity.
I was drug out to pull weeds in Mom's garden and flower beds and
cockleburs out of Dad's fields. I was drug to the homes of family,
friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow
the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and if my mother
had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she
would have drug me back to the woodshed. These drugs are still in my
veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think.
They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children
had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place. God
bless the parents who drug us!
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