Entertainment

"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness" (Luke 11:34).

What we let into our lives through our senses—sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing—continually shapes and reshapes us. Choosing godly entertainment is key to becoming godly people. How is your entertainment affecting you?

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Amusement Addiction Society's Unhealthy Obsession With Entertainment

Our society is obsessed with entertainment. Kids and adults alike seem attached to their MP3 players, PDAs, remote controls and other electronic devices. Newscasters and college lecturers have replaced "newsy" messages with more entertaining approaches. Is that bad? What steps...
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Whatever Happened to the Family Meal?

Can eating together improve relationships in your family? With a little effort and planning our mealtimes...it just might.
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O Be Careful Little Eyes

It is important that we guard our minds from destructive influences around us.
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It's Only... It's Just...

They are used again and again in our own lives. Our children especially use them, and we only hurt ourselves when we allow them to control us. What are they?
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The "Is It Worth It?" Media Filter Test

You can make wiser media choices.
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Countering Media Influence

The pressure to conform is relentless. Everything seems to be against those who want to live in obedience to God. How can we resist?
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Entertainment Overload

Does the profusion of entertainment choices today keep us diverted from what’s truly important? What can you do about it?
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Turning the Hearts...Your Child and the Internet

Did you know that at any given moment over 50,000 potential child molesters are on the Internet?
Entertainment in the Kingdom: What Will Be Different?
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Entertainment in the Kingdom: What Will Be Different?

There is nothing quite like spending the Feast of Tabernacles with family and friends in God's Church. How will our experiences during the Feast compare to those we have after Jesus Christ returns to this earth?
Where Vampires & Werewolves Don't Exist
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Where Vampires & Werewolves Don't Exist

Witchcraft in all its forms is part of the devil's marketing efforts.
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Pirate Antiheroes, Ahhrrrrrr!

In the pages of the Bible, the Creator and Ruler of the universe gave a warning that is not at all subtle. It says, "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil" (Isaiah 5:20).
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Read What? Taking on the Classics

Are you dreading an upcoming reading assignment? Here are some ways to approach this task with a new perspective
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Making the Most of Your Dough

In light of the current financial crisis that has deeply affected most of the world, it's time to reassess some underlying philosophies about money. Make sure you understand sound financial principles.
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How Do You Measure Success?

"Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding."
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Beat Cold Love With Good Video

Pick up the newspaper. Turn on the television news. Scan the headlines on the Web. Listen to the commercials during your favorite television program. Increasingly, you will see self-absorption rather than outgoing concern.
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Our Dark Side

Marketing experts know there's something strangely appealing about the dark side of human nature—and they are capitalizing on it.
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Before You Turn on the TV

Technology is a double-edged sword. A good example of this is television. It can be both a benefit and a curse.
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Advertising What's Best for You

As tempting as it is to believe that our decisions should be based only on what we think and feel, on our own we simply cannot always make the best choices.
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Summer Time for Choices

The God who made the universe provides abundant how-to instructions in the Bible about doing right and avoiding wrong.
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A Confused Glen Beck