Our Drug of Choice
Theme of the Week: Entertainment: No Laughing Matter
Sunday, June 4, 2006
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Who Said It…Rod Parsley
Rod Parsley is the pastor of World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio. As host of the daily TV broadcast Breakthrough, he felt increasingly responsible during the 2004 election campaign to speak out on moral issues. That led him to found an activist organization, the Center for Moral Clarity. Rod has also just written the book Silent No More. He says the challenge to change our culture has never been more intense. What He Said…Our Drug of Choice
Total media saturation has practically become an epidemic. It's the cultural air we breathe.
Consider these figures: American households with teenage children watch an average of 59 hours of cable and network programming a week. Teens see an average of 67 full-length feature films per year—either in theaters or on video—more than one per week. They own an average of 42 musical compact discs, 16 game cartridges, and 7 computer games. More than 35 percent of all teens have their own TV sets; more than 80 percent own radios; almost 76 percent possess cassette or compact disc players; and more than 68 percent have access to the internet. And the numbers are rising rapidly.
Electronic mass media have become the dominating means of conveying modern culture among young people. According to a recent poll published by Media Analysis, 67 percent of all Americans polled believe that the electronic media wield "greater influence than parents, teachers, coaches, or religious leaders."
Adapted from Charisma (4/05) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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Help me, Lord, to jam those media voices that would drown out Your voice.
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