Day 28: Family Media Detox

familymediadetox.com ^ | 09/29/10 | Staff

[MintyHippo1980]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkq3tnzkcWM

As today's video explains, our Craigslist ad finally paid off: The TV was sold! A young fellow who looked like he may have been a college student outfitting his dorm room got quite a bargain. But the transaction reminded of something that occurred years ago, when I got convicted that my huge collection of secular rock 'n' roll cd's needed to go.

I had always loved rock (the edgier, the better) and I had amassed a remarkable library of music; if I were to deny that the sometimes satanic, always worldly content of those songs influenced me, I'd be lying. My sins were my own and completely my responsibility, but the culture I embraced did nothing to discourage my depravity.

When I decided to get serious about my Christian faith, I realized that the "garbage-in, garbage-out" principle was most vividly played out in my own life through the music with which I saturated my brain. I wanted to present my body as a living sacrifice of worship, I wanted my mind renewed, (Romans 12:2) and I wanted to "come out from them and be separate" (2 Cor. 6:17)

Much like we have done all this month with TV, movies, video games, mp3 players and Facebook, I felt I needed to get rid of that music for my own spiritual health. But what I did was I took it to a music store that bought used records and my collection to them. They, in turn, would re-sell it to other people who might be just as susceptible to its influence. Only later did I recognize the folly of what I'd done.

The difference is obvious, of course - a cd of wicked music is always a cd of wicked music, but a television can be used to view "Facing the Giants" just as easily as "The Hangover."

I just pray I haven't contributed a stumbling block to someone else's life by ridding my own life of one.

[MintyHippo1980]

You could sure see how much those kids love that missionary lady and how much she loves them. Sweet!

[netmilsmom]

Is this you?

Sorry, the family is just a bit out of my universe. They have cut all of that stuff for their kids, yet still have the fun of posting on YouTube.

They creep me out a touch.

[netmilsmom]

I’ve just looked at your posting history and you are a blog pimp. You have posted nothing but this family since you came here.

[OCC]

I had always loved rock (the edgier, the better) and I had amassed a remarkable library of music; if I were to deny that the sometimes satanic, always worldly content of those songs influenced me, I'd be lying. My sins were my own and completely my responsibility, but the culture I embraced did nothing to discourage my depravity.

I like my rock music. Care to share what titles you had that lead to your depravity so I can get rid of them and pass them off to someone else?

[Ammo Republic 15]

Congratulations on throwing away the “idiot box”.

I have no TV service but I do watch a lot of pre-1965 movies on vcr/dvd, mostly my beloved westerns, war movies and even the old MGM musicals.

I would have a tough time parting ways with my nearly 5000 album rock collection from the 60’s and 70’s.

I don’t think that stuff is nearly as bad as post 1960 movies though.