On Friday I shared a quote about why Piper doesn't own a TV. I can't find any evidence to suggest that the Doctor also abstained from this modern form of entertainemnt. There are multiple references to the things "we watch on televion" in his sermons. However, Martyn Lloyd-Jones had serious reservations about TV, as this quote demonstrates. I wonder if the Internet is less mind-numbing? I suspect that if you read certain parts of the Net and engage with it, on the contrary, it could even be … [Read more...]
Why John Piper Doesn't Watch TV
November 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I came across this old quote from Dr. Piper about TV. I wonder what could also be said about the things reading blogs does to people today? Certainly some of these observations apply equally. Perhaps we could add to this list becoming cynical and argumentative. Having said that, if God is gracious to us, I think those of us who are bloggers do realize at some point the folly of our ways and find that as we blog more and more, the blog wars attract us less and less. Anyway, here is John Piper on … [Read more...]
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