IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN NEED OF COMFORTING, OR
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF ANY KIND, AND HAD ONLY THE THREE
LOCAL NETWORKS TO RELY UPON..(NO CABLE, NO INTERNET)
AND NO WAY TO GET TO A CHURCH OR A MINISTER, THEN YOU
KNOW WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY.
OVER THE WEEK-END, MOST PARTICULARLY, WHEN MAN
FINDS HIMSELF THE MOST ANXIOUSLY SEEKING, THERE IS
NO WHERE TO GO. NOT ON ABC, NBC, OR CBS, WHERE YOU CAN
HEAR THE WORD OF GOD PREACHED. THAT IS, UNLESS YOU
FIND YOURSELF UPLIFTED BY ONE HOUR OF A HUGE CATHEDRAL
LIKE SETTING, WHERE THEY SEEM TO BE CELEBRATING
SECULAR HUMANISM, PRESENTING CELEBRATIES OR FAMOUS
ARTISANS, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF" THE LORD" THROWN IN TO
MAKE IT LOOK GOOD,AND SOUND GOOD.
SATURDAY IS A VAST WASTELAND FOR THE MOST PART, AND
SUNDAY IS NO BETTER. THERE IS NOTHING THERE FOR ANYONE
WHO IS NOT A TOTAL SPORTS FANATIC, BECAUSE THAT IS ALL
ONE CAN SEE. FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, GOLF...
FITNESS IFOMERCIALS, SALES PITCHES OF ALL KINDS, BUT
NOTHING FOR YOUR SOUL.
IT MAKES YOU WONDER. DON'T THESE HIGHER-UPS IN THE
NETWORKS CARE ANYTHING ABOUT POOR SHUT-INS WHO
NEED TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, AND CAN'T GET OUT TO A
CHURCH?
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES WHO HAVE THE MONEY
TO HAVE CABLE AND RUN UP AND DOWN THE DIAL, LOOKING
FOR A PREACHER.
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE POOR. DIRT POOR. ALL THEY HAVE IS
A T.V. SET, AND THE NEED. THEY ARE STUCK, WITH WHATEVER
THE NETWORK WANTS TO THROW AT THEM. THE SADDEST PART
BEING, MANY,OR SHALL I SAY MOST, OF THESE WHO MAKE
THE PROGRAMING DECISIONS PUT ON THEIR NICE SUIT OF
CLOTHES, AND TAKE THEIR NICE LITTLE FAMILIES AND GO
TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, AND PORTRAY THEMSELVES TO BE
GOOD CHRISTAINS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR FELLOW MAN.
AND YET, THE ONLY TIME WE OUT HERE HEAR THE WORDS
JESUS CHRIST, OR GOD, IS WHEN SOME PREACHER HAS
STUMBLED, OR A DIGNITARY OF SOME RESPECTED CHURCH DIES,
OR A HIGH RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY IS OBSERVED, OR SOMEONE
CUSSES SOMEBODY OUT,AND THE CENSOR IS ASLEEP AT THE
SWITCH! OH! OF COURSE! I ALMOST FORGOT. NBC IS DOING
A SENSATIONALIZED VERSION OF THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS,
THIS NEXT WEEK, AND I HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT THEY DID
IT WELL, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH. MID-WEEK!
NOT ON SUNDAY AS THEY SHOULD. AND I WILL BE VIEWING THIS
LATEST OFFERING WITH A JAUNDICED EYE.
REMEMBER THE QUOTE:" AMERICA IS GREAT, BECAUSE AMERICA
IS GOOD. WHEN AMERICA CEASES TO BE GOOD, AMERICA WILL
CEASE TO BE GREAT."
AND, UNFORTUANTELY, UNLESS WE HAVE A REVIVAL IN EVERY
ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE, INCLUDING OUR T.V. VIEWING, THAT
IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE. AMERICA HAS ALREADY STARTED
DOWN THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE BESIDES ME RECALL WHEN TELEVISON
STATIONS USED TO DISPLAY A CODE OF GOOD CONDUCT, TO
WHICH ALL THE NETWORKS USED TO SUBSCRIBE? WHATEVER
HAPPENED TO THAT?
SO WHAT, YOU SAY? SO THIS. GOOD PEOPLE DON'T WATCH LOCAL
NETWORK PROGRAMING MUCH ANYMORE. IT'S GETTING TOO
GRAPHIC, LURID, FILTHY AND OBSCENE.
NOW,IF THE PROGRAMERS WERE SMART, THEY WOULD START
JERKING SOME OF THAT CRAPPY STUFF OFF THE AIR, AND FILL
UP THE HOLES WITH SOME GOOD PREACHING.
PAY ATTENTION, YOU GUYS.
GOD IS WATCHING.
BUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE, ANYMORE, AREN'T.
OUI?
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