ENJOYING MEDIA MORE THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH

CHRISTIANITY, MUSIC & MOVIES

Is there such a thing as Christian music?
Is there such a thing as a Christian movie ?
DISCUSS

Can a song or movie be a Christian?


1. How should we approach entertainment media?
2. What should we value in relation to popular media?

DISCUSS

1. How would you evaluate this clip
from a faith perspective?

DISCUSS

1. How would you evaluate this clip from a faith
perspective?

DISCUSS
WE ARE TO POSSESS & APPRECIATE LIFE
Gods children possess overflowing life (John 10:10)
They know what it cost Christ (1 Cor 6:20, 1 Cor 7:23)
They desire to give it to others (Matt 10:8)
FOUR WAYS TO APPRECIATE ART & MEDIA
Skill sheer display of ability
Resonance profound capture of lifes realities
Prophetic Challenge calling society to a better life
Entertainment the sheer fun of being lost in something
1. THE SHEER SKILL OF IT
Do you see someone skilled in their work?
They will serve before kings.
- Proverbs 22:29

Who was the first person recorded in scripture
as being filled with the Spirit of God?
RACE TIME!

Check out Exodus 35:30-35.

What might this suggest about inspiration and skill?
How does the display of skill glorify God?

DISCUSS

Looking through the eyes of faith,
what can you appreciate about this song?

Consider the lyrics, the skill, and the context of that time (1975)
DISCUSS

Christians are not famous for being comfortable with
secular media. Why do we avoid it?


What do you feel the Bible encourages us to do?
DISCUSS

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
- Helen Keller



You cannot find peace by avoiding life
- Virginnia Woolf in The Hours



Go into all the world
- Mark 16:5

The one who is in you is greater than
the one who is in the world
- 1 John 4:4



WHAT SCRIPTURE HAS TO SAY

Consider what the following passages suggest about our
engagement with the world and its media


Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves
- Matt 10:16

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh
- Galatians 5:13




WHAT SCRIPTURE HAS TO SAY

We are called to overcome.
You cant overcome something by avoiding it.
To him who overcomes I will give the right
to eat from the tree of life
- Revelation 2:7

HOW DID DAVID OVERCOME GOLIATH?
Take some time going through this passage.
Discuss what this means for us in music and movies etc.
DISCUSS: SCRIPTURES GUIDELINES

Discuss 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 together.
Young people crave the excitement & power
of societys movies & music
Dont tell them to avoid it. Teach them to overcome it.
2. RESONANCE CAPTURES OUR EXPERIENCE

LORDE ROYALS

1. What is Lorde talking about?
2. Why does this seem to resonate with so many people?

DISCUSS
ELVIS IN THE GHETTO

1. What do you feel this song achieves?
2. Whats important about a song like this from someone like Elvis?
DISCUSS
then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12

3. CALLING SOCIETY TO A BETTER LIFE

1. What are these two clips calling us up to?
2. What do they invite us to confront?

DISCUSS
FLORENCE & THE MACHINE: SHAKE IT OUT

1. What challenge does this song acknowledge?
2. What might it invite us to do?

DISCUSS

Self responsibility appears to
have three significant aspects:

waking up, standing up, and making choices.

- Peter Cammock, The Spirit of Leadership.


4. ENTERTAINMENT THE PURE FUN OF IT

1. How does something like this glorify God?
2. How does it represent the life of the kingdom?

DISCUSS
...they shouted for joy and fell down.
- Leviticus 9:24

...there was joy in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:40

...they ate and drank with great joy in the
presence of the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 29:22

Plus 215 other references!

the prince of this world is coming.
He has no hold over me
- Jesus (John 14:30)