Downloads from the Lord: Let’s Cancel the Cancel Culture! Part Five
To refresh your memory, here are those seven areas of influence:
1. Academia/Education
2. Family
3. Government
4. Media/News
5. Arts/Entertainment
6. Business/Finance
7. Church/Religion
In the last post we looked at how a biblical view regarding Government could cause the Powers-that-Be to try to cancel any dialog about said subject. On this post we are going to see how a biblical view regarding Media/News could cause the Powers-that-Be to try to cancel any discussion about this very important area.
5. Media/News
Proverbs 13:17 (MSG)
17 Irresponsible talk makes a real mess of things, but a reliable reporter is a healing presence.
Ephesians 5:11 (NIV)
11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Isaiah 52:7 (NIV)
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 (NIV)
21 Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Avoid every kind of evil.
Proverbs 12:22-23 (MSG)
22 God can’t stomach liars; he loves the company of those who keep their word. 23 Prudent people don’t flaunt their knowledge; talkative fools broadcast their silliness.
Matthew 12:36-37 (MSG)
36 Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. 37 Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NLT2)
14 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
Proverbs 18:2 (NIV)
2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
Proverbs 29:20 (NIV)
20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Next time we will take a look at Arts/Entertainment and discover how the Bible views those who use their power and influence to shape how we view the world around us.