Harry Potter, Kid Rock and the OC:

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Harry Potter, Kid Rock and the OC Teaching Youth
to Discern the Entertainment Culture
Dr. William Brown President
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If you could live forever, would you and why?
I would not live forever, because we should not
live forever, because if we were supposed to
live forever, then we would live forever, but
we cannot live forever, which is why I would not
live forever. ---Miss Alabama (1994 Miss
USA contest)
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Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving
kids all over the world, I cant help but cry. .
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I mean Id love to be skinny like that but not
with all those flies and death and
stuff. --Mariah Carey
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Smoking kills. And if youre killed youve
lost a very important part of your
life. --Brooke Shields
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Its boring. We walked out after, like, one
minute. Paris Hilton on The Passion of the
Christ (Entertainment Weekly, June 11, 2004)
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Engaging the Culture?
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Will and Grace, WWE Smackdown, Eminem, and
Madonna have more to do with the direction of our
culture than all of Congress. Bill
Wichterman Policy advisor to Senate
Majority leader Bill Frist
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More theology is conveyed in, and probably
retained from one hour of popular television,
than from all the sermons that are delivered on
any given weekend in Americas synagogues,
churches and mosques. Phyllis
Tickle Publishers Weekly God-Talk in
America
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
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The wide world is all about you you can fence
yourselves in, but you cannot ever fence it
out. Gildor Inglorion in J. R. R.
Tolkiens Fellowship of the Ring
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
ASSIMILATE
Delighted by Culture
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Our father, God, Allah, we thank you for
this moment in time. Bless Kanye, bless his
album, take over his album and take it to the
highest place possible . . . In the name of
Allah and the spirit of our inner essence.
Amen. Prayer by Kanye West prior to a concert,
Blender, September 2005, 126.
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Church
Man, have you ever really wondered Like why are
we here? What the meanin to all of this?
The Way You Move
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Three Approaches
WITHDRAW
Offended by Culture
ASSIMILATE
Delighted by Culture
Distressed by Culture
ENGAGE
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1 Corinthians 919-23
  19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as
possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to
win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not
under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21To those not having the law I became like one
not having the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to
win those not having the law.
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1 Corinthians 919-23
  19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make
myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as
possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to
win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not
under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21To those not having the law I became like one
not having the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to
win those not having the law.
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  22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I
have become all things to all men so that by all
possible means I might save some. 23I do all this
for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in
its blessings.
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  22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I
have become all things to all men so that by all
possible means I might save some. 23I do all this
for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in
its blessings.
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The Cultural Challenge
. . . Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by
the filthy lives of lawless men (for that
righteous man, living among them day after day,
was tormented in his righteous soul by the
lawless deeds he saw and heard) 2 Peter
27-8
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The Cultural Challenge
. . . Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by
the filthy lives of lawless men (for that
righteous man, living among them day after day,
was tormented in his righteous soul by the
lawless deeds he saw and heard) 2 Peter
27-8
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The Cultural Challenge
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was
greatly distressed to see that the city was full
of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogues, . .
.as well as in the market- place day by day. . .
. Men of Athens, I see that in every way you
are very religious. For as I walked around and
looked carefully at your objects of worship. .
. Acts 1716-34
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The Cultural Challenge
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was
greatly distressed to see that the city was full
of idols. So he reasoned in the synagogues, . .
.as well as in the market- place day by day. . .
. Men of Athens, I see that in every way you
are very religious. For as I walked around and
looked carefully at your objects of worship. .
. Acts 1716-34
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Paul's Motivation
Greatly distressed
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Paul's Methods
Sought to understand the culture (v. 23) Started
where they were (vv. 22-23) Positive about the
truth he found (v. 22) Knew and quoted their
sources (vv. 23,28) Communicated the Gospel
(vv.18,30-31)
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Check Your Heart
Check Your Mind
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Attitude of Your Heart
Altitude of Your Mind
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Engaging the Culture with the Heart and Mind of
Christ
Dr. William Brown President
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