Going to the Theatre

Dr Bob...

Huh? What?

You've had movie parts?

You cant just put that out there like that and not elaborate! You have to spill the beans.

Its clear from your picture that you are dashingly handsome. :thumbs:, so c'mon and tell us. What movies? What parts have you had?

 

I have been going to the movies all my life. My wife and I probably go about once a month or so. We also watch a lot of movies at home as we have Encore, HBO, and Cinemax. We also watch movies on DVD or Blu-ray using our Netflix account. We just watched the first Narnia movie on DVD, have the second one on hand, and looking forward to seeing the third one at the movies next month.

I never have seen it as a problem to go to movies or to watch TV.

I wonder if folks who have a problem with the idea of going to the movies or watching TV ever watch videos on the Internet? :smilewinkgrin:

 

Hello Salty

Gas mileage isn’t an issue, because a trip would never be made just for that.
We would be going to town for something else and decide to go.

If you don’t live in the middle of nowhere, you won’t understand “monthly trips” to the big city, to stock up.

 

Amen.....Wish I had said that!:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

Hello annsni

You said.....

You need to read my post. We weren’t hiding from anybody.
It is something done, so as not to hurt the faith, of fellow believers.

And we have ran into some folks from our church at a theater before, but from the context of my post, it was a none issue, because they undoubtedly didn’t think it was a sin either.
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You also said.......

Once again, if you read the Scripture that I had included, the Bible teaches that within a Church there are weak and strong Christians. The weak ones will think things like this are sin, simply because some preacher said it was, while the strong ones will see that it’s not in the Bible, and is okey.

I am not permitted, to use my pulpit, to try and force these weak souls, to disregard their personal convictions(that should never be done), to say nothing of the wider communities opinion.

The point of my post was, there are things to consider, other than what we may think about it.

 

Hi rbell

You said.......

No it’s not silly. Those “grace-stealers”(as you call them), are our brothers and sisters in Christ, and the LORD wants us to consider their feelings..........
Romans 14:21
“[It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.”

 

You aren't permitted to use the pulpit to teach people? Wow...we must be doing things wrong in my church. What do you do from the pulpit, just sing Jesus Loves Me non-stop?

 

Exactly....

 

:laugh::laugh::applause:

Very funny and true!!

 

I don't know about you all, but I don't even worry about the theatre. As I am well aware, you can be at home watching a ball game, and a commercial will come on, in your face, and teach a kid filth, and how to say something off the wall, or even to cuss in a matter of 1/2 second. The Amstel Lite commercial? Taught my son a curse word. We don't watch much TV either. I guess I should've known better.

I'm just not so sure seeing a movie, and all the previews pryor, is worth it at all.

 

I started to not respond to your post, but then I wanted to let you know, it’s my job to preach the Gospel and teach the saints the importance of drawing closer to the Lord.

Not to preach the importance of going to the movies.
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Yes it is an issue of Spiritual freedom, but this is something that people need to learn on their own.

Just as I don’t think it’s right for preachers who don’t have TVs, to preach that everyone should stop watching TV.

In the same way, preachers who don’t think it’s wrong to go to the movies, should not preach that everyone should go to the movies.



Do you understand now?

 

You also have a point there.

We can only do so much, to protect others.
For my wife and I, we have decided that to go to the local theater, would be flaunting our freedoms a little too much, and are just wanting to be careful.

As for teaching them, that things like this are not sin, that comes at it’s own pace.
There are much more important things that need to be taught first.

 

Going to the theater is not flaunting liberty. Jesus did not stop eating and drinking with sinners and publicans to satisfy the stupid standards of the Pharisees.

Neither should you or I.

 

Don't go into the grocery store either. A person weaker in the faith might think you are purchasing wine or beer. Oh, maybe you can just drive to another town to buy your groceries? That would be a mature and responsible method of dealing with it.

 

As i said..........

You also have a point there.

We can only do so much, to protect others.
For my wife and I, we have decided that to go to the local theater, would be flaunting our freedoms a little too much, and are just wanting to be careful.

As for teaching them, that things like this are not sin, that comes at it’s own pace.
There are much more important things that need to be taught first.

 

Undoubtedly.......you don’t understand.