Are there any Christians who have given up TV, Sports, and Entertainment with whom I can fellowship?

DaddysGirlJas said:

Okay, cool. Just pointing out that that verse can't apply to entertainment. The passage about the Fruit of the Spirit vs. the Lusts of the Flesh would be a better one. Sadly, many Christians don't realize they will never be able to justify to Jesus why they supported a production company that puts out modern day sorcery no matter how good their other fruit looks.

Peace to you.

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"fruit" means TRUTH/ TRUE TEACHING..... not looks, emotions, or feelings.
(that can be tested, that is) Other, different 'fruit' in other places as written.

DaddysGirlJas said:

Finding people with common interests gets difficult when you decide to deny the things of this world. Are there any others of you out there?

I gave up these things three years ago. How about you? What was your journey away from these things like?

This post is not meant to start a debate with those who enjoy these things, but rather to find those who don't for fellowship. Please don't fill up the thread with your opinion about entertainment.

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I haven't given them all up completely......
I will still watch a movie that is not a Christian movie with my family but I have greatly decreased
my dependence on worldly entertainment by attempting to work online a great deal.

I personally have found it productive to use quotations from near death experience accounts like "new wine" and the Scriptures like "old wine" and I do find that I have found a lot of encouraging information for non-believers in NDE accounts like that of former Atheist Howard Storm.

What he was shown about life on earth by the year 2185 I think gives hope to many people who tend to have a very bleak view of the next century or two.
Reverend Howard Storm's Near-Death Experience

I cut the chord years ago and control my media consumption. I had access to Netflix in the past and watched some historical programs. They have plenty. But I haven't seen the current shows at all.

Business occupies most of my time and I don't have time for sports. But I still enjoy golf, sailing, equestrian (jumping and dressage), and horse racing major events.

I listen to classical music and opera. I like ballet and theater too. But avoid mainstream music due to the lyrics and subliminal messages that I don't want rolling through my head.

I still enjoy a good travel program on BBC or an episode of Poirot or Miss Marple. I redirected my attention to reading and complete over 170 books each year. My favorite genres are non-fiction and classics. Self-improvement has been a constant. The extra time has allowed me to learn photography, digital entrepreneurship, and natural homemaking.

This year I'm learning to sew, starting fashion illustration, and studying French.

I haven't given up ALL media but I have given up a vast majority. I found the deeper I went in my relationship with Christ, the less interesting and appealing those things are for me!

I don't listen to any secular music, watch very little tv (occaisionally food shows, a fishing show, and a dancing show "on demand"), use NO social media, and watch very few movies a year (Maybe 3?) and almost exclusively Christian movies. I have no desire to go to a movie theater. I also don't read the newspaper or non-Christian magazines. I also do not play any video or virtual games on any platform or device. I haven't stopped doing these things because I think everyone must or should, but because I feel they were impeding my personal Christian walk and were vehicles of sin for me personally!

I read a LOT of books, care for my home and children, and play non-gambling card games with my family.

So, while I may not fit entirely with your total abstinence, I believe we could encourage one another.