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averagefellar said:
It was this type of 'entertainment' that was one of the original problems that got me thinking. We know where I ended up. Unfortunately, I see far too much of this stuff, and it is becoming nauseating. Tom is correct, they have replaced sound Biblical principles for the preferences of the unregenerate.

At the church I used to attend (until last month), this kind of stuff was starting to happen too. Not nearly to the extent in the original post though. At the last service I attended there, the pastor wanted to illustrate the concept of "rejection", so they tried to show a scene from the movie "Seabiscuit" with a projector. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the computer they were using to play it kept messing up. So for about 15 minutes the sermon just stopped while they fiddled with the equipment. Then, when the pastor gave up and went back to preaching, the technician kept trying to get it to work, so bits of the movie would flash on the screen during the sermon. All I could think was, "what am I doing here?" If I wanted to watch "Seabiscuit" I would have done it at home, and it was certainly not appropriate to show it during the sermon. I certainly don't see how one can be worshipping God while watching "Seabiscuit". That was the last straw for me, and I haven't been back since then. But it's very disheartening to see so many people go to church and think they are being taught about God, but really the content is so empty. And it's even more frustrating when those people are your friends and they don't see anything wrong with what's going on.

I agree with what Marie said,

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To the unregenerate brain, yes, but to those who are redeemed, no! How can you possibly call hymns, prayer, and expository preaching boring? How can you call the worship of the One True and Living God boring?

and with what Pilgrim said in another thread

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It is in the preaching and teaching of sound biblical doctrine that will move men from their complacency, should the Lord will. (Rom 1:16; 1Tim 1:3; 4:16; 2Tim 3:16; 2Tim 4:2; et al) It isn't the "delivery" which will move men, but the Truth which will set them free (Jh 8:32); free from the sins of complacency, indolence, sloth, worldliness and all such hindrances. But, if one is only a Christian by profession and not by possession, then no amount of para-church programs is going to have any effect on one's soul. It will simply encourage and solidify their hollow "churchianity" which only leads to eternal death.

John