Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entertainment. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

In Our Classroom: Virtue

The kids and I have just started working through a unit study based on The Book of Virtue. Here are some things on the subject of virtue that we learned last week. I am learning as much and probably more than they are in this study!

The "I Wills" of Virtue
  • I will do what is right and encourage others to do the same.
  • I will guard my eyes, ears, words and thoughts.
  • I will learn to stand alone.
  • I will abstain from anything which might damage or pollute my mind or body.
  • I will treat others as I would want them to treat me. 
Virtue in the Home Includes...
  • A parent establishing a standard of moral conduct in the family and upholding it by example.
  • A parent teaching children to make wise choices about friends, music, and clothing.
  • Family members dressing modestly, inside and outside the home.
  • Family members filling their minds with God-honoring music and good influences.
Consequences in Sons and Daughters When Parents Allow Unrestricted Television
  • It establishes the practice of tolerating evil to enjoy some good.
  • Its amusement format lowers their resistance to evil.
  • It provides constant access to the world's system and its false concepts.
  • It deadens their conscience by providing comparison with new lows of immorality.
  • It allows them to relate to evil individuals whom you would otherwise never allow into your home.
  • It devours one of their most precious resources: Time.
  • It stifles creativity by deadening their responses to conscience and Scripture.
  • It ultimately makes them an enemy of God.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Quotes of the Day: J.C. Ryle (brought over from my old blog)

If J.C. Ryle had lived in the TV and radio age, I believe he would have mentioned TV and radio programs in this quote as well!

“Do not let newspapers, novels, and romances be read, while the prophets and Apostles be despised. Do not let the exciting and sensual swallow up your attention, while the edifying and the sanctifying can find no place in your mind.”

“Young men, give the Bible the honor due to it every day you live. Whatever you read, read that first. And beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.”