How Much Entertainment Is Too Much?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Watching a movie, playing a board game, reading a novel — is God disappointed if we use free time for these instead of reading Scripture and praying?

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0:00.0	Well, 2019 remains busy for you, Pastor John, and two weeks from now, you and Noel will
0:09.2	be in South America, Lord willing, in Brazil and Argentina.
0:14.2	You'll speak at some key events in the St. Paul of Brazil and São Paulo, and then down
0:19.4	to Buenos Aires and then back up in Brazil to Campina Grande.
0:24.6	And I know a lot of APJ listeners have emailed us, eagerly awaiting your arrival in each
0:29.6	of these three cities, and I know you're excited to go on this trip as well.
0:34.1	You've spoken in Brazil before, correct?
0:36.7	I've been to Brazil a couple of times.
0:40.5	I've never been to Argentina.
0:43.9	My excitement about going to Brazil is because I know people there, and I love what I know.
0:51.7	I love the spirit.
0:52.7	I love the hunger, and I'm eager to build on our time together with the precious truths
1:00.6	that we share.
1:02.5	I don't know the new friends that I anticipate making in Argentina.
1:07.7	This has me and my wife excited.
1:10.4	She loves to put another notch in the gun of her travels.
1:15.0	She's way more of a traveler than I am, and she's never been to Argentina, and I've never
1:19.8	been.
1:20.8	And so we're eager to discover, not just build, but to discover the temperament, the tone,
1:30.0	the hunger, the zeal, faithfulness of our friends in Argentina.
1:36.4	So that feels like kind of a new venture for us, and so eager to see, I'm praying right
1:42.0	now in my season of preparation.
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