Tomorrow we begin our August readings in the Navigator's Bible reading plan.

And that means we start First Timothy to hear again Paul's call that we pursue a life of love

that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience.

It's First Timothy 1.5.

So how do we maintain a pure heart and good conscience in a world so full of corrupting and lewd media? Big question, one that's been

asked all the time, testified by the fact that we've covered a lot of ground here in the past,

as you'll see by thumbing through the APJ book in that whole section on television, movies, and entertainment culture on pages 291 to 307. A lot has been

said. There's a lot to say. So how do we live authentically in the screen age? The dilemma

faced by one young woman who writes is this. Hello, Pastor John and Tony. Thank you for this

podcast. I have been learning a lot about the conscience lately and how some things affect me in varying degrees compared to other Christians. I know I cannot pass judgment on those who do not share my convictions of conscience on things that are not inherently sinful. But I do struggle to apply my convictions to group

settings, specifically constantly watching television and playing video games as an adult,

weigh heavy on my conscience. These are the things my family, who I still live with, and my

friends maintain as part of their daily lifestyles. If I listen to my conscience and don't participate,

my time spent with them is greatly reduced, but if I do participate, the weight on my conscience

brings me great misery. I ask them, but get nowhere because it's not a clear sin issue. So how do

I live in a space that does not share my convictions with love and grace,

and especially when it comes to screens?

I suspect that in the modern technological age that we have entered,

especially in age of ever-present visual entertainment created within the framework of a God-ignoring or God-hostile

worldview, I suspect that in this new entertainment-saturated world, the pursuit of purity of heart

and possessing the mind of Christ and setting our affections on things that

are above and being renewed in the spirit of our thoughts and being transformed in our

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