Well, we have talked about the hit HBO television show Game of Thrones, specifically about nudity

and television and film in previous episodes on this podcast, but today we talk about drama

and comedy and PG shows that seem more harmless and that seem less obviously corrupting.

This question comes to us from a listener named Blake.

Hello, Pastor John.

My question is, when does humor and media become sinful?

I'm a little confused about it, even from some things that I've read by you.

Is watching secular comedies like Friends and Seinfeld sinful?

I'm rather confused over what is acceptable humor for Christian viewers.

If it is wrong to watch these shows, please let me know why.

Pastor John, what would you say to Blake?

The first thing to say here, maybe, is that I've never seen either of those programs,

Friends or Seinfeld, I've heard of them, never seen one, which means that my comments,

I hope, have the advantage of not being a response to any particular TV show,

but rather can be seen as an effort to bring biblical reality into view

when deciding what we will be entertained by.

That's my question.

Another thing I should probably say here, get it off my chest, is that my whole approach

toward what Christians view or listen to or are entertained by is not governed

mainly by the question, what's wrong with it?

That seems to me to be a very different approach than the way the New Testament,

the way Paul especially approaches questions of right and wrong that are uncertain.

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