The Great Idol

I think for us younger generation Americans, the greatest Idol is entertainment.

We spend far too much time "watching" and far too little time "doing"

In Genesis 2:15 God put's Adam into the Garden, to work it and to keep it. Cultivation is what man was built do do.. Many of the most satisfying experiences in life come from cultivating God's creation. Making and raising children. gardening, hunting and fishing, ministering to those in need.. When we take the resources we have around us and use them to strengthen and enable others, we get a huge reward...

I see our entertainment industry as being a real threat to our ability to enjoy life in this way.. Most of the time, if we do what we naturally do, we sit... In front of the TV, the Computer, and get ourselves entertained.

Instead of being a conduit that feeds blessings to others, we become a basin that just soaks life up for ourselves.

I really like John Piper's advice here about thinking about your death:

(HT: Seth McBee

Entertainment is by and large morally neutral.. But if you let your life orbit around morally neutral stuff, you just won't ever get around to the morally good life that God is calling you to.

What are some examples of morally neutral activities that you see smothering lives?