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Bible Question:
Hi,I would like to find out how other Christians feel about playing movie clips during a bible study or sermon? I ask because my congregation was playing a movie for almost 30min on the human brain and how we use a certain part to develop our personal thoughts and beliefs. I felt this to be very inappropriate as we are meant to be discussing God's inspired Word during a BIBLE study and not the ramblings of a scientist. In general, I am not comfortable with the use of video clips during service. I am however struggling with how to defend my concerns other than it not being based on God's word. Please would someone help shed some light onto my concerns. Many thanks, K. Long |
Bible Answer: K. Long, I would not say that playing a video clip is never appropriate. For one example of when it would be wonderful is a missionary sending back some footage of what God is doing as a way of blessing the sending church. With regards to clips facilitating the sermon we must stop and really consider some principles. First, nothing is sinful inherently in a video (though the content might be.) But scripture teaches that it is the word of God that will both convert sinners and grow the saints. Consider Abraham's response to the rich man. Luk 16:27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- Luk 16:28 for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' Luk 16:29 "But Abraham *said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' Luk 16:30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' Luk 16:31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" So one concept that we must get through our skull is that what the church needs is not more clever teaching tools. Either the word of God is going to be sufficient or nothing is. Now within this principle that still leaves rooms for videos of other teachers explaining the word of God through video. A second problem with your particular case seems to be what is actually being studied. The way the human brain handles beliefs on the level of biology is, as you said, not the object of our study. But what is far worse is that scripture has already taught us a great deal about this very thing from a spritual level, a heart level. Scripture teaches us that sinful man would never repent and trust upon Christ without the operation of the Holy Sirit. 1Co 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. Joh 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." Your pastor ought to be teaching you a biblical perspective on these things, not science theories. Now, that being said your pastor may be doing a fine job. I don't know the context of this occurance and he might have been showing something for a decent reason. So to sum up, we must consider the place of video clips given that it is the word of God that produces faith (Romans 10:17), and that the word of God must be the object of our study. In Christ, Beja |