Comments on: What Is Your Goal? http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: TimK http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-362 TimK Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:04:28 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-362 No, I leave Saturday morning. No, I leave Saturday morning.

]]> By: admin http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-361 admin Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:33:13 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-361 Are you at Worship God right now? Are you at Worship God right now?

]]> By: TimK http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-360 TimK Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:15:22 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-360 I take TV fasts from time to time and find them profitable. What you have been saying and writing has really got me to thinking. A few years ago I realized that reading science fiction was futile for me. I was reading a scifi paperback in O'hare and asked myself why I was reading such drivel and left the book there in the lounge; that was it. About two months ago I came to the same conclusion while reading another genre. Were these sinful? I don't think so. Were they the best things for me to be spending my time on? Nope. You have me wondering about some of these uses of "discretionary time" ... I take TV fasts from time to time and find them profitable.

What you have been saying and writing has really got me to thinking. A few years ago I realized that reading science fiction was futile for me. I was reading a scifi paperback in O’hare and asked myself why I was reading such drivel and left the book there in the lounge; that was it. About two months ago I came to the same conclusion while reading another genre. Were these sinful? I don’t think so. Were they the best things for me to be spending my time on? Nope.

You have me wondering about some of these uses of “discretionary time” …

]]> By: admin http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-359 admin Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:05:36 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-359 Tim, that's the challenge. I do NOT want to go over the edge on the other side to say that to do those things is sinful. BUt I know for each individual person, such things can and often does affect one's spiritual life. John Piper exhorts people to turn off the TV. I don't think he's saying TV is sinful. I don't even think he's saying it's all bad. But he is saying, even though some TV might be good, is there better than good out there, especially in light of eternity? Even though Fantasy Baseball is not sinful and maybe not even bad, is there something better to do duig such times. Maybe it's just a quick breather from life. BUt often people say, "I need TV just to veg out." WHat does veg out really mean? Why do we need TV to do so, or FB, or anything? I just hope people are more intentional about their goals and their habits rather than just assuming that it is always ok to do something without thinking about it at all, hence 'vegging out.' Tim, that’s the challenge. I do NOT want to go over the edge on the other side to say that to do those things is sinful. BUt I know for each individual person, such things can and often does affect one’s spiritual life. John Piper exhorts people to turn off the TV. I don’t think he’s saying TV is sinful. I don’t even think he’s saying it’s all bad. But he is saying, even though some TV might be good, is there better than good out there, especially in light of eternity? Even though Fantasy Baseball is not sinful and maybe not even bad, is there something better to do duig such times. Maybe it’s just a quick breather from life. BUt often people say, “I need TV just to veg out.” WHat does veg out really mean? Why do we need TV to do so, or FB, or anything? I just hope people are more intentional about their goals and their habits rather than just assuming that it is always ok to do something without thinking about it at all, hence ‘vegging out.’

]]> By: TimK http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-358 TimK Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:14:37 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-358 ... man, these questions don't get any easier ... … man, these questions don’t get any easier …

]]> By: TimK http://www.wccc.net/blogs/gospelprism/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-357 TimK Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:13:08 +0000 http://www.samshua.com/blog/2006/08/01/what-is-your-goal/#comment-357 Sam, you ask a simple question that can be exceedingly difficult to answer. I have been thinking about this in relation to your exhortations at Wellspring this past Sunday. A verse I thought of for evaluating goals is 1Cor 10:31 - whether I eat or drink to do all to the glory of God. Obvious sinful activity would not meet the 1Cor 10:31 or Ephesians 5:16 screen. But what about stuff that doesn't seem to be sin? Like Fantasy Baseball, to use your example? Hmmm ... processing ... could I play Fantasy Baseball to the glory of God ... would playing be "redeeming the time" ... processing ... Sam, you ask a simple question that can be exceedingly difficult to answer. I have been thinking about this in relation to your exhortations at Wellspring this past Sunday. A verse I thought of for evaluating goals is 1Cor 10:31 - whether I eat or drink to do all to the glory of God. Obvious sinful activity would not meet the 1Cor 10:31 or Ephesians 5:16 screen. But what about stuff that doesn’t seem to be sin? Like Fantasy Baseball, to use your example?
Hmmm … processing … could I play Fantasy Baseball to the glory of God … would playing be “redeeming the time” … processing …

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