What Hollywood Wants You To Believe... Series

c. The Bible is not accurate

Often times I will flip through the channels trying to find something decent on television. Every now and then I will get to some learning channel or history channel and see a documentary on something relating to the Bible. These “scholars” speak as if they have undisputed authority and always try to refute the truth of Scripture. They dig and dig to refute Biblical history and try to cause doubt in people’s minds of the authority and accuracy of God’s Word. It is ironic when you watch those shows that you never hear both sides of the story.

d. Jesus is not the only way

Our culture and society also wants you to believe that Jesus is not the only way. Our society is making is difficult to accept such a view and is tolerant of everything except for intolerance. I believe that soon it will be against the law to proclaim Jesus as the only way. Many accept that Jesus is one way to the same God, but few accept Jesus’ words that he is the way and the truth and the life and that no one can come to the Father except through Him. Whether our culture likes it or not, all religions do not lead to the same God. People are lost apart from Jesus Christ, but our culture doesn’t want you to know that truth. They are much more content with you believing that all religions are equal.

Hollywood hates the idea of faith, but we walk by faith and not by sight. Hollywood wants you to believe that believing these things makes you less intelligent.

II. That Marriage is not Sacred

If Hollywood has had an influence anywhere it has been influencing people’s view of the sanctity of marriage and the values in the home. In the past forty years we have seen marriage become less valued

a. Homosexuality

Some suggest that TV is just giving the public what it demands. There is some truth to that, but don’t be misled, there is also a gay agenda that many in Hollywood push. Will & Grace star Eric McCormick said, "When little old women say, ’I hope he finds a nice man," the show will be successful." In other words, McCormick isn’t just acting on the show to earn a paycheck; he’s attempting to change the way Americans view homosexuality. As much as I hate to say it, that agenda is working. According to a Roiters News survey, 85% of high school seniors now believe being gay is okay. Nearly that same percentage believe that gay marriage is acceptable.

On many occasions here I have emphasized in messages the truth that the Scriptures give regarding the issues of homosexuality. I do not say these things often because I am a gay hater, but because our culture is constantly pouring lies into our minds on these issues and we cannot buy into them. We have to remember that wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. Many have said that homosexuality is not wrong, but that is not what the Scriptures teach.

I Corinthians 6:9-10

Hollywood makes a joke out of and glamorizes sin like homosexuality, but the truth is God hates those sins because they are people acting contrary to the way God created them. We as Christians should not find it funny that people indulge in such sins, because those are the things that separate people from God.