by Jeffrey Harrington
Last time we ended on how there are things in this world that are trying to seduce you and grab hold of you. These things are only a temporary fix on a bigger problem. The things that try and seduce you are things like money, drugs, and power. For me it was the money and the drugs which brings a false sense of power and a whole lot of so called friends.
How Todays Entertainment Industry Can effect Our Mind-sets
by Jeffrey Harrington
Young adults are exposed to a lot of stuff these days. Stuff designed to mold minds into a certain way of thinking. Most of our influence today is done through movies, television, music, and literature. Look at what we have to look up to as role models now: most of the music out there promotes selling drugs, pimping women, flashing money, how many sex partners they have, and the list goes on and on. Ninety percent of what’s on t.v. is absolute trash.
The word “faith”, translated from the Greek πιστις (pi’stis), was primarily used in the New Testament with the Greek perfect tense and translates as a noun-verb hybrid; which is not adequately conveyed by the English noun. Pi’stis in the New Testament context is a physical action, based upon a mental belief and sustained with confidence. Belief, in this context is non-synonymous with faith because, belief primarily conveys the mental action, thought of confidence, trust, and/or firm persuasion, not the physical act.[1]
