I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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program. We're so
glad that you have
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joined us this
day. We just want to
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thank you. It seems
like- I think we say
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it on probably every
program: we appreciate
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your prayers and
your financial gifts to
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the ministry of
3ABN. As Mr. Danny Shelton
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always says or
says often-he's the
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president and
founder of 3ABN-this is your
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3ABN, because without
you and your financial
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support and prayers
for the ministry, we
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wouldn't be here.
And of course, we always
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look to Jesus
Christ who is our Leader
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and, of course,
the Provider of 3ABN's
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needs- oh, man.
This is well over
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30 years, actually.
It's just incredible.
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Now, today's
program is an exciting one.
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We're talking
about media; media on
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the brain-
actually, really, I stole his
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title from his
DVD set. We have Scott
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Ritsema with us
today. It's a pleasure
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to have you here.
We're talking about
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media and how it
affects us personally,
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our families. I
even have beside me here-
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shame on me-my cell
phone. I need to make
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sure my ringer is
off and...it is now. It
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seems like we're
inundated with media
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in this day and
age. I know Jill and I,
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when we're
traveling down the interstate,
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you see minivans
going by with little
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television screens
that are folded down
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from the ceiling.
You see young children
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with tablets,
phones... It's just part of
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society. There's a
balance that we have
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to take. Of course, what's 3ABN?
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- It's a media
ministry. - That's
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right. We stream
online... It's not
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all bad, so how do
we find that balance?
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I liked what you have here that
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Scott mentioned to
us earlier, too-what
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today's program is
all about. - Absolutely.
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We are so excited
to have Scott Ritsema.
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He is the speaker/director
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for Belt of
Truth Ministries which
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encompasses not
just media, but anything
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that would fall
under the truth category.
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So, that's kind
of a broad ministry!
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We'll talk about
that. I know you've been
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here before,
Scott, but we're delighted
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to have you back
here at 3ABN. This program
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in particular,
we're talking about
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boundaries in
media use and how we can
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pull the whole
family together. So, Scott,
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we're just
delighted to have you here.
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- Well, thank you
for having me. It's
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a delight to be
here. - And for those that
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have attended ASI or
GYC, you do seminars,
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you speak... But
for those of you at home
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that maybe don't
know who Scott is, this
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may be your first
time. "Well, I don't
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know who he is."
Let's hear a little bit
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about him. So
before we go to our music
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and actually launch
into media on the brain...
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I actually like
that; I'm sorry. Is it okay
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for me to use
that? - Use it. - Tell us
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a little bit about
yourself, your family,
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a little bit of
your history, and how you
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started the
ministry. - Well, I'm blessed
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to have a lovely
wife and three kids.
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I was a teacher
for a number of years,
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and as I saw
media becoming more and
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more of an issue
in my own students'
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lives, that started
to get me interested
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in helping them and
giving them information
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about the effects
of media. So, that sort
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of led to this
ministry naturally as that was
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the information
that was coming forth.
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For the last few
years, I've been in full-time
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ministry now,
primarily just speaking at
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churches on the
topic of media-this media
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on the brain
seminar, GYCs and things like
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that; ASI-and
the Lord just keeps
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opening door after
door because it's a
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need. It's a very,
very urgent problem
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in our lives, in
our homes, and so we
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want to try to
provide solutions and some
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instruction
from the Word of God.
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Because really, the
seminar is not about
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media; it's
about Jesus. Everything
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we do is and
ought to be about Jesus-
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the One in whom we
live, move, and have
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our being. So,
media becomes, often, a
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stumbling block.
It's this thing in between
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us and Christ, so
we've got to address
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that. - And you can
have a media addiction,
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too, couldn't you?
- You sure can. - So,
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I'm thinking 100
years ago, 200 years ago,
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this wasn't even an
issue in the church.
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But yet in the
last few decades, it's
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becoming more and
more an increasing problem.
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- Yeah, indeed. I
mean, it's like the devil
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had this saved for
the last days. It is
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interesting that
it was the year 1844
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that the first
modern telecommunications
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device was
invented. Students of prophecy
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know 1844 is a
significant year in
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Daniel 8:14, but most
people don't know that
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the telegraph
was invented in that
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very year-1844.
Telegraph was the
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text messaging
of the 19th century.
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So you might
realize the Lord has a plan
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for media, to
use communications to
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get the message of
the gospel out to the
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four winds of
heaven. Praise God that we
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have modern media
for that use! We're
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using it right now.
Our ministry puts out
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DVDs, so we really,
really like using good
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media; but also,
the devil had a plan,
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didn't he?
Starting in 1844 to try to
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disrupt what God
is doing in raising up
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this last days'
remnant, so media becomes a
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great scourge for many people-an
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addiction with worldliness
and dividing of the home-
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all the things
we'll talk about. There's
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a controversy over
media. There's a tension
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here in how we use
our media. - So not
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only are we going
to talk about today,
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then, statistics and
some of the interesting
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facts that we deal
within society today,
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but you're actually
going to show us ways
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out. Is that
correct? - Hopefully, yeah;
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by God's grace. -
Amen. That's exciting.
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- I'm excited about
this program. Before
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we jump into
our music, we have a
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scripture. I
asked Scott before the
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program, "What's
a scripture that, in
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particular, you
use in your ministry?"
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That is Romans
12:2. So if you have your
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Bibles, open up.
We're in Romans 12:2. "Do
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not be conformed
to this world, but be
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transformed by the
renewing of your mind
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that you may
prove what is that good
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and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
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So, Scott, why is this scripture
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integral to your
ministry? - Well,
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there's two paths.
There's the road to
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life, which is
narrow. Do we want to be
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transformed and
prepared for Christ's
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soon coming? Or
the choice is to go the
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way of the world,
which many will. The whole
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world wonders
after the beast in the
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last days, and
that road to destruction
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is broad and many
go through it. So,
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we've got to ask tough questions
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about our lives-
particularly our media
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use. Are we going
to be conformed to
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the way the world
does it? 'Cause that's
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going to shape our
mind, our thinking;
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the deceptions
will come through the
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media, but the
joy is when we break
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free from those
chains, we can find
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the transformation
that Jesus promises
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us, and a new
mind. - Amen. - Should we
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go to some music? -
Let's go to our song.
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- All right. Who
do we have right now
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with us? - We
have Jonathan Kasabasic
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with us. He is an
incredible anointing
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on him when he
sings. The song he will be
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ministering is
"Straight to the Heart."
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When I'm down, when
my soul's in need of rest
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Come Your words of
comfort and of hope
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I see Your face
always smiling back at me
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A stream of light
shining straight to the heart
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Child of God, child of light
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There'll be no
more lonely nights
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For you have
brightened up my life
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Take this gift, it
is all I have to give
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A prayer of love
streaming straight to the heart
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Over the years I've
learned one important thing
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It's that real friends
shall never truly be apart
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You were there in
my darkest time of need
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With a hand reaching
straight to the heart
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Child of God, child of light
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There'll be no
more lonely nights
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For you have
brightened up my life
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Take this gift, it
is all I have to give
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A prayer of love
streaming straight to the heart
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A prayer of love
forever straight to the heart
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Mmm...
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- Thank you,
Jonathan. I tell you, God has
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given you a gift. He
sings so effortlessly.
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We were commenting
here on the set about
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the gift that God
has provided to him,
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but also what a
great message in song. So,
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thank you very
much. In case you are just
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joining us today,
we have Scott Ritsema
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with us today.
He's talking about media
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on the brain,
which is the title to one
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of your seminars;
is that right? But I
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like it, because it's
really media in society
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is what he's
referring to. Obviously, not
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all media is
bad. Christ has taken
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it like 3ABN and
your ministry and others.
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We're using media
to spread the gospel
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around the world;
but then Satan, like you
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just mentioned, has
taken it, as well. We
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can be inundated. I
think there's balance,
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also, in how we use
media, our cell phones,
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our tablets,
television, internet, all that
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sort of thing.
Well, we are so glad to
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have you here
with us today. - Well,
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it's great to be here.
I enjoy the folks here.
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What a powerful
ministry and a privilege
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to be with you
guys today. - Amen. - So
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where do you want
to launch out today?
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'Cause I know there's a
lot of statistics in where
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we are in society.
I don't know if you
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want to start there?
- You know, one of the
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most interesting
things that came across my
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radar was the
smartphone concept. We use it,
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I like using media;
this has brought some
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conveniences, but
they did a study at
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the company that
puts these phones out to
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look at the brains
of their phone users
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to see what goes
on in the brain while
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people are using
and thinking about their
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smartphone. They
found that the circuitry in
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the brain for
loving somebody, like your
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relationships with a
human being-your wife,
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your child, whoever-
is firing off when people
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are thinking
about their smartphones.
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I thought, "Wait
a minute. So he said
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we are in love with
our iPhones?" In LOVE
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with them. That
was Martin Lindstrom.
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- Literally, the
brain is actually- the
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chemistry is in
love with them. - Yes.
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- Wow. - It's a
bond that's happening.
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"The two shall
become one flesh," the Bible
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says, right? We are
to be one with Christ.
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We are to be one
as the body of Christ.
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Now, maybe,
we're becoming one with
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our smartphones
here because we are in
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love with it in
that sense of, now, maybe
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the two have become
one flesh where, "Does
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it ever leave my
hand? Is it always
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available? Is
this like the external
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hard drive of my
brain? Everything
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goes here? Am I on
it constantly?" Media
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use has gone
mobile now, right? I mean,
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it used to be a
problem. Now, it's ever-present.
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It's total all-saturating
in our lives to the
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point where we're
using it like this
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and we're
walking down the street.
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People are running
into each other and running
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into things! In
Salzburg, Austria, they put
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giant paths on
the lamp posts on the
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sidewalks
saying, "Hey, watch where
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you're going." In
Germany and Australia
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and in other
places, they had people-this
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was a real concern-
walking into traffic,
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'cause they're on
their phones, walking
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into oncoming
traffic. They had serious
00:13:03.28\00:13:06.08
discussions at
municipal governmental levels
00:13:06.18\00:13:08.05
saying, "Maybe
we need to move the
00:13:08.12\00:13:10.12
traffic lights from
being up at eye level,"
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where we have all
lived for thousands
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of years. "Maybe we
need the stop-and-go
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walk signals to be
at curb level." They
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talk about doing this
and I thought, "There's
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no way." Then
they did it. - Where?
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- I think you
have a graphic on this.
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Germany,
Australia, other places that
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are starting to bring this in.
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- There's
actually a green stripe and
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a red stripe. -
Isn't that amazing? - That
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is. - They talk
about physiological effects
00:13:31.91\00:13:35.18
of this, too.
The recent trends are
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chiropractors and
physical therapists
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and child development
people, pediatricians,
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concerned about the
posture, particularly
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in the back of
the spine near the top
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of the spine,
and forward head-or
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the fancy term for
it is hyperkyphosis.
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The term they call
it is 'text neck.' You
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know, we're here
like this. This is how
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we live now. We used
to look up here. Well,
00:13:54.93\00:13:57.30
now they need the
traffic signals down
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here 'cause we're
here and we go out into
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the traffic. We're
reshaping the spine!
00:14:01.07\00:14:04.71
God's made us to stand erect.
00:14:04.77\00:14:06.61
That's good for organs,
for respiration... Well,
00:14:06.68\00:14:10.75
I guess if we're
coming forward and
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down, not just as
we age (which is normal
00:14:13.15\00:14:15.05
for elderly folks),
but for young people.
00:14:15.15\00:14:17.52
They said this is
a concern for young
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people now. The
evolutionists have their
00:14:19.45\00:14:21.69
chart of monkey
becomes this, and
00:14:21.79\00:14:24.03
then becomes
this, and they say over
00:14:24.06\00:14:25.39
billions of years,
we became this. Well,
00:14:25.43\00:14:27.30
they're going to
have to update their chart
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'cause if we're
coming back down, I guess
00:14:28.73\00:14:30.13
that would be de-evolution. Of
00:14:30.23\00:14:32.33
course, we
don't subscribe to the
00:14:32.40\00:14:33.74
theory. We know
the Bible teaches God
00:14:33.80\00:14:35.57
made us this way-
Adam and Eve in the
00:14:35.64\00:14:37.61
garden-but those
who believe in that
00:14:37.64\00:14:38.97
will have to update
it and... - You're making
00:14:39.01\00:14:40.54
me want to sit a
little straighter.
00:14:40.64\00:14:42.04
[laughter] - Me too.
I'm always self-conscious
00:14:42.14\00:14:43.71
when I talk
about this at churches.
00:14:43.81\00:14:45.45
Like, "Okay, I
want to make sure I'm
00:14:45.55\00:14:47.02
standing up." -
That's incredible. So it's
00:14:47.08\00:14:48.82
actually scientifically
proven, though. I'm
00:14:48.85\00:14:50.65
just going back to
what you first mentioned
00:14:50.75\00:14:52.09
about the brain and
our device- our cell
00:14:52.12\00:14:55.12
phone or tablet.
That is incredible.
00:14:55.22\00:14:57.09
They actually hook,
I guess, stuff up to
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the brain and
have someone on their
00:14:59.36\00:15:00.96
cell phone, and
the connection that the
00:15:01.00\00:15:03.20
brain is saying it
would be like to a spouse,
00:15:03.23\00:15:04.57
to a child...
Something like that. Wow, that
00:15:04.60\00:15:08.17
is incredible. -
So, does it matter what
00:15:08.27\00:15:10.01
you're doing on
your cell phone? - They
00:15:10.11\00:15:12.24
didn't control for
the different activities;
00:15:12.27\00:15:14.18
it was just general
cell phone use in that
00:15:14.28\00:15:15.94
study. It was the neuromarketing
00:15:16.01\00:15:17.65
department at
the company that puts
00:15:17.68\00:15:19.68
out the
smartphones. They wanted to see
00:15:19.75\00:15:21.52
how can we better
market this to people?
00:15:21.58\00:15:23.59
So, Martin
Lindstrom was the guy that was
00:15:23.69\00:15:25.45
head of that. He came out with a
00:15:25.55\00:15:27.16
long statement
about that saying, "We are
00:15:27.26\00:15:29.59
in love with our
iPhones now." So,
00:15:29.66\00:15:32.26
it became a very
serious concern to
00:15:32.36\00:15:34.30
people who are thinking
about human relationships
00:15:34.36\00:15:36.73
and where the
boundaries between- what does
00:15:36.83\00:15:38.87
it mean to be
human, even? - Well, I know
00:15:38.97\00:15:41.44
that even if I
have left my phone down
00:15:41.50\00:15:43.67
somewhere-you
know, I'm out, and it's
00:15:43.77\00:15:46.07
almost a little
panicky because it's
00:15:46.14\00:15:47.48
my email, my
texts on my phone. It's
00:15:47.54\00:15:50.01
like, "What
happened to my cell phone?
00:15:50.11\00:15:51.81
Where is it at!?
It's not in my pocket.
00:15:51.88\00:15:53.25
I must've left
it somewhere." So,
00:15:53.28\00:15:54.82
there is, I
guess, a bond, right? We
00:15:54.92\00:15:58.12
feel the need that
"I have to have this."
00:15:58.19\00:16:01.16
- You know they have
a name for that? It's
00:16:01.22\00:16:02.86
called nomophobia.
So, it gives the fear
00:16:02.92\00:16:05.66
of not having your mobile phone.
00:16:05.73\00:16:07.56
"Nomophobia." -
Thank you for that. I need
00:16:07.60\00:16:12.47
to write that down.
I'll have to put that
00:16:12.53\00:16:14.27
on my back. -
That's me! Yeah. - Well,
00:16:14.34\00:16:17.11
we're spending just
sheer huge numbers of
00:16:17.21\00:16:19.11
hours here with our
media. It was always
00:16:19.17\00:16:21.41
large numbers,
but the last 10 years
00:16:21.51\00:16:24.41
or so, it's
exploded. I remember seeing
00:16:24.48\00:16:27.05
statistics from
2007 where it was like 5
00:16:27.12\00:16:30.89
hours a day for
the average teenager
00:16:30.99\00:16:33.02
using
entertainment and social media 5
00:16:33.09\00:16:35.36
hours a day. -
Which is a lot. - We
00:16:35.46\00:16:37.33
fast-forward to-
yeah, that is a lot. 2016,
00:16:37.36\00:16:39.66
so this is a
little old information. I
00:16:39.73\00:16:42.10
can only imagine
what it is now. By 2016,
00:16:42.13\00:16:44.67
that had gone
from 5 hours per day to
00:16:44.73\00:16:47.54
9 hours per day.
- You're kidding.
00:16:47.64\00:16:49.40
- So almost twice
as much. - Yeah! Almost
00:16:49.44\00:16:52.04
doubling in that 10
year period of time.
00:16:52.11\00:16:53.84
The teens particularly
are immersed in just
00:16:53.94\00:16:56.85
living in this
virtual place. 9 hours a
00:16:56.91\00:16:59.78
day of entertainment
and social media. Then
00:16:59.88\00:17:02.52
parents! We gotta
look in the mirror. We
00:17:02.55\00:17:04.35
say, "Well, how
much time are WE spending
00:17:04.39\00:17:06.52
on this?" It's just
under 8 hours per day
00:17:06.59\00:17:09.06
of entertainment
and social media,
00:17:09.16\00:17:10.99
so not that much
less than the teens. The
00:17:11.06\00:17:14.10
average parent is
now spending more time
00:17:14.13\00:17:16.23
watching Netflix than
time with their children
00:17:16.33\00:17:19.30
at all. You've heard
of binging on Netflix
00:17:19.40\00:17:22.40
viewing, so it's
become an all-consuming,
00:17:22.50\00:17:25.31
all-saturating
thing where it's almost...
00:17:25.41\00:17:27.18
What's the point
of talking about the
00:17:27.28\00:17:28.91
number of hours?
It's all the time.
00:17:28.98\00:17:30.75
The teenagers keep
their cell phone on
00:17:30.85\00:17:32.35
under their pillow
at night with hopes that
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if a notification
comes in, it'll wake
00:17:34.98\00:17:36.32
them up and they'll
be texting or they'll
00:17:36.35\00:17:37.75
be on their social
media in the middle
00:17:37.82\00:17:39.15
of the night!
So, we are now living
00:17:39.19\00:17:41.69
in this virtual
place and losing a bit of
00:17:41.72\00:17:43.83
what it means to
be human. - So, you
00:17:43.86\00:17:45.96
could say we're
coming away from what God's
00:17:46.03\00:17:48.06
plan is for our
children. - Yes; yes. - Talk
00:17:48.13\00:17:51.00
to us about God's
plan for the family
00:17:51.07\00:17:52.50
and children
versus Satan's plan. - God
00:17:52.57\00:17:54.90
created this
family unit as the pillar,
00:17:54.97\00:17:57.11
as the key aspect
of the social fabric
00:17:57.17\00:18:00.04
of this world. This
is where the children are
00:18:00.11\00:18:02.94
raised and the
values are established. God
00:18:03.01\00:18:05.35
made us in His image
in the Garden of Eden
00:18:05.38\00:18:07.68
to be as He
created us to be. The two
00:18:07.75\00:18:11.25
would become one
flesh and be fruitful
00:18:11.35\00:18:12.85
amongst- multiply.
God's design for the
00:18:12.95\00:18:15.22
family is so beautiful.
We are to be together!
00:18:15.26\00:18:17.69
Deuteronomy 6 talks
about that; it's this.
00:18:17.73\00:18:20.33
It says, "Parents,
talk about God's Word
00:18:20.36\00:18:22.96
with your
children as you rise up and
00:18:23.06\00:18:27.54
lie down and as
you walk by the way,"
00:18:27.57\00:18:29.84
and we are to be
doing life as a family to
00:18:29.90\00:18:32.41
the extent that we can
in our unique situations.
00:18:32.47\00:18:34.94
But God has a
specific plan for the children
00:18:35.04\00:18:38.58
to play a key role,
actually, in prophecy.
00:18:38.65\00:18:40.82
You read about it
in the book of Joel.
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It talks about
these last day signs in
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Joel chapter 2-
of the end times. It
00:18:45.95\00:18:48.92
says that "Spirit
will be poured out in
00:18:48.99\00:18:52.56
a special way upon
your young daughters
00:18:52.63\00:18:55.76
and your young
men." This mentions the
00:18:55.83\00:18:57.73
young people specifically!
Malachi 4 also mentions
00:18:57.80\00:19:01.90
the family in a
prophetic context.
00:19:01.97\00:19:03.97
It says that in the
last days, just before
00:19:04.04\00:19:06.41
the "great and
dreadful day of the Lord," the
00:19:06.47\00:19:09.31
coming of Christ,
it says the hearts of
00:19:09.34\00:19:11.31
the fathers and the
hearts of the children
00:19:11.38\00:19:13.11
will be turned
toward each other again.
00:19:13.18\00:19:15.72
Oh, that's a
beautiful prophecy. We can
00:19:15.78\00:19:17.75
fulfill that, but
it implies that they're
00:19:17.85\00:19:20.59
turned away in
the last days because
00:19:20.62\00:19:22.79
they have to be
turned toward each other.
00:19:22.82\00:19:24.79
Jesus spoke of
this when He said, "The
00:19:24.83\00:19:27.13
family will be
struggling in the last days.
00:19:27.23\00:19:29.76
The man's enemies
will be the members
00:19:29.83\00:19:31.90
of his own
household. Mother will be turned
00:19:32.00\00:19:34.37
against daughter-in-law
and father against
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.10
this and against
that." 3 against 2 and 2
00:19:36.20\00:19:38.77
against 3, so we've
got a divided, fractured
00:19:38.84\00:19:41.41
and struggling home
in the last days; but
00:19:41.48\00:19:43.75
God has a plan to
use the children. We
00:19:43.85\00:19:46.31
do a parenting seminar
called, "Raising the Remnant."
00:19:46.38\00:19:48.92
It's about those
children actually
00:19:48.98\00:19:50.39
finishing the
work! "They will go forth
00:19:50.42\00:19:52.72
as an army of
youth," 'cause this has to
00:19:52.75\00:19:55.02
happen first. We
gotta reunite the family,
00:19:55.09\00:19:57.26
and fulfilling
that prophecy is key.
00:19:57.33\00:19:59.16
The devil knows
this, so he's always going
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.56
to try to disrupt
God's plan. He always
00:20:01.63\00:20:04.43
has an attack on the
children and young people
00:20:04.50\00:20:06.90
at key points in
history. What about
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.37
when God was going
to bring His people out
00:20:09.44\00:20:10.97
Egypt? Give them
the Law in Mt. Sinai?
00:20:11.04\00:20:13.64
Start the nation
of Israel? What did
00:20:13.74\00:20:15.94
Satan do? Inspired
Pharaoh to have this
00:20:15.98\00:20:18.01
wicked edict of
throwing babies in the river.
00:20:18.08\00:20:20.22
Herod did the same
thing: destroyed the
00:20:20.28\00:20:23.02
children in and
around Bethlehem. At the
00:20:23.12\00:20:25.29
key point in
history, when Christ came
00:20:25.39\00:20:27.76
the first time.
Well, here we are at what
00:20:27.82\00:20:29.99
you could say is
the third key juncture
00:20:30.03\00:20:32.16
now! We're in the
time of the judgment,
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.13
and we know
there's an attack on the
00:20:34.20\00:20:35.76
physical lives of
children, again, with
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.87
the lives of the
unborn-50+ million
00:20:37.97\00:20:40.30
in America. More
importantly than the
00:20:40.37\00:20:42.40
physical killing
that happens throughout
00:20:42.47\00:20:44.47
history is Jesus
said, "Don't be afraid of
00:20:44.57\00:20:47.14
the one who destroys
the body, but the soul
00:20:47.21\00:20:49.01
is what matters."
The children's minds are
00:20:49.08\00:20:52.65
under the assault
of the enemy with this
00:20:52.71\00:20:55.05
last day media
onslaught. - It's dangerous
00:20:55.12\00:20:58.52
because, really,
you can have like we
00:20:58.62\00:21:00.79
mentioned
earlier. There's a positive
00:21:00.86\00:21:02.76
that can be done
through our phones,
00:21:02.82\00:21:04.93
through
television; right? But it also
00:21:04.96\00:21:07.40
has to come to
a balance. We have
00:21:07.50\00:21:09.30
3ABN, we have your
ministry that doesn't
00:21:09.43\00:21:12.30
produce films but
yet you use media,
00:21:12.33\00:21:14.30
like DVDs and
such... - Seminars. - Yeah,
00:21:14.37\00:21:18.44
thank you.
Seminars and stuff out, so
00:21:18.54\00:21:20.14
media has its
place. We're talking about
00:21:20.24\00:21:22.61
families. I think
it's really sad, 'cause
00:21:22.68\00:21:24.55
at restaurants-you've
seen it too-where the
00:21:24.61\00:21:27.58
entire family is
eating, but they're on their
00:21:27.65\00:21:30.15
device. You've
seen that. I know that
00:21:30.25\00:21:33.05
even- I want to just
go back to this just a
00:21:33.12\00:21:35.22
little bit on some of
the statistics, because
00:21:35.29\00:21:36.69
even young
children... There's stuff out
00:21:36.79\00:21:39.33
there for little
babies for the parent to use
00:21:39.43\00:21:42.36
a device, a
tablet, to entertain them.
00:21:42.43\00:21:45.23
And that's
tragic. - Right! Somebody
00:21:45.30\00:21:47.60
sent me that, and
I thought, "This is
00:21:47.70\00:21:49.04
satire. This can't
be real." I knew it
00:21:49.07\00:21:50.87
was getting younger
and younger and younger,
00:21:50.97\00:21:52.37
but then it was-
here's the tablet
00:21:52.44\00:21:55.31
screen-based thing
for babies for their
00:21:55.38\00:21:57.28
little bouncy
seat! I said, "No way."
00:21:57.31\00:21:59.88
There it is. I
thought that was not real,
00:21:59.95\00:22:03.39
but this is a
real thing. You can buy
00:22:03.49\00:22:05.45
this. I don't
recommend people do, I mean...
00:22:05.55\00:22:08.09
The American
Academy of Pediatrics, for
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.03
many years,
recommended that children have
00:22:10.13\00:22:12.16
0 screen time during
babyhood and toddlerhood.
00:22:12.23\00:22:15.60
You can have
good media as they get
00:22:15.70\00:22:17.60
older at the
appropriate ages, but during
00:22:17.70\00:22:19.90
these very tender years, they're
00:22:20.00\00:22:21.34
getting
accustomed to the world and
00:22:21.40\00:22:22.80
faces and the 3-
dimensional objects
00:22:22.84\00:22:24.51
and everything;
no screen time. But
00:22:24.57\00:22:26.24
recently,
actually, that very same
00:22:26.31\00:22:29.18
organization said,
"We're going to loosen
00:22:29.21\00:22:31.65
up our recommendations
because we're aware
00:22:31.71\00:22:34.35
of the fact that
now 96.6% of babies and
00:22:34.42\00:22:38.99
toddlers are
using mobile devices of
00:22:39.02\00:22:40.92
some kind." - Say
that again? - 96.6% of
00:22:40.99\00:22:43.89
babies and toddlers
are now using mobile
00:22:43.93\00:22:46.23
devices. That
shocked me to hear that!
00:22:46.33\00:22:49.26
- So they're changing
their... - They loosened
00:22:49.33\00:22:50.93
it up. They've
taken some heat for that.
00:22:50.97\00:22:52.57
I think they kind
of are regretting that
00:22:52.63\00:22:54.17
they did that,
because there's so many
00:22:54.20\00:22:55.54
studies on the
harmful effects of more media
00:22:55.60\00:22:57.61
exposure in early
childhood: the more
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.08
attention problems,
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.74
attention-deficit
types of symptoms
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.14
in school age- and
also, most importantly,
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.68
it separates us from
our children. They've
00:23:05.75\00:23:07.72
done studies of,
what are parents doing
00:23:07.78\00:23:09.55
with their kids when
their kids are viewing
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.02
the media? I
mean, the average child
00:23:11.12\00:23:13.12
is viewing 32 hours
of television per week.
00:23:13.19\00:23:18.09
That's ages 2-5! 32
hours! They've found
00:23:18.16\00:23:22.10
that the
majority of parents have 0
00:23:22.16\00:23:24.23
interaction with
their children while their
00:23:24.30\00:23:26.53
children are
doing that. - Of course,
00:23:26.60\00:23:28.20
'cause it's absorbing.
- It is. - It's just kind
00:23:28.27\00:23:31.11
of an
entertainment. It's- "Okay, I'm
00:23:31.17\00:23:33.04
going to go do
this. Here you go. Let
00:23:33.14\00:23:34.48
me just give you
this." It's almost
00:23:34.51\00:23:35.84
like a snack or
food. - Babysitting. - Good
00:23:35.88\00:23:38.31
point. So tell
me then- so family
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.18
and media. 'Cause
we're not going to
00:23:40.28\00:23:41.62
be able to get away
from this as a society,
00:23:41.65\00:23:42.98
I don't feel. As
a family, you have
00:23:43.02\00:23:45.09
a wife and three
children, so I know
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.42
that that's on your
mind. How do we deal
00:23:47.52\00:23:49.29
with that? 'Cause
we have cell phones,
00:23:49.39\00:23:51.09
you have yours, we
have ours. How does
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.13
the family now,
in this day and age,
00:23:53.23\00:23:54.73
deal with media? -
Well, the first thing is,
00:23:54.83\00:23:56.70
we've got to
have set boundaries on
00:23:56.80\00:23:58.13
the amount of time
we're going to have
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.60
on this. You
mentioned people eating together
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.34
and we're on our
phones. - And the
00:24:01.44\00:24:03.24
children too! -
Yeah! I mean, how about
00:24:03.30\00:24:05.17
mealtime
device-free? Can we start there?
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.58
Even Steve Jobs,
the founder and CEO
00:24:07.64\00:24:10.88
of Apple, was asked
in an interview. "Mr.
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.42
Jobs, what do
your kids think of this
00:24:13.52\00:24:15.15
new tablet that's
coming out?" And he
00:24:15.22\00:24:16.79
said, "Actually,
my kids haven't used
00:24:16.89\00:24:19.59
it. They haven't
even touched it."
00:24:19.69\00:24:22.62
The interviewer
couldn't believe what
00:24:22.69\00:24:24.69
he was hearing!
He said, "Really. The
00:24:24.76\00:24:26.43
Steve Jobs family
doesn't have like,
00:24:26.49\00:24:29.00
touchscreen
walls? Your kids aren't
00:24:29.06\00:24:31.07
on their devices
all the time?" He
00:24:31.17\00:24:33.30
said, "No. One of
the things we insist
00:24:33.40\00:24:34.80
on is mealtime
together, device-free,
00:24:34.87\00:24:37.84
and we have
conversations! We try to have
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.24
meaningful
conversations about this- about
00:24:40.34\00:24:42.64
whatever's going on
in the world, in our
00:24:42.71\00:24:44.95
lives, and reach each
other's hearts! That's
00:24:45.05\00:24:48.22
a basic thing. That's
mentioned in Deuteronomy
00:24:48.28\00:24:50.15
6, also. It says,
"Parents, talk about
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.55
these things
with your children as
00:24:52.62\00:24:53.96
you rise up and
lie down." Bedtime,
00:24:54.02\00:24:56.06
waking time;
morning and evening worship;
00:24:56.12\00:24:58.23
as you walk by the
way and as you sit.
00:24:58.29\00:25:01.26
Where do we sit
together? Let's have
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.37
those mealtimes.
In Psalm 128, it says,
00:25:03.47\00:25:06.30
"The children will
be like olive plants
00:25:06.37\00:25:08.57
round about our
tables." Why does it mention
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.57
tables? That
mealtime is key. Getting kids
00:25:11.67\00:25:14.81
outdoors, too;
playing together, doing things
00:25:14.88\00:25:17.15
outside together
is key. The average
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.18
child- I should
say 3/4 now. 75% of
00:25:19.28\00:25:23.02
children now
spend less time outdoors
00:25:23.12\00:25:26.42
than prison
inmates. - You're kidding.
00:25:26.49\00:25:30.13
- 3/4 of children
now spend less time
00:25:30.23\00:25:32.56
outdoors than
prison inmates. It's so
00:25:32.63\00:25:35.96
essential for
children to have that nature
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.87
exposure. I
mean, nature exposure
00:25:37.93\00:25:40.20
reduces symptoms
of ADD, it provides
00:25:40.24\00:25:45.21
protection against
depression symptoms
00:25:45.27\00:25:48.01
and stresses,
improves cognitive abilities.
00:25:48.11\00:25:50.81
I mean, we even
see social skills and
00:25:50.91\00:25:52.65
self-worth and,
most importantly, their
00:25:52.75\00:25:54.45
spiritual connection
with God in His second
00:25:54.55\00:25:57.05
book in nature,
and here we are now
00:25:57.15\00:25:59.15
living in this
virtual world where they're
00:25:59.22\00:26:03.19
outside less than
prison inmates. Creative
00:26:03.29\00:26:06.36
play outdoors is
key for children.
00:26:06.43\00:26:08.73
Learning to just
play creatively, being
00:26:08.80\00:26:11.17
as free as lambs,
as one of my favorite
00:26:11.23\00:26:12.97
books says.
Now, when they're not
00:26:13.03\00:26:16.07
playing creatively,
there's actually been
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.04
a 94% decline in
creative play among
00:26:18.07\00:26:21.74
children aged
9-12. 94% decline is
00:26:21.84\00:26:26.31
almost 100% decline
in creative play. This
00:26:26.38\00:26:29.35
is going to take its
toll. I mean, we don't
00:26:29.42\00:26:30.79
really have studies
yet on this generation
00:26:30.82\00:26:33.12
that's going to come
up- what the effects are.
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.26
We know it's not
good, but I think we
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.33
only really have
scratched the surface
00:26:37.43\00:26:38.76
about the real
impact of this. - Go ahead;
00:26:38.79\00:26:40.70
you were going to say something?
00:26:40.80\00:26:42.10
- So, if we
talk about family and
00:26:42.16\00:26:43.63
media use, you're
talking about boundaries
00:26:43.73\00:26:45.47
and setting those
boundaries. I love
00:26:45.53\00:26:47.40
that: at the
table, then saying, "Okay,
00:26:47.50\00:26:49.80
put these digital
devices aside." You
00:26:49.90\00:26:52.57
talked about time
outside and creative
00:26:52.64\00:26:54.38
play. What else can
families do? - Well,
00:26:54.48\00:26:57.11
we want to ask
ourselves, "At what ages are
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.05
children really
able to be exposed to
00:26:59.11\00:27:01.38
internet?" I
mean, a smartphone now
00:27:01.52\00:27:03.15
gives them
instant access to anything
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.49
that they would
want to find out there on
00:27:05.59\00:27:06.92
the internet. It was
pretty striking to me
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.86
that Bill Gates' family... It's
00:27:08.96\00:27:11.46
interesting; all
these tech guys have very
00:27:11.56\00:27:13.19
strict limits.
Bill Gates' family- his
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.03
teenagers have
only 45 minutes max of
00:27:15.06\00:27:18.93
internet use, and
it was supervised.
00:27:19.03\00:27:22.17
Also, a lot of the
top executives, whose
00:27:22.24\00:27:25.24
names people wouldn't
know, but top executives
00:27:25.31\00:27:26.91
from eBay, Yahoo,
Google- their children
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.94
attend
screen-free schools and more
00:27:30.05\00:27:33.52
outdoor types of
things, so we can
00:27:33.62\00:27:35.88
begin to just ask
ourselves about our
00:27:35.98\00:27:37.72
general
lifestyle. Not just mealtime
00:27:37.79\00:27:40.26
and finding
times to play, but what
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.39
is our
educational philosophy? Having
00:27:42.46\00:27:45.29
unrestricted,
unsupervised access to internet
00:27:45.36\00:27:48.26
for young people
is a very dangerous
00:27:48.36\00:27:49.70
thing. I mean, the
average age of first
00:27:49.73\00:27:52.67
exposure to online
inappropriate material,
00:27:52.73\00:27:55.70
if you know what
I mean, is age 8.
00:27:55.80\00:27:57.61
8- year-olds are
coming across this stuff.
00:27:57.67\00:27:59.87
- We're talking
about pornography...
00:27:59.94\00:28:01.34
- Yes; indeed. -
Wow. - So, it seems as
00:28:01.44\00:28:04.28
though the family-
talking again about
00:28:04.35\00:28:05.68
the family and the
media-we have to be
00:28:05.75\00:28:07.78
intentional, don't
we? Because we can say,
00:28:07.85\00:28:09.98
"Well, yeah.
We'll just try to avoid
00:28:10.05\00:28:12.25
having our devices
at the meal table,"
00:28:12.32\00:28:14.19
but it needs to be
a purposeful decision
00:28:14.22\00:28:16.42
as a family. "Okay,
we're going to put them
00:28:16.52\00:28:17.93
here, we're going
to put them aside,
00:28:17.99\00:28:19.33
and we're going
to eat together."
00:28:19.36\00:28:20.83
- Absolutely. -
Even if the phone rings,
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.23
just let it ring.
It'll be okay. So we have
00:28:22.26\00:28:24.70
to be intentional.
Otherwise, it's just
00:28:24.80\00:28:26.13
easy- "Well,
we'll do it tomorrow."
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.54
"We'll do it
next week." We'll just
00:28:27.57\00:28:28.90
kind of keep them
here; we'll just kind
00:28:28.94\00:28:30.27
of look at- ah,
that's okay." We need to
00:28:30.31\00:28:33.04
put them aside.
Spending time in nature-
00:28:33.14\00:28:34.48
be intentional about
that. And as a family,
00:28:34.51\00:28:37.15
I remember my
parents- it's probably telling
00:28:37.18\00:28:39.55
my age, because,
really, there weren't
00:28:39.68\00:28:41.02
really cell
phones. I think they called
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.42
them "bag phones"
back in the day. My
00:28:42.48\00:28:44.92
parents were
very intentional about
00:28:45.02\00:28:47.09
taking my sister
and myself outside
00:28:47.16\00:28:48.99
into nature and just
pointing out the little
00:28:49.06\00:28:50.73
things. We would
look at a tree, and it
00:28:50.83\00:28:52.69
seems boring. It's
just bark; but then
00:28:52.76\00:28:54.10
my dad would
say, "Okay, now. See
00:28:54.10\00:28:55.43
that? Look at
that little ant that's
00:28:55.46\00:28:56.83
crawling right up in the crevice
00:28:56.87\00:28:58.20
of that. And
see that little moss
00:28:58.23\00:28:59.57
right here? It's
growing on the Northside
00:28:59.60\00:29:01.00
of the tree. You
see that? Let's look
00:29:01.04\00:29:02.37
at the roots!
There's an acorn here. This
00:29:02.40\00:29:04.24
is an oak tree." You
know, that type of thing.
00:29:04.34\00:29:06.37
I think it's intentional
that we as a society...
00:29:06.47\00:29:10.58
Maybe we've lost
some of that. It's
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.28
sort of like you said-
babysitting. It's like,
00:29:12.38\00:29:14.15
"We're not
quite sure what to do.
00:29:14.25\00:29:15.58
The kids are
crying, they're bored; we
00:29:15.62\00:29:16.95
don't really feel-
we're tired as parents.
00:29:17.02\00:29:18.49
Here, just... I
don't know. Play a game
00:29:18.62\00:29:20.89
for a while." And
that's sad. - Yeah.
00:29:20.92\00:29:23.39
Well, and then they
become more bored with
00:29:23.46\00:29:24.79
nature because of
the overstimulation of
00:29:24.83\00:29:27.03
the media. It's
designed to do that.
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.46
- That's a great
point. - The concept of
00:29:29.53\00:29:31.43
boredom didn't
even- "I'm bored." That
00:29:31.50\00:29:33.84
was a phrase you
wouldn't have found
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.20
200 years ago.
Before the Industrial
00:29:35.24\00:29:36.81
Revolution,
before everybody moved
00:29:36.84\00:29:38.44
into cities,
people had this rural
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.21
lifestyle; the
majority of the American
00:29:40.28\00:29:43.35
population were
family farms, so there was
00:29:43.38\00:29:45.78
more connection with
nature and less boredom.
00:29:45.85\00:29:48.45
In fact, if you
go back hundreds of
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.92
years, the concept of
boredom- they would've
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.79
even identified
that as a sin. It's like,
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.99
"That's casting
contempt upon the Creator and
00:29:55.06\00:29:57.03
His beautiful
world. How dare you say
00:29:57.13\00:29:58.86
such a thing?"
They had a term for it.
00:29:58.96\00:30:00.30
They called it
'?' They said, "That's
00:30:00.33\00:30:01.96
a moral issue." We
might just be struggling
00:30:02.03\00:30:04.97
with our overstimulated
society where we find
00:30:05.07\00:30:07.87
ourselves bored or
our children bored,
00:30:07.97\00:30:09.57
but the solution
to that is, dial back
00:30:09.64\00:30:12.51
some of this
overstimulating stuff
00:30:12.61\00:30:14.54
and start to find
the awe and wonder
00:30:14.64\00:30:16.75
in beauty and nature
again. - You mentioned
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.51
something a couple
of minutes ago which
00:30:18.61\00:30:19.98
is interesting-a word-
and you said 'depression.'
00:30:20.02\00:30:21.35
It's interesting
because you would think with
00:30:21.38\00:30:22.85
being so
stimulated and so much to do
00:30:22.92\00:30:24.45
and not being
bored anymore, man; life
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.12
ought to be really
good. But you mentioned
00:30:26.19\00:30:27.69
the word
'depression.' Why would people
00:30:27.76\00:30:29.46
be depressed? -
Well, media does something
00:30:29.52\00:30:32.33
specific in the
brain similar to that of a
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.30
drug. What's
going on in the brain
00:30:34.36\00:30:36.20
when you're getting
the hyper stimulating
00:30:36.26\00:30:37.93
media experience,
something addictive-
00:30:38.00\00:30:39.97
something super
exciting and pleasurable-
00:30:40.00\00:30:42.34
entertainment media,
especially. What happens
00:30:42.40\00:30:45.17
is, it hits your
pleasure circuit of
00:30:45.24\00:30:48.24
your brain with a
flood of dopamine,
00:30:48.31\00:30:50.38
so over time,
you become dependent
00:30:50.41\00:30:52.95
on those types
of things to get the
00:30:53.05\00:30:55.05
pleasure, just like
a drug addict will. So
00:30:55.08\00:30:57.32
other things, then,
don't please. You'll
00:30:57.42\00:31:00.16
become more
lackluster with life. Depression
00:31:00.19\00:31:03.43
rates start to go
up. In fact, the more
00:31:03.53\00:31:06.06
media people
consume- this is in studies.
00:31:06.13\00:31:09.83
Kaiser Family
Foundation 2010 found
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.87
the more media
consumed, the less
00:31:11.93\00:31:14.84
happy people
are. So the more media
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.07
you consume, the
less happy you are. We're
00:31:17.11\00:31:19.91
specifically
talking mostly about
00:31:19.97\00:31:21.48
entertainment
media: watching programs
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.01
like this, informational
seminars and sermons,
00:31:24.05\00:31:26.51
isn't so much
the concern, but it's
00:31:26.61\00:31:28.62
the entertainment
culture where it's
00:31:28.68\00:31:30.59
the Hollywood
this, video games that.
00:31:30.65\00:31:32.69
Video games become
ESPECIALLY addictive.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.79
That's an actual
quantifiable addiction
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.86
in the psychiatry
community-is video
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.86
gaming. Any
addiction will leave a person
00:31:39.96\00:31:43.30
with higher levels
of depression. - So...
00:31:43.40\00:31:47.97
Why can I watch 3ABN and that
00:31:48.07\00:31:52.67
doesn't addict me?
If that makes sense.
00:31:52.77\00:31:55.58
But yet, I can
watch something else,
00:31:55.68\00:31:58.48
maybe a video
game as you just talked
00:31:58.55\00:32:00.22
about or a movie
or something, and that
00:32:00.32\00:32:02.95
leads to more of
an addiction? - What's
00:32:03.05\00:32:05.02
happening here in
the brain particularly
00:32:05.09\00:32:06.69
is, thoughts are
being enhanced. The
00:32:06.76\00:32:09.02
frontal lobe is being
activated. When people
00:32:09.09\00:32:10.93
are thinking
through what it is we're
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.36
presenting-spiritual
themes-it's a different
00:32:12.39\00:32:15.10
area of the brain,
so it's not the screen
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.33
itself that's
the problem. It's the
00:32:17.37\00:32:20.00
type of media
we're using. If it's a
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.00
theatrical, dramatic
type of presentation,
00:32:22.07\00:32:24.44
entertainment-they're
flashing a new image
00:32:24.51\00:32:26.54
on the screen
every two seconds-it's
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.78
like there are
things going on in the brain
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.45
there. The
brain doesn't know how
00:32:30.51\00:32:32.35
to comprehend that
and make a cohesive
00:32:32.45\00:32:34.48
narrative out of it,
so it slips down into
00:32:34.55\00:32:36.95
a lower brainwave
frequency (that they
00:32:37.05\00:32:38.92
call alpha) which
actually has hypnotic
00:32:39.02\00:32:41.39
implications; we
can talk about the
00:32:41.46\00:32:43.06
manipulation of the
media and all of that,
00:32:43.16\00:32:45.03
too. This is a more
sober and thoughtful
00:32:45.09\00:32:48.56
spiritual
experience as opposed to
00:32:48.63\00:32:50.97
entertainment
media that's intended and
00:32:51.03\00:32:52.77
designed for its
stimulant effect.
00:32:52.87\00:32:54.90
- Okay, so
that's through my eyes.
00:32:55.00\00:32:58.61
I know that some
people like just to
00:32:58.71\00:33:01.71
even listen to
something or something's got to
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.45
be in the room
even if, all the time,
00:33:03.48\00:33:04.81
noise. They
sleep with the TVs on,
00:33:04.88\00:33:06.95
just noise,
music- is that bad, then?
00:33:07.05\00:33:10.59
Even if they're
not visually looking at
00:33:10.62\00:33:12.02
it? - Music can
be a great good. One
00:33:12.12\00:33:14.66
of my favorite
books says that it can be
00:33:14.69\00:33:16.29
a great good, but
Satan often uses it
00:33:16.32\00:33:18.36
as a snare. So, it
really depends on the
00:33:18.46\00:33:20.93
type of music we're
listening to. Having
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.80
background music- I
had that this morning
00:33:22.86\00:33:24.33
as I was getting
ready to come here. I was
00:33:24.40\00:33:26.47
listening to some
of my favorite music,
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.87
and it sets the tone
for the day spiritually.
00:33:27.94\00:33:30.57
Music is a great
blessing, but can become
00:33:30.67\00:33:33.84
a great snare, as
well, depending on the type
00:33:33.88\00:33:35.38
of music we're using.
Also, the multitasking
00:33:35.41\00:33:38.75
aspect can become
a concern. If a kid's
00:33:38.85\00:33:42.08
trying to focus
on their homework and
00:33:42.18\00:33:43.95
they got their rock
music playing, their
00:33:43.99\00:33:45.59
social media on
the screen over here,
00:33:45.69\00:33:47.02
they're popping
in and out of the
00:33:47.06\00:33:48.39
internet over
there, and the TV's on over
00:33:48.49\00:33:49.89
here, then we
have a little bit of a
00:33:49.99\00:33:51.49
problem. - So talk to
us about manipulation.
00:33:51.56\00:33:54.50
You mentioned that
when we were talking
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.16
about the
stimulation- how you have the
00:33:56.26\00:33:59.27
fast images and
stuff. But what about the
00:33:59.37\00:34:01.34
manipulation? What's
going on in media world?
00:34:01.37\00:34:04.11
- The founders of
big media companies and
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.78
the big
spokesmen, they've sometimes
00:34:06.88\00:34:08.41
been very honest and
open and admitted and
00:34:08.48\00:34:10.58
BRAGGED about what
they're trying to do.
00:34:10.65\00:34:12.18
The founder of
MTV came out and said,
00:34:12.25\00:34:15.48
"At MTV, we're not
trying to shoot for
00:34:15.55\00:34:17.62
the 14-year-olds;
actually, we own them."
00:34:17.69\00:34:19.82
So, "we're not
shooting for the 14-year-olds;
00:34:19.89\00:34:21.66
we own them." The
guy who sort of gave us
00:34:21.79\00:34:25.16
modern public
relations, modern advertising
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.30
industry-his name
was Edward Bernays-
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.36
back in the 1920s.
He said, "Our goal here
00:34:29.43\00:34:31.63
with the modern
mass media" that was
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.70
starting to come
out... He said, "Our goal
00:34:33.80\00:34:35.94
is to shape and
control the group mind."
00:34:36.04\00:34:39.14
Romans 12:2, "Don't
be conformed to this
00:34:39.21\00:34:43.85
world." He said,
"We are governed; our
00:34:43.95\00:34:46.41
minds are molded;
our tastes are formed;
00:34:46.45\00:34:49.18
our ideas are
suggested" by what he called the
00:34:49.25\00:34:52.12
"invisible
government." I know that sounds
00:34:52.19\00:34:54.22
kind of nefarious.
It sounds like some
00:34:54.26\00:34:56.12
scheme, and that
is really what it was
00:34:56.19\00:34:58.13
in his own words.
He wrote about that in
00:34:58.19\00:35:00.56
his book
Propaganda. He said, "This is
00:35:00.63\00:35:02.73
the goal."
Satan's going to use that,
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.17
right? I mean, our
battle is not against
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.13
flesh and blood,
against these companies
00:35:06.20\00:35:07.70
and so on, but we
do need to be aware
00:35:07.77\00:35:10.41
that they are victims
in Satan's snare being
00:35:10.51\00:35:12.51
used as agents and
tools to capture the
00:35:12.64\00:35:14.84
minds of the masses
using 21st century media.
00:35:14.94\00:35:17.71
- Social media,
also, is a huge thing.
00:35:21.55\00:35:23.69
We've touched on
it; you've mentioned it
00:35:23.79\00:35:25.12
a few times already
in this program. This
00:35:25.15\00:35:27.06
is amazing, isn't
it, for you at home?
00:35:27.16\00:35:28.49
I mean, we're
just here on the set.
00:35:28.52\00:35:29.86
It's just like,
"Wow," 'cause it is what
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.23
we deal with in
society as a whole.
00:35:31.26\00:35:33.50
I know you do too-
most of you. I mean,
00:35:33.60\00:35:35.33
obviously,
you're getting 3ABN into
00:35:35.40\00:35:36.73
your home, or
maybe you're watching it
00:35:36.77\00:35:38.10
on your mobile
device- internet-or listening
00:35:38.13\00:35:39.73
to it on the
radio, but I know that as
00:35:39.80\00:35:41.87
a society, we
are observant to this
00:35:41.97\00:35:43.77
all the time, so
we just appreciate it.
00:35:43.87\00:35:45.87
All the information
that you're sharing with
00:35:45.94\00:35:47.34
two of us today
and to you at home, but
00:35:47.38\00:35:50.21
you also have ways
out, and I like that.
00:35:50.25\00:35:52.85
We can talk about
it and how we're just
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.32
inundated, and
we've talked about some
00:35:55.38\00:35:56.85
solutions for the
family, how to deal
00:35:56.89\00:35:58.29
with that-like
mealtimes and being
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.59
intentional about
spending time without
00:36:00.62\00:36:02.32
our mobile devices-
but give us some more
00:36:02.39\00:36:05.46
information on how
to maybe break free
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.40
of the addiction.
- Yeah. Absolutely.
00:36:07.46\00:36:10.10
The key is two
words: something better.
00:36:10.17\00:36:14.30
In fact, all the
addiction recovery
00:36:15.57\00:36:17.51
people talk about
how the key to recovering
00:36:17.61\00:36:21.74
from a habit is
replacing it with a
00:36:21.81\00:36:23.85
new habit! It's
fulfilling our lives.
00:36:23.95\00:36:28.05
The demon is cast
out of the man; he
00:36:28.12\00:36:29.45
goes and gets 7
more, and more wicked than
00:36:29.48\00:36:30.92
himself and comes
in and occupies that
00:36:30.99\00:36:32.52
place- the Jesus
parable about just
00:36:32.62\00:36:34.39
leaving the house empty.
- We don't wanna do that.
00:36:34.49\00:36:36.73
- No. When we get
rid of something, we
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.16
fill our lives
with something better,
00:36:38.19\00:36:39.59
and that is so
endless. I couldn't possibly
00:36:39.66\00:36:43.03
come up with a
bullet point list of all the
00:36:43.10\00:36:45.00
wonderful things
this life has to offer as
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.94
God has created
us in this world. He
00:36:47.00\00:36:49.30
said to Adam and
Eve, "Of these trees you
00:36:49.37\00:36:52.11
may freely eat.
There's one tree; don't go
00:36:52.17\00:36:55.54
over there."
Sometimes we obsess on the one
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.98
like it's all
about that one. "Well, I
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.78
can't live without
entertainment media!"
00:37:00.85\00:37:02.78
"I can't live
without hours and hours and
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.42
hours of social
media!" Well, God says there's
00:37:05.49\00:37:08.32
a way better way to
live. There's so many
00:37:08.42\00:37:11.13
things that you can do
with your time to serve
00:37:11.19\00:37:13.06
others, to reach
out to the hurting, to
00:37:13.13\00:37:15.16
have real relationships.
I mean, we're spending
00:37:15.23\00:37:17.57
4 times more time
on social media than
00:37:17.60\00:37:21.44
social!
[laughter] It's social media!
00:37:21.50\00:37:24.21
4 times for every 1
hour we're socializing?
00:37:24.31\00:37:26.98
We have 4 hours
of social media! So
00:37:27.01\00:37:29.51
just flip that
script, you know? Start doing
00:37:29.58\00:37:32.08
real things. I
mean, gardening, cooking,
00:37:32.15\00:37:34.52
building things,
fixing things, entrepreneurial
00:37:34.62\00:37:37.59
ideas, caring for
children, visiting
00:37:37.62\00:37:39.65
the elderly...
Endless. We were meant to
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.19
not die after
80-100 years or whatever.
00:37:42.22\00:37:45.09
We were meant
to live forever and
00:37:45.16\00:37:46.49
experience God's
reality with joy.
00:37:46.53\00:37:48.33
So, God wants to
bring us joy, and we gotta
00:37:48.43\00:37:50.27
focus more on
that that He says, "I'm
00:37:50.33\00:37:52.60
not going to
withhold from you any good
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.44
thing. I satisfy
the desire of every
00:37:54.50\00:37:57.37
living thing." So
He's provided us the
00:37:57.47\00:38:00.71
abundant life. If
we follow His ways, we
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.88
will find the joy
of Christ. It's hard to
00:38:02.98\00:38:05.35
come apart from
some of this addiction at
00:38:05.41\00:38:07.38
first. Jesus says,
"You will weep, you
00:38:07.45\00:38:10.05
will mourn, you will
grieve while the world
00:38:10.12\00:38:12.52
rejoices," but your
grieving will turn to
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.02
joy. There's
that withdrawal time.
00:38:15.12\00:38:17.16
You gotta break free.
You ask how to overcome.
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.93
You gotta actually cut
it off; rip the Band-Aid
00:38:20.03\00:38:22.03
off, then focus
on something better.
00:38:22.10\00:38:24.53
Some people might
find, "Well, is it
00:38:24.60\00:38:26.84
an addiction? Is
what I'm doing too much?
00:38:26.94\00:38:29.87
Is this something I
should do a little bit
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.64
of? Find the balance?
Or should I break free
00:38:32.71\00:38:34.34
completely?" One
thing I recommend is
00:38:34.38\00:38:36.58
trying a 30-day media fast from
00:38:36.68\00:38:39.58
something that
you're wondering, "Is it a
00:38:39.68\00:38:42.35
problem?" If it's
worldly, if it's of
00:38:42.45\00:38:44.95
the devil, we
don't fast from that. We
00:38:45.02\00:38:46.45
just break free
and never touch it. But
00:38:46.52\00:38:48.36
if it's something where we're-
00:38:48.42\00:38:49.76
"God, is this
something that is crowding out
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.66
Your voice? Is
this something that's
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.63
obscuring my
view of Christ and the
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.46
joy of the Lord and
my salvation?" Then,
00:38:55.56\00:38:57.53
we would want to
try a fast, then you can
00:38:57.63\00:39:00.37
tell at the end
of 30 days, you have
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.67
something to compare
it to, and you're doing
00:39:02.70\00:39:04.81
other things in the
meantime. During that
00:39:04.87\00:39:07.61
30 days- so then
you can actually test.
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.38
God says, "Test
Me in this and see if
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.88
I will not open the
floodgates of blessing
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.38
upon you." "Taste
and see that the Lord
00:39:14.45\00:39:17.75
is good." My dad's
an optometrist, and
00:39:17.79\00:39:20.59
he has people come
into his office. They
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.49
say, "You know
what, doc? I'm seeing
00:39:22.59\00:39:23.96
fine. I got great
vision; no need for
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.43
glasses again."
"But I'm doing my checkup
00:39:26.49\00:39:28.43
here;" he'll
sometimes test them out and
00:39:28.50\00:39:30.77
they'll be
surprised. They're looking at
00:39:30.87\00:39:32.20
that line;
they're going, "Um... Is
00:39:32.23\00:39:33.94
that a G or a C?
Um... Is that an F or is
00:39:34.04\00:39:37.01
that a hashtag?"
[laughter] Then he
00:39:37.11\00:39:40.18
goes, "Which one is
clearer? One or two?
00:39:40.21\00:39:43.38
Two or three?" And
you know that whole
00:39:43.48\00:39:45.68
routine and
you're like, "Well, 2 is
00:39:45.78\00:39:47.12
the clearest." Then
he breaks it to you.
00:39:47.15\00:39:48.62
"2 is actually a
prescription." So
00:39:48.68\00:39:50.99
now that you've tried something
00:39:51.05\00:39:52.39
different, this
prescription actually
00:39:52.42\00:39:53.86
helps you see
clearer. You said that was
00:39:53.89\00:39:56.09
the clearest." So
when we have something to
00:39:56.16\00:39:58.19
compare it to,
then we can- 'cause most
00:39:58.26\00:40:00.20
people, they think,
"We're fine." Right?
00:40:00.30\00:40:02.36
"I'm fine now as
I am." But trying
00:40:02.43\00:40:04.13
something
different might awaken us to
00:40:04.27\00:40:07.30
the fact that,
"Hey, I wasn't as fine as
00:40:07.34\00:40:09.64
I thought- God has
something better in
00:40:09.70\00:40:12.41
store for me even
than I'm living now.
00:40:12.47\00:40:14.54
- I love what
you said there. It's
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.18
so powerful, because
media is an addiction.
00:40:16.28\00:40:19.25
I can say that from
firsthand experience;
00:40:19.31\00:40:21.55
I've shared this publicly. I was
00:40:21.62\00:40:24.15
addicted to soap operas. Shortly
00:40:24.25\00:40:27.32
after Greg and I
got married-and I
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.02
tried to hide it from
him like I didn't want
00:40:29.09\00:40:30.69
him to know, 'cause
I knew it was ungodly.
00:40:30.79\00:40:32.53
I knew there was
nothing of Philippians
00:40:32.63\00:40:34.63
4 in there. "Whatsoever
is true and honest and
00:40:34.73\00:40:37.03
noble and right."
I knew that, but I
00:40:37.10\00:40:39.33
could not stop-
physically. I could not
00:40:39.43\00:40:42.04
stop, 'cause it
wanna see what the story
00:40:42.10\00:40:43.74
is. "What's going
to happen tomorrow?
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.17
What's the story
coming?" So, Greg and I in
00:40:45.21\00:40:48.51
our own home-
now, this is our own
00:40:48.61\00:40:50.01
personal
decision- but we made the
00:40:50.08\00:40:52.48
choice, "We've
got to get rid of the
00:40:52.51\00:40:54.25
television." 'Cause
if we don't do that,
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.82
I'm going to go
back to that. Now we have
00:40:56.92\00:41:01.12
3ABN but we don't
have anything else
00:41:01.19\00:41:02.89
so that way I'm not
tempted, as it were,
00:41:02.92\00:41:05.66
to go back to
that. So, I love what you
00:41:05.73\00:41:08.26
said. "You have
to make a choice to
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.13
break free" of
whatever it is to make that
00:41:10.23\00:41:14.54
decision and then
replace it with something
00:41:14.60\00:41:16.97
better. So,
that's powerful, Scott.
00:41:17.07\00:41:19.31
- There were those
folks in the book of
00:41:19.41\00:41:20.74
Acts. They were
involved with spiritualism
00:41:20.78\00:41:22.58
and witchcraft,
and they had all these
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.01
witches' scrolls.
They just had to get
00:41:24.05\00:41:27.12
rid of those;
they burned them up. If
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.42
we've got
Hollywood stuff in our homes
00:41:29.48\00:41:30.85
and we've got
violent video games and all
00:41:30.89\00:41:32.72
of these very worldly
things, worldly music,
00:41:32.75\00:41:34.69
just getting rid of
it, getting it out of
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.89
the home- it
brings a spiritual power,
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.86
too, 'cause then
we're not advertising
00:41:39.96\00:41:41.40
to the devil,
"Hey, come on in." "The
00:41:41.46\00:41:43.73
holy angels
delight to dwell in a home
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.43
that is a sanctified
environment," so some
00:41:45.53\00:41:47.47
people do that-get
rid of the TV screen
00:41:47.50\00:41:49.37
altogether or,
particularly, those
00:41:49.47\00:41:51.67
videos and those
worldly things that
00:41:51.77\00:41:54.48
are of the devil.
- So you were talking
00:41:54.54\00:41:57.58
about a media
fast. That's intriguing;
00:41:57.65\00:41:59.48
I like that. How
would you counsel someone
00:41:59.58\00:42:02.28
that- 'cause, you
know, Jill and I don't
00:42:02.38\00:42:04.09
have a landline
anymore- most people don't have
00:42:04.19\00:42:06.52
landlines (where
you actually hook your
00:42:06.62\00:42:08.29
phone up to the
wall). We actually get our
00:42:08.39\00:42:11.36
calls on our cell
phone, and the e-mail
00:42:11.46\00:42:13.90
and all that here,
so I can't just get rid
00:42:14.00\00:42:16.06
of this, my device;
otherwise, I wouldn't
00:42:16.13\00:42:17.47
get a phone call
for 30 days. So how
00:42:17.53\00:42:19.37
would you deal
with someone, then- I
00:42:19.43\00:42:21.07
obviously don't
just lock my cell phone
00:42:21.17\00:42:22.50
up for 30 days
and I look at it, ring
00:42:22.54\00:42:24.07
ring ring and all
that kind of stuff. So,
00:42:24.11\00:42:25.71
a little
practical on that- how would
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.44
you give advice to
someone like me? Let's
00:42:27.48\00:42:29.48
say- let's
role-play a little bit here.
00:42:29.54\00:42:30.91
- Well, you pick
the thing that you want
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.28
to fast from. I
mean, the phone is a
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.65
multi-faceted thing,
so you wouldn't fast-
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.72
say, "I'm going
to do a social media
00:42:35.82\00:42:38.55
fast." So what
I would do is take
00:42:38.62\00:42:40.82
all the apps off
my phone. Remove my
00:42:40.86\00:42:44.73
social media apps from my phone.
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.43
- So I'm not even
tempted to... - Exactly.
00:42:46.49\00:42:48.10
Then, maybe
you're fasting completely
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.50
from social
media... I had a friend who
00:42:50.53\00:42:52.53
said to me, "Change
my password for me so
00:42:52.63\00:42:56.14
I can't log in."
"Okay, I'll be the
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.37
guardian of your password for 30
00:42:58.47\00:42:59.81
days." You know what this person
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.34
did after 30
days? "Don't tell me the
00:43:01.41\00:43:03.35
password. I want to
stay off for longer,
00:43:03.38\00:43:04.85
I've found a
better balance in my life
00:43:04.91\00:43:07.55
without it."
This person was more
00:43:07.62\00:43:08.95
addicted to it.
Some people can do social
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.72
media in balance;
maybe we'll talk a
00:43:10.79\00:43:12.15
little bit more
about social media. Some
00:43:12.22\00:43:13.66
people, it's gotta
be a fast. It's gotta
00:43:13.76\00:43:16.19
be totally
break-free. Some people can do
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.66
a fast and then
come back. Just removing
00:43:18.69\00:43:21.10
it, some people will
find a balance where,
00:43:21.16\00:43:23.33
"I'm only going
to use social media
00:43:23.43\00:43:24.77
on my computer so
it's got a location
00:43:24.80\00:43:27.00
where I only use it
for a certain amount
00:43:27.04\00:43:29.14
of time when I'm there at a set
00:43:29.24\00:43:30.57
time of day."
Those are some of the
00:43:30.67\00:43:32.84
practicalities of the media fast
00:43:32.91\00:43:34.24
that some people
have done. - We're
00:43:34.31\00:43:35.71
running out of
time. - We are. - So, you
00:43:35.78\00:43:37.25
want to touch on
social media a little bit
00:43:37.31\00:43:38.65
more then? We've
only got about 8 minutes
00:43:38.68\00:43:40.02
left in this
segment. - This statistic is
00:43:40.08\00:43:42.12
huge. There's a 2.7
times increase likelihood
00:43:42.18\00:43:46.12
for depression
for people who are
00:43:46.19\00:43:48.42
heavy social
media users. 2.7 times.
00:43:48.52\00:43:51.49
- What's heavy?
What's considered heavy?
00:43:51.56\00:43:53.23
- I don't have
the numbers on that,
00:43:53.29\00:43:55.33
but we're talking
hours a day. - So,
00:43:55.43\00:43:57.30
not just, "I do half
an hour on Facebook,"
00:43:57.40\00:43:59.90
or, "I do a quick
Tweet," or something
00:44:00.04\00:44:02.04
like that. We're
talking long... -Yeah,
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
yeah. 2.7 times more
likely to be depressed.
00:44:03.51\00:44:06.68
Social media has
become a thing where
00:44:06.78\00:44:09.31
it's an
ever-present thing; it's always
00:44:09.41\00:44:12.38
there on the
phone, always giving us
00:44:12.48\00:44:13.92
notifications...
Another thing some people
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.52
do is just remove the
notifications so they're
00:44:15.55\00:44:18.22
intentional when
they go there, but it can
00:44:18.29\00:44:20.06
still suck you in
with endless feed,
00:44:20.16\00:44:21.69
right? So being
cautious and aware
00:44:21.79\00:44:24.53
of how this is
impacting us... We
00:44:24.59\00:44:26.09
now have a
generation that has come on that
00:44:26.16\00:44:28.53
is the most socially
connected-officially,
00:44:28.60\00:44:30.63
right? That's what
we're told; the most
00:44:30.67\00:44:32.70
socially
connected 'cause you have
00:44:32.80\00:44:34.14
hundreds of
friends on Facebook, right?
00:44:34.20\00:44:35.94
- That should be
a good thing, right?
00:44:36.04\00:44:37.47
- Yeah. Well,
guess what. It's the most
00:44:37.51\00:44:39.91
lonely generation
ever recorded. Why?
00:44:39.97\00:44:43.04
Well, the
founders of these social
00:44:43.14\00:44:45.91
media companies, they
went on record recently
00:44:45.98\00:44:48.22
just a few years
ago- a couple years ago-
00:44:48.28\00:44:50.09
in interviews, and
they were ashamed of
00:44:50.19\00:44:52.22
what they had done.
They were regretting
00:44:52.25\00:44:53.62
it. They said, "When
we were founding these
00:44:53.72\00:44:56.69
organizations, these
social media platforms,
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.93
we were aware of
what we were doing; we're
00:44:59.03\00:45:01.73
going to make it
just so that they get the
00:45:01.83\00:45:03.97
dopamine hit at the
right time to keep them
00:45:04.00\00:45:06.10
on the platform
for longer. We're going
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.54
to give them this
sense of inadequacy
00:45:08.60\00:45:10.51
like they need to
get that reinforcement
00:45:10.61\00:45:12.34
from people: the
likes and the shares and
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.88
all of that. You
know what we've done
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.98
by moving all of the
social onto the social
00:45:18.05\00:45:20.32
media platform? What
we've done is we have
00:45:20.42\00:45:23.32
torn apart the
fabric of society." That's
00:45:23.42\00:45:26.52
a direct quote
from one of them- Sean
00:45:26.55\00:45:27.89
Parker and others.
They've come out and
00:45:27.96\00:45:29.36
said, "We are
ripping apart the social
00:45:29.42\00:45:30.83
fabric of the
society." They say God only
00:45:30.93\00:45:34.36
knows what we're
doing to our children's
00:45:34.40\00:45:36.56
brains. I said,
"Yeah, God does know;" he
00:45:36.67\00:45:40.00
meant that as an
expression, but God
00:45:40.10\00:45:41.94
does know. The
impact of this on children-
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.54
I mean, we're
seeing suicide rates going
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.17
up-skyrocketing. And
not just young people,
00:45:46.24\00:45:48.41
but younger
children, now. Because when you
00:45:48.51\00:45:50.55
don't get that
reinforcement of your
00:45:50.61\00:45:52.68
identity and your
sense of self-worth
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.35
in the social media,
it really hurts people.
00:45:54.42\00:45:57.19
That's bullying,
or whatever-even just
00:45:57.29\00:45:59.52
not getting the
reinforcement and
00:45:59.59\00:46:01.96
the approval of the
crowd on social media.
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.93
In social media,
it's very much a group
00:46:05.03\00:46:07.60
type of thing
where there's a lot of
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.17
pressure. It becomes
a problem when people
00:46:10.27\00:46:12.87
spend a lot of time
on there. It can become
00:46:12.93\00:46:14.54
an addiction for
many people. With this
00:46:14.60\00:46:17.01
lonely
generation- this struck me as
00:46:17.04\00:46:18.74
WEIRD. Like,
this didn't exist 10
00:46:18.81\00:46:20.68
years ago-the fact
that people are now
00:46:20.78\00:46:22.24
cuddling with
strangers. There are apps where
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.68
you can go and find
hookups in your area,
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.92
because people
want to be snuggled and
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.38
touched and loved
and hugged... - They
00:46:28.48\00:46:30.29
do it with their
cell phone? - With
00:46:30.39\00:46:31.72
strangers! You
can find strangers in
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.09
your area to go-
they have professional
00:46:33.12\00:46:34.46
cuddlers who hire
out their services
00:46:34.49\00:46:36.39
to this lonely
generation! And I thought,
00:46:36.42\00:46:38.93
"THAT didn't exist
10 years ago." It's
00:46:38.96\00:46:40.53
not that
widespread. - We don't recommend
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.30
that. - No! You
know what? This is why we
00:46:42.40\00:46:45.50
gotta be gathering
together in churches.
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.50
Our ministry, we
put on a free video
00:46:47.60\00:46:50.67
seminar, trying to
get people together in
00:46:50.77\00:46:52.57
churches (maybe
we'll talk about that).
00:46:52.64\00:46:54.04
- Yeah, let's talk
about that. - I mean,
00:46:54.08\00:46:56.04
we don't want people
cuddling with strangers.
00:46:56.11\00:46:57.91
We want to give people
a big hug in appropriate
00:46:57.98\00:47:00.05
love and affirmation
of brother and sister
00:47:00.15\00:47:03.08
in Christ in our
churches and in our
00:47:03.15\00:47:05.15
homes. - Scott
mentioned something
00:47:05.22\00:47:07.92
to us as we
were getting ready to
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.32
start this
program. We said, "Are you
00:47:09.36\00:47:10.69
sure?" But he
actually has a DVD. Tell us
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.73
a little bit
about that, that you are
00:47:13.83\00:47:15.13
willing to give away,
free of charge, limited
00:47:15.20\00:47:18.67
supply. Is that
right? Or as long as it
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.24
lasts. - We have a
number of them, and
00:47:20.27\00:47:23.17
as many people
as email us until we
00:47:23.27\00:47:25.34
get- or till we run
out... So, we just need
00:47:25.41\00:47:28.84
a shipping
address to send it to. So,
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.75
just e-mail us and we'll
00:47:30.85\00:47:32.21
send you a free
DVD, 'cause we're only
00:47:32.28\00:47:34.32
covering so
much. This'll be more
00:47:34.35\00:47:35.88
thorough coverage of
the media on the brain
00:47:35.98\00:47:38.29
topic. - What is
the DVD on that you're
00:47:38.35\00:47:40.46
going to be sending
out? - It's Media on
00:47:40.56\00:47:42.12
the Brain
overview. It's a single disk
00:47:42.19\00:47:45.03
overview of our
full 6 DVD series. That's
00:47:45.09\00:47:49.36
our free one we
send out to anybody that
00:47:49.43\00:47:51.93
asks. - Praise
the Lord. So, I know
00:47:52.00\00:47:54.14
in just a moment,
we're going to give the
00:47:54.20\00:47:55.54
contact
information, but what is your
00:47:55.57\00:47:56.91
email address? - It's
BeltOfTruthMinistries@gmail.com
00:47:56.97\00:48:02.31
- We encourage you
right now to e-mail
00:48:07.15\00:48:09.55
BeltOfTruthMinistries@gmail.com
and they will send out
00:48:09.62\00:48:14.72
a free overview DVD
of the Media on the Brain
00:48:14.76\00:48:18.39
seminar. That will
be free to you; all
00:48:18.46\00:48:21.16
they need is
your address. But it's
00:48:21.23\00:48:23.00
a limited supply, so
as they have supplies.
00:48:23.10\00:48:25.83
First come, first
serve. - We'll help everybody
00:48:25.93\00:48:30.01
out even if we run
out, we'll give you
00:48:30.04\00:48:31.54
something. - Thank
you, Scott. You also
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.58
have- that's an
individual one; that's
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.88
an overview, but we
also have this Media
00:48:35.91\00:48:37.45
on the Brain that
people can get, as
00:48:37.48\00:48:39.41
well, which is a
6-part series? - Yup. - Okay.
00:48:39.48\00:48:42.88
Talking about the
dangers of media on
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.82
the brain. I love
this, "Conformed or
00:48:44.92\00:48:46.25
transformed; by
beholding, we become
00:48:46.29\00:48:47.86
slaves." Ooh. "The
spirit of the music
00:48:47.96\00:48:51.73
industry,
musical manipulation, the
00:48:51.83\00:48:53.80
counterfeit
reality, how to escape the
00:48:53.90\00:48:55.70
pleasure trap." What
other seminars do you
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.33
have available? -
As soon as we did the
00:48:57.43\00:48:59.30
media thing, we
realized we need some
00:48:59.40\00:49:00.97
counsel in and along
the lines of parenting
00:49:01.04\00:49:02.47
and true education
and helping the family;
00:49:02.54\00:49:05.01
helping the young
people, particularly.
00:49:05.11\00:49:07.24
Those are some
of the ones that are
00:49:07.31\00:49:08.64
really heavy on my
heart on the topics
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.18
of parenting and
true education-overcoming
00:49:10.28\00:49:12.51
lust and other
habits, current events and
00:49:12.61\00:49:15.98
prophecy. Oh, I
love talking about that.
00:49:16.08\00:49:18.45
I'm a history
guy. I used to teach
00:49:18.52\00:49:19.85
history,
government, economics, so yeah.
00:49:19.89\00:49:22.42
We get into a lot
of different topics.
00:49:22.49\00:49:23.86
- Amen. So you have
the free video seminar
00:49:23.89\00:49:26.56
that you can send to
people; but in addition,
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.60
you also do
seminars on media churches.
00:49:28.66\00:49:31.93
- Yeah. Having
traveled extensively and so
00:49:32.00\00:49:35.67
many doors open,
I praise God for all
00:49:35.74\00:49:37.77
the churches
who've said, "We want you
00:49:37.87\00:49:39.21
to come and do
this live." I've enjoyed
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.88
that hundreds of
times. It's a great thing,
00:49:40.91\00:49:43.45
but the ache and
the sadness in my heart
00:49:43.48\00:49:45.45
the whole time
is always, I can't
00:49:45.51\00:49:47.42
possibly reach every
church. Other ministries
00:49:47.52\00:49:51.32
have come out with
a great idea, like a
00:49:51.42\00:49:52.89
video seminar on recovering from
00:49:52.92\00:49:55.99
depression. That
kind of thing is out
00:49:56.02\00:49:58.29
there, and that
concept. I thought,
00:49:58.36\00:49:59.69
"Lord, this is perfect.
Let's do the same thing,"
00:49:59.79\00:50:02.96
'cause people are
in desperate need of
00:50:03.03\00:50:04.80
construction on
media and parenting and
00:50:04.87\00:50:07.70
these other things,
"so let's do a free-"
00:50:07.80\00:50:10.07
we do it free.
Video seminar series at
00:50:10.11\00:50:13.34
churches. People
just reach out to us. We
00:50:13.38\00:50:16.71
actually help
make promo information,
00:50:16.81\00:50:19.51
fliers, and
coordinate the times and dates
00:50:19.58\00:50:22.62
for the
screenings of our seminars.
00:50:22.68\00:50:25.75
Another fun thing I
do is, for every church
00:50:25.85\00:50:28.52
hosting one of the
free video seminars,
00:50:28.59\00:50:30.79
I do a little
recording of myself,
00:50:30.89\00:50:32.93
just a little
two-minute thing, saying, "Hi,"
00:50:32.99\00:50:35.03
to the people
there by name. So, I make
00:50:35.10\00:50:37.50
connection with
that location. They go,
00:50:37.60\00:50:39.33
"Wow! The seminar
speaker is talking
00:50:39.43\00:50:40.87
to us. It's more
of a personal thing."
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.47
It's been a real
hit. I hear phrases all
00:50:42.57\00:50:47.34
the time-and
praise God for this-it's
00:50:47.41\00:50:49.51
not the medium
for the message; it's
00:50:49.58\00:50:52.21
the message of
the truth. They say,
00:50:52.35\00:50:53.88
"This information is
literally life-changing."
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.45
I've heard
churches say, "Thank you
00:50:56.52\00:50:58.22
so much for
that," 'cause it's free.
00:50:58.29\00:51:00.29
It's easy to get
done. You want people
00:51:00.36\00:51:02.19
to come out for
a Saturday, Sabbath
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.06
evening vespers.
Make a media seminar-
00:51:04.13\00:51:07.60
believe me.
You'll get people coming
00:51:07.60\00:51:09.53
out, 'cause they know this is an
00:51:09.60\00:51:10.93
important topic.
- So here, you're
00:51:10.97\00:51:13.10
not traveling,
but yet a church can
00:51:13.17\00:51:15.54
put on a local seminar that is
00:51:15.64\00:51:18.71
all your material and it's free.
00:51:18.81\00:51:20.64
- Exactly. -
Praise the Lord! What a
00:51:20.74\00:51:22.24
blessing. - This
is exciting. - I can't
00:51:22.28\00:51:23.85
believe our time
has gone so quickly.
00:51:23.91\00:51:25.51
What we want to
do now is put up the
00:51:25.58\00:51:26.98
contact information for
Belt of Truth Ministries.
00:51:27.08\00:51:30.19
We want to encourage
you to support this ministry
00:51:30.29\00:51:32.92
with your
finances, with your prayers.
00:51:33.05\00:51:35.32
If you would like
the free DVD that he has
00:51:35.39\00:51:37.59
offered, if you
would like the free seminar
00:51:37.66\00:51:40.46
at your church, or
you would like to get in
00:51:40.50\00:51:42.60
contact with
Scott Ritsema, here is
00:51:42.66\00:51:44.77
how you can do just that.
00:51:44.83\00:51:47.27
If you would like
to obtain your free DVD
00:51:48.74\00:51:51.57
copy of Media on
the Brain, or if you
00:51:51.64\00:51:54.28
would like to
invite Scott Ritsema to
00:51:54.34\00:51:56.34
conduct a seminar
in your church, you
00:51:56.44\00:51:58.51
can reach him in
a variety of ways.
00:51:58.61\00:52:01.05
Visit his website
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00:52:01.12\00:52:08.89
You may e-mail him at
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00:52:08.96\00:52:14.10
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00:52:14.20\00:52:20.60
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