Blow Up Your TV

Back in the day, back before "smart" phones and laptops, flat screen TV's and Oprah, there was an ancient philosopher named John Prine. John had some great advice for all of us. We never listen.

This week I am fasting. Not in the traditional sense when you don't eat food. I am fasting from television, specifically anything to do with "news". You should try it! Spiritually refreshing!

I used quotes around the word "news" because, in my honest opinion, there IS no more news. News  reporting has died and been replaced by opinion. But that's just MY opinion.

Opinions are like noses. Everybody has one and they all smell.

Mr. Prine offered up some of HIS opinion in the song Spanish Pipedream. Here's the chorus.

Blow up your TV, throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an' find Jesus on your own

There is no "news" these days. It doesn't matter what you watch - ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The Internet - it's all opinion. If you are seeking to learn the truth, forget about it. Well, there is ONE place you can go for truth - The Bible.

Did you know that God cannot lie? Lying is a sin and that is simple contrary to God's character.

You might say, "Yeah, but I want to hear about current events in the Middle East." To that I say, "Have you read Matthew 24?"

This is Jesus speaking. You know, the one who cannot lie?

"At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." - Matthew 24:10-14

I've rewritten John Prine's song. It goes like this.

Blow up your TV. Open up the Bible. Try to find Jesus on your own.

Spanish Pipedream - John Prine