Prince's estate is set to release a posthumous album, Welcome 2 America. The collection of 12 previously unreleased songs is scheduled to street July 30th and is already creating a buzz with fans. But others are questioning how Prince, with his often sexually degrading songs, is getting a pass amid the current climate of cancel culture.
Last July, Nielsen's Streaming Meter data found that "Americans age two and older spent more than 123 billion minutes streaming video content the week of July 20, 2020." This addiction to the screen starts far too young. As I've previously noted, various medical associations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, strongly recommend children refrain from all TV viewing until they reach age two, and then only an hour per day until at least age five. These professionals are concerned that the tube has a negative impact on early childhood development.
Parents must be ever vigilant to be discerning, willing to "distinguish between the holy and the profane" (Ezekiel 22:26) ... whether that's a formerly innocuous kids' show or the latest educational entertainment offering. As I recently wrote, we must guard our hearts. If we don't, who will?
Kellogg's is working with LGBT advocacy group GLADD to celebrate LGBT Pride Month in June. This move has caused a lot of parents to push back against company for taking up a political agenda. But the real controversy isn’t that Kellogg’s is peddling gender confusion. The deeper issue is why the woke folk at GLAAD—who are hell-bent on fighting racism, are happy to take money from the Kellogg’s company whose creator, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, was an “extremely racist person” and a leader in the now-discredited eugenics movement.
California is currently considering a bill that would require retailers to create gender-neutral spaces for clothing and toys. This is yet another example of the government inserting itself into the private business practices of the retail sector. Worse, this abuse of power is rooted in an agenda to de-gender gender.
As a society, we guard what we perceive to be of great value. King Solomon knew something about guarding valuable things. After all, he was one of the wealthiest kings who ever lived. According to the biblical account in 1 Kings 10:27a, “The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones.” And yet, look at Solomon’s surprising advice: “Above all else, guard your heart.”
Forgiveness has been all but forgotten by today's High Priests in the religion of Wokedom. Far too many Americans today are bowing down to the Overlords of Woke and, in turn, are experiencing the brutal reality of a life without the possibility of forgiveness, redemption, mercy or grace.
King Solomon has said, “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him” (Psalm 127:3 NLT). When God gives us a gift, that’s something extra special and should be handled with love and care. Why, then, are we quick to take His gift of children and then shut down their healthy brain development and turn them into video veggies?
What are we teaching the next generation about the value of human life when we let them consume images of wall-to-wall death? I believe there’s a correlation worth exploring here between what’s playing on the silver screen and what’s happening on our streets.
