Challies post on Evil as Entertainment

Tim Challies posted a blog today entitled Evil as Entertainment. I would highly recommend reading it. For someone who spends at least some time every day reading articles, news, and blogs on the internet, it was convicting for me. Here is an excerpt:

What is the problem with this? Again, Postman answers, “In both oral and typographic cultures, information derives its importance from the possibilities of action.” Telegraphy, television and other forms of electronic media have made the relationship between information and action both abstract and remote. We hear more news than ever which elicits more opinions than ever, but which leave us increasingly impotent, unable to do anything more than offer opinions and bluster about what we might do if we could.

I'm often struck by the productivity of guys who lived hundreds of years ago, without computers, or even modern writing implements. People like Augustine and Jonathan Edwards wrote more books, essays, and sermons that amount to more books than the vast majority of Americans will ever even read. I pray that God will give us wisdom in learning to use modern conveniences for his glory.