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I don't know if everyone here knows about a series that NBC is coming out with, but I hope everyone takes time to contact their local NBC station and NBC themselves not to air this series. It is anti-christian show. It is a show about a pastor and his family and everything about them is soooooooo not right. If you would like more info on this show go to www.afa.net. While there have been several NBC affiliatesthat said they will not air the show there are more out there that need to know that christian will not stand for this. We need to stand and be heard fellow christians.
catty

catty thank you for the link, I signed my petition, and I am emailing the link to friends and family. ;)

Hello Catty,

I see that you are new, so WELCOME!! I sincerely hope that you enjoy Christians Unite.


I'm happy that you posted the information from AFA. We do have some information already on the forum. I think that you are talking about a show called Daniel. You will be happy to know that pressure on NBC from Christians, petitions, and AFA have already stopped this show.

Here's a big plus I want to tell you about Christians Unite. Christians Unite is a major distributor for Christian material of all kinds, including Christian News. AFA and other Christian organizations are regular and familiar names here. Look on the left side of the forum page at the menu, and about mid-page down you will see a menu for "Read" and right under it a label for "Christian News". You will find this story there and many others there. In fact, you will find many other things on the menu that are of interest to Christians. The forum only represents about 1% of the work being done by Christians Unite.

Catty, I'm looking forward to reading your posts and our fellowship in JESUS.

Love In Christ,
Tom

2 Corinthians 9:8 NASB  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Unfortunately, here in MI, the show has not been stopped altogether. In fact, I just saw an ad for it this evening. I'll see about signing any petitions that come through though. This show is an absolute INSULT to Christianity.

So far it is just one station that has dropped it. An NBC affiliate WTWO in Terre Haute, Ind.

This station decided to drop it due to an enormous amount of email they received against the show. Everyone should email both their local NBC station as well as the main office.

Little Pilgrim, I know exactly how you feel, I signed the petition, my church did and so did a lot of other churches in the state of Florida, but it is still going to air. the only thing we can do now it to continue to pray and if it still goes on NOT watch it.
Who knows God can do anything,  :D
I haven't given up.
your sister in Christ,
Maria

I posted about this, back on December 20th. ;D

New NBC Drama Show Mocks Christianty (http://forums.christiansunite.com/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=9504;start=msg116981#msg116981)

Hello LittlePilgrim,

You are quite correct. I misread the article, and I apologize for stating the wrong information. YES, this show is horrible, disgusting, and will represent a slap in the face of CHRIST!

Right now I can't remember how many articles I've read about this show and how well the petitions have done. I've already posted one error about this show, so I'll simply say that the petitions have done great IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. If the petitions are not enough or they are too late, Christians all over the country need to participate in the biggest boycott ever done. Advertisers pay all of the bills, and advertisers need to get a clue that the vast majority of this country are Christians. The advertisers need to learn that they will pay dearly for sponsoring this filth. Without the funding by the advertisers, the show doesn't get put on or it doesn't stay on. It is far past time for advertisers to start paying attention to what filth and garbage their money puts on television. If not, it won't take long to put them out of business.

Again, I apologize for putting out the wrong information on this. I'll double-check the next time.

Love in Christ,
Tom

1 Peter 1:3 NASB  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

I have just sent an email to my local station asking them not to air this show. Just waiting to see how they respond.
catty

Smells Like Victory-------That's Victory in Jesus

Praise Jesus ----- it has been trambled under our feet --- His heel will crush his head!!!
Good work, Saints,  Stand up, Stand up for Jesus, ye Soldiers of the CROSS!!

Maybe HollyWood will get the picture now!!

Only Always for Jesus
in the love of a brother
ggamble

Not yet, brother. Hollywood is still trying. The battle has just begun and we as Christians should not sit on our laurels over one small win.

AMEN!

Now is the time for Christians, to take whole steps, not half steps. It's time hollywoood, wake up and smell the coffee. Were not going to take it, anymore. My Church has boycotted quite a few bollywood movies, and gotten a few others to boycott movies. I think it's time to go the next step. A public protest of movies, that are indecent, and lewd.

Brother,  PR

I believe that was HUGE in many ways.
That was the hand of God, that was the Father's - work all the way.
That was HUGE in the message it sent.
That was HUGE in the "Paths of Righteousness"  in showing what Christians UNITED can do.  
The last HUGE thing I witnessed "Nation wide" in God's Glory  was the past election, that sent a HUGE Message in MORALS, another HUGE victory for Jesus - -CHRISTIANS who's votes made it known.
More of this can happen, if, we just abide in His Word.
If God be for US - Who can be against US!

 Isaiah 40:5  --  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Answered Prayer is HUGE, brother.
Praise Jesus, Christians are being Silent No More.
We are ONE NATION UNDER GOD, and more and more we are getting back what the enemy has took, that this Nation, was governed, and built on in the first place.
Stand and Wait, upon the Glory of the Lord, More is on the way!
ANYTIME, GOD MOVES,  IT IS HUGE!
There's no limit to the word HUGE, it can get bigger, and  there sure is no limit to OUR GOD, what He can do is beyond measure.  

May the Lord, bless thee and keep thee
Only Always for Jesus
in the love of a brother
ggamble

Hi ggamble,

Amen Brother, I agree with you totally but it is still just a small win in comparison to what still needs to be done. Yes, what needs to be done is a small thing to God who can do anything. However He is leaving much of it in our hands to do and it is necessary for Christians not to say 'well we got the message across so we can sit back and take it easy now" or those that will say "It is in Gods hands He will take care of it" and then they do nothing. A big mistake that many continue to make. The work has just begun and I encourage all Christians to continue in this work.

 

Hello GGamble,

Brother, I am also very excited and happy about this victory. It was a HUGE VICTORY and it was a quick victory. I hope and pray that this gives us encouragement to continue. Many of us have been involved with all kinds of efforts to clean up television for many years, and I'm one of them.

I think that the Book of Daniel was horrible and represented yet another attempt to insult GOD. I don't watch a lot of television, but I've watched a few samples of what they used to call prime-time television for family viewing. Well, there isn't anything fit for a family to watch during prime-time or nearly any other time. There might be a few decent shows, but you really need cable or satellite to have whole channels that are clean and appropriate for family viewing. YES, I also know there are horrible channels on cable and satellite, but you can block those out. My kids are grown and gone, but I'm still active in doing what I can that is right for my grandchildren and other families.

When I do watch television, it's usually the news, sports, cartoons, Animal Planet, and TV Land. TV Land has the very old and completely clean shows of many years ago. My wife laughs when she catches me watching cartoons, but I have to stay in practice for my grandchildren.  :D  In the absence of the clean channels, I doubt that I would have a television in my house.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Ephesians 2:8-10 NASB  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

i agree with this fight and am extreamly happy of the results that it is getting, as a matter of fact , i'd like to sign whatever is needed to keep it off the air....but now, let me ask you....

why are we so upset that they are portraying exactly whats going on in churches and pulpits all across america...as a matter of fact they left many things out.

i imagine they get this from the media and how we find ourselves in the news for thing that are not like god...

on one end its really sad that they are trying to air such a horrible show, but on the other hand its really sad that we can not deny that its happening even though we strive to cover it up.

it reminds me of visiting some churches. when you first get there, they hide that thier sons are sleeping with the entire choir, they hide that they are money hungry, they hide that they are full of pride and have sought gods kingdom to achieve some type of stardom....that is until you join.

we really should be mad that this is the horrible injustice that we are doing to our witness as the people of god.

so after we finish talking about how horrible hollywood is to us, turn that TWO EDGED SWORD on us and begin to talk about how horrible we are to us.

Hello GKB,

This doesn't represent the norm or standard for Christians. It might represent some who wish to make the false claim that they are Christians. We all know that simply sitting in a church pew every Sunday does not make one a Christian. Wallowing in sin, being proud of it, enjoying sin, and defiantly continuing in sin is NOT of GOD. Trying to paint people like this as Christians is an abomination to GOD.

I'm not trying to hint that Christians are perfect or without sin, but I would boldly state that the sick, twisted, abomination that was portrayed as Christian is NOT. What a show like this would attempt to accomplish is Christianity embracing these abominations as acceptable in their eyes and in God's eyes. These abominations are NOT acceptable in God's eyes, and they are not acceptable in the eyes of any church that loves GOD.

I realize there are examples of some things you are talking about, BUT they are not the norm, and they are not acceptable to GOD or GOD-fearing people. Trying to hint that open sin and abominations are acceptable to GOD is an insult to GOD. I would go so far as to say that insulting GOD was probably a high priority for the authors of this filth and garbage they wanted to call entertainment. Real Christians would simply stand up and say NO!, and that's exactly what happened.

If this filth and garbage accurately portrays what's going on in the brick and mortar church you attend, you are going to the wrong church. Your time would be better spent in a bar. Some churches might be that bad, and all I can say is they would be an abomination to God. Hollywood had an agenda with this show, and that agenda was evil. It's really just as simple as that. It was a work of and for the devil.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Romans 1:16-17 NASB  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

Yeah!  That's Hoosiers for ya!  Unfortunately, this Hoosier lives in Indianapolis.  No matter how many emails they get, they'll still broadcast it... >:(

If it is on NBC then it is done by the local affiliate as the NBC parent company has dropped it now also.

AMEN BEP!

I DO AGREE FOR THE MOST PART....MY PROBLEM IS THAT IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS THE CASE IN CHURCHES ALL ACROSS AMERICA...AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE BUILDINGS ARE CONCERNED....SO I DO AGREE. GOD BLESS YOU, AND KEEP UP THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE LORD!

Hello GKB,

 ???    You wouldn't know unless you've attended all of those churches you are talking about.

 ???    I don't have a total count of the churches, but I would guess that you would have to be about 800 years old to have attended all those chuches, and many would have to be drive-throughs.

 ???   Are you sure they were churches?  ;D   ;D   ;D

reminds me of visiting some churches. when you first get there, they hide that their sons are sleeping with the entire choir, they hide that they are money hungry, they hide that they are full of pride and have sought gods kingdom to achieve some type of stardom....that is until you join. {Quote from GKB}

Greetings GKB,

For one to obtain this kind of information about {their sons} would all most put one in sin themselves, through "GOSSIP". 
And as BEP said if one truly is of the family, he would not be into any kind of fornication anyway. And for what ever reason one would come across this type of information, prayers should be going up for them and not judgment.
That's why, accountability is important among brothers, {a brother accountable to another brother} and like wise a {sister accountable with another sister}.  ( A PURE HEART)
And one should be in church, for fellowship and worship and to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to the churches.  If God is not there then one with the gift of discernment would know that and look to the Lord to guide them to one alive in the Spirit.
And for them churches that are full of pride and or mis-using the finances of the church. Sin won't be hidden long, God is in control, its His battle anyway, He will police His own. Many ministries on TV, have the leader of them that needs to be honest and repent of obvious sins against God and of its members. There are many avenues to go about it as a brother of the King, if and when these fruits are present. But the first thing one would do, is to check in with Him and lift up prayers for our concerns, then stand fast and wait upon the glory of the Lord.
Getting offended is just what the enemy wants. That does not mean we are to be passive, either. The enemy is always out to steal our identity in Christ. If we are using our Armor right we will be alert to his strategies. I personally pray on the Armor of God every morning. Or I feel I'm going on my own strength, not the Spirit's. I'm no match for the enemy alone.

Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto  with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.  {KJV}

Ephesians 6:18  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with  all kinds of prayer and requests. With this in mind, be alert  and always keep praying for all the saints. {LABNIV}

That "be alert" goes a long way with me, alert always to the wiles of the enemy, which it says in verse 11.
The NIV explains this verse as to be in prayer always, never ceasing, your life as becoming a prayer, {in relationship with Jesus} always talking to God. Praying for all believers and the Christians you know and the church around the world. and for them that are struggling with sin, or are not in the  "Good Soil".
Pray, put on the Armor of God and keep on praying, but be Alert! Because the enemy just wants to get our focus off what Jesus would do in any situation, and try to lure us to sin.

May the Lord bless thee and keep thee.
Only always for Jesus
in the love of a {Hoosier} brother, in Jesus name
ggamble

I WOULD GO INTO THIS SCRIPTURELY, BUT most of us only receive the peices of scripture the validates their point and for humans, that makes sense. but to be perfectly honest with you, you do not have to know rocket science to know when someone is not living a sold out life for christ... THATS NUMBER ONE!

BUT NUMBER TWO...how is it gossip when these wounded young women and men call YOU for prayer or advice after they have been scared?

how is it gossip when the "friends" pop up pregnant?

it turns out that many people turn to me for support in many of these situations, know why? because they have recognized that i am not just talking, but i am praying, fasting, and living this out.

the only reason i voice some of these concerns on this site is because it appeared to be a site where we could have mature christian discussion about  actual issues...i assure you this is not what i discuss in the presence of weaker or baby saints. my mistake because i assumed much of this went without saying!

i don't play with sinners or sin! (those people who consciencely practice sin with no remorse) gods judgement is coming, and the word of god declares that hes going to start right in YOUR church....so we can keep substatuting gods grace for outright sin all we want to but at some point we better tell somebody the truth...and what is true? gods word is true. wisdom will teach you how to use what, when, and where! lets not just play scripture battle to prove each other wrong, lets actually help each other. believe it or not i am open for help...but i do not let the wrong spirit feed me anything even if that spirit is TALKING right! or for the sake of the site typing right. i do not understand what spirit has led us to a place of battle...but i know that everytimesome of you see the name GKB, you prepare to let your viewpoint go the other way...or actually i do understand...i believe in the gifts of the spirit, and i believe there is only one god and not three.

i've expressed that in a way that forced some to re-evaluate their theology which naturally made them uncomfortable. i know thats true, because i never went against the name of jesus, his blood, his body, his word, or his spirit, yet some folk were ready to dismiss me for disagreeing to the point where they made up reasons for it....but thats neither here nor there...i will pull at you and attempt to stretch you spritually proberly everytime you come in contact with me soooo let get ready to be blessed with the truth rather it comes from you or rather the lord sends it through me.

now the truth be told, there are many hyprocrites in the church...period! rather nbc writes about it or you! i do agree with the petition, however between us christians isn't it true? and based on your theories you all shouldn't be judging the people on the stations, but instead quietly praying for them!

or right than be blessed bye-bye now!

i'll proberly go into hiding for a little while cause i know i may be in the cu principle's office in a minute! ;D haha....

truthfully i love you all have a good day today inthe name of jesus!

Hey Brother.

Don't be offended, calm down, some, maybe make your sentences a little more in detail. And about Sexual PURITY, maybe you should ask your Pastor to preach on it. It's a big issue, I for one know. I played in bands, and took everything that went with it, while backsliding.
Some churches are afraid to touch these issues, which is another story in its self. You missed the whole point of my reply. Praying is the only source I have  for ministries I see on TV, say Hinn, that have some concerns. For what TV does in general, is all based on the way the world is, and be not of this world, I don't watch, much of it at all. because I now guard the gatekeeper, my mind of the things my eyes let in.
On the trinity, I believe in the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they are one in my book. There is only ONE GOD! ONE HOLY SPIRIT,  ONE SON who is Jesus the lamb of God.

WOULD GO INTO THIS SCRIPTURELY, BUT most of us only receive the pieces of scripture the validates their point and for humans, that makes sense. but to be perfectly honest with you, you do not have to know rocket science to know when someone is not living a sold out life for Christ... THATS NUMBER ONE!

BUT NUMBER TWO...how is it gossip when these wounded young women and men call YOU for prayer or advice after they have been scared? qoute GKB

The how I obtained that information, was kind of missing,  I never said you were gossiping, brother, my point was about alertness! Use a little discernment and not look at it like I'm targeting you for anything. Make your sentences more complete with the facts you express. Then them concerns caused because of incompleteness will not pop up the "help this brother get back on track here alert." I cannot read a mans mind,  and on here only what he writes.

Don't read like you want to fight brother, that's the Lord's, read my reply again, humbly. 
Now about judging the people on the stations, I judge not. I see the fruits as like you which is not Rocket science, correct, and praying  was what my reply was all about brother!
And I'm totally submitted to Jesus, He is my Lord, my total being, I hear His voice, and I follow His will for me. I'm I perfect,,,, no way, the Holy Spirit will prompt me when I miss the mark and I repent of it, receive the grace and learn from it and press on!

I too, believe in the gifts of the Spirit, use them, in love and pray them out.
Peace brother, I have read lots of your post and you leave stuff out, then here comes a reply, then you can read the offended - ness as you reply back and it would stop alot of confussion, if you put a little more of the story in it. Press on bro, God is for ya, as am I. But if your Pastor is not seeing these issues, tell em. They are his sheep to feed. And accountability is big for a lot of reasons in purity issues. I keep accountable to two brothers, its everyman's battle. Which is a good series of books,  Everyman's Battle, and EveryWoman's Battle.

May the Lord, bless thee and keep thee
Only always for Jesus
in the love of a brother
ggamble

Please forgive me if it appears that i am angry, i am not!

i will make an extra effort to fill in the blanks that may cross a readers mind when i post.

i recieve you advice in love, and i can feel the spirit that you posted this with. so i humbly receive it and i will certainly consider your request in clarifiying some sentences.

THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO POST WITH THE SPIRIT of love! thank you brother, that is a love that will always get results, a true spirit of love....wonderful, i applaude you...and  it doesn't matter what your views are.....thanks again.