i changed my bookmark of 1st corinthians 8:13 to include the entire chapter; this is one of the best verses i've ever come across in the bible; it has basically taught how to deal with anything into this modern-day era, even though paul is not on the earth to write any more epistles concerning hip-hop, or bht-infested cereals, or what not... basic idea: it is ok to indulge in the things of this world, even when they are things devoted to other things other than God, because idols are nothing, and God is everything... BUT! you have to watch for whether those things can drag your christian brothers and sisters down. if they don't have this mentality, and see you doing such, they may be misled, and so be enticed to sin. when that happens, it becomes bad, and you must toss it away.

(haha... it's like in family guy when peter and chris are driving through las vegas, and there's a communion place... under the sign reads "all you can eat" :D)

of course, a simple concept, but it can be very hard to judge some things of today; or at least, try to convince others... like abortion. clearly wrong, because it murders... but time and time again, ppl argue for it... esp in the philosophy classes i've taken at davis. it's not that you can't argue against abortion, but it is THAT MUCH easier to argue for abortion than to argue against it.

modern music fads are also difficult to see. however, we have to see that it DIFFERS from person to person. so while we shouldn't write off christian rock, i think that depending upon the person, it might not be that good of an idea to promote it on a friday night. give those people alternative places of meeting that friday or something.