It is very difficult to go into Blockbuster these days. The amount of disturbing images on the covers of the DVDs is shocking and revolting at the same time. I sometimes wonder what will be next. How much worse can it get ? I am sure people in the 1950's asked the same questions. I found this section in a book by John Stott and thought it might give us a clue.
“Until our sins are forgiven, we are exiles, far from our true home. We have no communion with God. In Biblical terms we are ‘lost’, or ‘dead’ through trespasses and sins which we have committed.
It is this that accounts for the restlessness of men and women today. There is a hunger in the heart of man which none but God can satisfy, an empty space which only God can fill. The demand for sensational news in the press and for extravagant love or crime stories in the movies; pools and pubs; the dirt track and the dog track ( or football stadiums); the current epidemic of drugs, sex and violence --- -all these are symptoms of man’s search for satisfaction.”
Augustine said concerning God: “ You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”
Taken from Basic Christianity John Stott page 74-75
