'Movies' Tagged Posts

'Movies' Tagged Posts

Ask The Pastor: Is it okay for a youth pastor to watch inappropriate movies with his sister?

Question: Is it okay for a youth pastor to watch movies of violence, sex, assault and anything of the like with his sister? Thanks for your question! Back in 2020 I answered the question, “Is it a sin to watch R rated movies?” and that answer has a lot of similarities to the answer I will give you. The short version of this previous Ask The Pastor question is this: The Bible doesn’t specify which ratings we should be watching…

Ask The Pastor: Is it a sin to watch “R” rated movies?

Is it a sin to watch “R” rated movies? Great question! I will begin by saying that the MPAA rating system was not around when the Bible was written, so there were no ratings at all. So no, the Bible does not give any direction about “R” rated movies. Is that skirting around the question? 🙂 Let’s ask it another way: “Is it a sin to watch sinful behavior in movies?” This could involve filthy language, violence, sex, and so…