Video Games Aren't Sinful, They're Just Stupid

This clip is taken from the sermon "The Cost of Discipleship," preached by Pastor Mark Driscoll at the Mars Hill Church Ballard campus in Seattle, Washington, on February 13, 2011. It is the 63rd sermon in our sermon series on the Gospel of Luke.

To watch or download the full sermon, visit: http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/luke/the-cost-of-discipleship

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[toughguy8228]

Video games are fun. there is no getting around that.

But what i do know is at the end of my life on my death bed i will never look back at my life and wish that i played more video games or that i found out what happened if i tried to finish skyrim.

i am going to wish i did more things for Christ! i am going to wish i tole my friends about Christ.

But good thing i am not dying... so i can live life with the end in mind and do it for Jesus.

[Luuke92]

@killerproctologist88 Thank you for writing this, Im a Jesus follower and I found the title of this video very strange. I thought he meant that either you fight against the real evil, the one in this world, or you just play video games and your life becomes pointless. But being addicted to games is absolutely different. Because of course you can live as a warrior for the truth, Jesus, and in the same time play video games on your free time if you like. Just remember to listen to God.

[Sevv9220]

Halo is a video game. It's fake, I realize that, but I still enjoy playing it.

[14brad]

@justicegang About 2 months ago, I've never been more focused and fulfilled since.

[mrjarrodwhitley]

@brackishnz What verse says that?

[brackishnz]

everything in moderation.

[IdaSputum]

@andy7666 Yes, George Bush is a typical lying Zionist who loves war and does it under Christs' name as an insult to all Jesus is / and was about It's debatable whether war is genetically encoded to happen, as scientists observed that people /babies grew peacefully when left with no outside influences but peace. Darwin was a Satanic agent who claimed on his death bed that there was a God, - he didn't need any more cash on his deathbed so he admitted it.

[justicegang]

@14brad When did you gave them up?

[justicegang]

@14brad You and me both bother.

[dzpisx]

@dariusz7114 It'd be super awesome to be 24/7 devoted to studying the Word, but living it is doing the Word at home, at work, with your friends, it's not all just bible study.

But I get your point though. :)

[TheFrygar]

One of the worst arguments I've ever heard against video games. Apparently this man has lost his ability to form a logical, coherent argument. Video games are not the only things that can preoccupy a person....perhaps you have no hobbies or free time? Go back to the Stone Ages, religious troll.

[bgoatjohnny]

who ever said the video games are supposed to win people real things. they're just for fun