Comments on: Worldview in a Magazine

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:15:25 +0000

It is definitely her cabinet ministers. Although it’s still a bit of a callous remark, given the context.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:02:29 +0000

I’ve often made this very argument when talking to people about the influence of the public school systems with parents that choose to send their children there. It isn’t the things that are flagrantly wrong that will get by you, but the subtle impact of the worldview that will change you the most.

It’s how you look at the things that are before you that’s the most powerful, and being able to manipulate it is the name of that game.

@Holly – I also took “ministers” as being her cabinet, not her preacher.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:21:10 +0000

Anna, yeah, I wasn’t sure, I don’t know very much about Margaret Thatcher, like whether or not she is a Christian, but government ministers sprang to my mind more quickly than pastors did in that context.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:03:26 +0000

Holly, good point! That might change things a little.

By: Kaysie

Kaysie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:35:24 +0000

I agree completely. I find the messages “subtly” presented through the media to be a slam against everything I value. It seems that every commercial, every magazine ad, every billboard is promoting something in a depraved way. Like you said, we must keep the lens of Scripture over our eyes in whatever we do, read, or listen to.

Thanks for the well-written reminder!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:42:35 +0000

Great points, Anna. Keeping our minds focused on the right things can be so much harder when we’re reading magazines focused on the temporal. I especially liked your last paragraph. Way to go, bringing it home.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:04:50 +0000

I’d never heard that Margaret Thatcher quote before. Your comment made me wonder whether the “ministers” she’s referring to are in fact religious ones (as in pastors) or government ones (as in cabinet ministers).