The TV Challenge and Discussion

[DaniJ87]

At home we usually watched Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis in the evenings... but they only came on once a week with new episodes.. so if we really wanted to see reruns, we could watch the others... (WORLD magazine has good reviews of these.)

My little brother LOVES Mythbusters and the DIY channel.... At my parents home, we have LOTS of cable channels- just a basic package, but it's special because our telephone and internet and TV all come in on the same line... some kind of ethernet stuff...

I liked the History channel, (especially "Mail Call" and sme other show.... I think it was called "Conquest"... but I'm not sure) and the Discovery channel, and a few things on the Sci-Fi channel.... Our TV is nice.. it rates shows for us in the guide- and tells us what they are rated for- so that if we turn something on, we can first determine what type of show it is.

Some of the antique movie channels can be fun...

I probably watched about ten hours of TV in a week. I was homeschooled, and this includes the educational things that we watched for our school stuff, and it also includes the news.

Now I am at college, and I have 10 channels. My grandpa got them, so that he could watch football, and it only costs him $10 a month. I don't watch TV very much- first of all because I am too busy and it wastes my time, and secondly, because all we have besides some garbage, is the ESPN, the Weather Channel, the Cartoon Network( yay- I guess I could watch the Jetsons) and the Discovery Channel. The discovery channel is dying. All the good shows it comes up with, get moved off to other channels, and so they don't have much left, other than those creepy house makeovers, and motorcycle-building and car fixing stuff, and the Mythbusters. So there's one show on the whole channel that I watch. and that's once in awhile.

I don't feel addicted to the TV... and there is a LOT of educational stuff available on there.

Just be careful that you evaluate shows before/during watching them- and don't forget that just because you turn something on, does not mean that you cannot turn it off.

~Danette

[Keith]

Beyond the Next Mountain

This program examines Rochunga Pudaite's life and his mission to bring the gospel to his people, the Hmar of northeast India. Branded as ruthless heathens by the British at the end of the 19th century, the Hmar were forever changed when a copy of John's Gospel made its way into their village. Rochunga's father, Chawnga, adopted Christianity and believed that his son was chosen by God to bring Christianity to the entire village.

I highly recommend this movie. It's not a high budget movie and doesn't compare to the flash and "style" of today's movies, but it's a great reminder of what some have sacrificed to bring the Word of God to people who wanted/needed it. The ending is very emotional and will make you examine your life and the difference that you're making in the lives of other people.