What America is missing in its source of entertainment
by R. Douglass Mahaffey
I felt the need to write yet even more about the Robertson family of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” fame. I have yet to see a single ensemble of entertainers on television that challenge the fabric of the modern day morals of American Pop Culture world as the Robertson family has.
Too often, entertainers are more interested in pushing the envelope of blasphemy and self-centered so-called “humor”, and they give no thought to the offense of their almighty creator that they are condemning themselves with in the name of a cheap laugh, or even giggle. It just goes to show you what a cheap price people put on their existence, much less their eternal life.
Now I will admit that the Robertson family has been known to push the common sense envelope a bit, and Phil, the patriarch of the Robertson clan has been known to get a little risque` in his subject material when he is explaining the “birds and bees with his grandson, Cody. But in his case, he isn’t doing it to be vulgar or lewd for a cheap laugh. He speaks matter-of-factly and is being serious in his discussions, as opposed to most sit-coms that air on prime-time television when most teenagers and young kids are watching television.
An element of life-lesson is being brought forth in its most pure state. Just think, a grandfather getting actual face time with his grandchild to explain the more important aspects of life, and it doesn’t involve a cell phone for text messaging, or a private message on a Facebook account. These days, that kind of interaction is very rare in a spoiled society such as we live in.
Where am I going with all of this? I recently read Si Robertson’s autobiography, Si-cology 101, and just last night, Tuesday, January 7, finished watching the entire Season One of their T.V. show. Yeah, I laughed my head off with about 90 percent of it because they are genuinely funny people. But I also realized that I have missed the pure form of clean, family-friendly programming that the Robertson family brings to the table.
The interaction that they have with one another reminded me of my family as a child. My mother was home every afternoon from work at 5:00 p.m., and my dad was there not too long after. We engaged one another with events of our day. We sat around the dining room table to eat. We watched television together. We went to Astros baseball games and high school football games together. We enjoyed spending time together in vacations to Mississippi. We had true fellowship.
We didn’t always see eye to eye with one another and yeah, we had our many differences, but we had fellowship. We had the same kind of fellowship that our Father in heaven desires from us. There’s no telephone or computer required for that kind of communication. Just the Bible and a prayer life. We have 100 percent full access to the throne of God, and more often than not, we do nothing with it.
As a New Year’s Resolution if you will (I never make these things because there is no real incentive to keep them), I resolve to have an even greater prayer life than before. I want my relationship with God to be one where when someone gets to know me, I shouldn’t have to tell them that I am a Christian. They should see it in the example I set and the way I live my life.
R. Douglass Mahaffey - Founder and Publisher of The Wise Conservative.
