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– the theater, the sporting events, and the

banqueting – was free.

Now, what were some of the themes in the

theaters in the first century in the time of Jesus

Christ, in the time of the apostles, in the time of

the early church writers? What were the

themes? Just the same as they are

today: Comedy. People are laughing themselves

into hell. Crime. That's big today. I was sitting

in a hospital in Louisiana Wednesday morning

of this week while my son-in-law had gone in

with my daughter for a little while, and there

was one television in one corner and another in

the other corner. I was sitting there trying to

read my Bible, and I looked up at my son-in-law

when he came out and sat down, and I said, “No

wonder people aren't listening to our preaching

anymore.” I said, “The filth and the garbage that

is on these televisions.” There was a program –

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