The House Built On.....Solid Sand?

God has put Himself into film. Be it christian, atheist, or buddhist, God is there. He speaks to us, or rather shows us Himself in everything we see, hear, touch, taste, feel, and think about. Paul makes this clear in Romans 1:20. 

So what do we do with this? How do we tell what is of God and what is of the devil? I mean, of course the Bible gives us clues about what comes from God, but there are a lot of details that the Bible does not really dive into....at least not specifically. Like how are we to see and take in the beauty of sex in movies without falling into lust? How does discernment play out in the media-saturated culture we live in.....how do we engage in the ongoing conversation without losing ourselves in the fray? How can we be in the world, but not of it?

We're talking a lot about the good parts of media...making sure that we know just how Christians have screwed up in their approach to art. And for the most part this is very important to bring up. But what if the world has something to offer us, and we take it, and then find out the beauty in it, and then in the process of being molded into someone else we end up forgetting what we stand for? What if the solid rock that we thought our house was built on has suddenly given way and we no longer know what our faith is made of? How can we give an answer to everyone who asks us to give a reason for the hope that we have is all we have is a shrug of the shoulders and a blank stare?

What I'm talking about is not necessarily happening to me, but I can see it's roots developing......I can't really tell you why I'm a Christian. I just am and I know I'm never going back. This is frustrating though....because I want to be able to tell someone, "Hey, this is why I'm a Christian," but I can't. There are either way too many factors or I've never really been able to point my faith in any direction but at the mysterious.

Leeper seems to be suggesting that this uncertainty and confusion is good. But I must bring up a point, and that is this: What ground are we standing on? In such confusion, does it really "shine like a light" to an unbeliever that we are standing on solid ground? When they ask me what I believe in and why, I can tell them the first part, but that's honestly as far as I can go without just saying, "It's not something you can explain." And who knows, that might be the answer people need to hear, but something tells me that Peter was talking about something more substantial in 1 Peter 3:15.

Maybe this isn't the problem.....I don't know. I'm just trying to figure out what's right. I think Leeper is bringing up some very valuable points, and I am challenged to think through my faith. But I don't want to end up not knowing what to believe, and for now I guess that's ok.....I just hope God reveals something more to me as this conversation progresses.