.. ..so nothing beats the credit music to Boston Legal. You didn't know it was one did you?
Enter box set of seasons 1, 2 and 3.
Aside from being a show that contains 'Moderate themes', 'Moderate violence', and kindly labelled to have 'Moderate sexual references' (enough, take note, that the characters themselves get fed up).. ..I've found it to be a show that makes constant references to God.
As an American legal drama/comedy it confronts many MANY ethical questions, and often finds itself alluding to, or directly referencing the existence of the God of Christianity. Criminals explain their new found commitment to God. Creationism, intelligent design, is held up as important in a court of law. Lawyers question their own faith, and purpose for living. And it is brilliantly juxtaposed against a worldly view of justice and success, which, even if only for the purpose of entertainment, is portrayed as less than desirable.
I dislike television, I don't watch it probably for the purpose of avoiding much of what Boston Legal itself includes, but it's good to know that God's truth prevails even in the thickest of it all. And if it's being able to find God in the gaps, knowing that God reveals himself in the darkest corners of the world, and to be able to discuss the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people from the instigation of a TV show, then I might swallow my pride and at least mildly engage again with the world of television..
..and anyway, I've only seen season one.
Enter box set of seasons 1, 2 and 3.
Aside from being a show that contains 'Moderate themes', 'Moderate violence', and kindly labelled to have 'Moderate sexual references' (enough, take note, that the characters themselves get fed up).. ..I've found it to be a show that makes constant references to God.
As an American legal drama/comedy it confronts many MANY ethical questions, and often finds itself alluding to, or directly referencing the existence of the God of Christianity. Criminals explain their new found commitment to God. Creationism, intelligent design, is held up as important in a court of law. Lawyers question their own faith, and purpose for living. And it is brilliantly juxtaposed against a worldly view of justice and success, which, even if only for the purpose of entertainment, is portrayed as less than desirable.
I dislike television, I don't watch it probably for the purpose of avoiding much of what Boston Legal itself includes, but it's good to know that God's truth prevails even in the thickest of it all. And if it's being able to find God in the gaps, knowing that God reveals himself in the darkest corners of the world, and to be able to discuss the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people from the instigation of a TV show, then I might swallow my pride and at least mildly engage again with the world of television..
..and anyway, I've only seen season one.
1 comment:
Its a great encouragement to hear someone actually thinking about what they watch!! I've watched tonnes of Boston Legal and I definitely hadn't picked that much up.
I watch tv to turn my brain off...but maybe theres something to be gained by having it switched on and engaging with how people think.
From now i'll reserve brainlessness for dumb americal cop shows
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