Throughout my life, learning to navigate being passionate about both arts/entertainment and the Church/my faith in Jesus, I've noticed that those two worlds and two communities don't always understand each other or get along well a lot of the time, and that breaks my heart. I don't believe it has to be that way or that God wants it to be that way.

So, in this episode, I share from Scripture and my experience three practical ways Christians can better love, value, support, and relate to artists and entertainers of all kinds who create art in what some in the Church would call the "secular entertainment" industry.

00:00:00 - Intro + My Story

00:04:19 - Appreciate the work of artists

00:09:18 - Treat artists with respect.

00:20:09 - Pray for artists.

00:28:00 - Closing + Prayer

Context to this conversation:

• Personal Convictions episode ⁠• Christians + "Secular Music" episode ⁠• Discerning Entertainment episode

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Bio:

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m a minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter, and worship leader with a passion to help both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. To that end, I host the Everyday Walk podcast, serve as a staff writer at Christian music website NewReleaseToday, and work in college ministry. I live in Kansas City, MO with my pug, and love all things music, entertainment, and pop culture, books, and a good cup of tea. The Everyday Walk podcast provides practical teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life.

In this episode, I want to share five practical tips/questions with you that I personally use to discern individual pieces of entertainment I consume as a Christian and evaluate its impact on me. I hope this helps your discernment process too. This is a follow-up episode to ⁠⁠Can Christians Listen to “Secular” Music?⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Show Notes⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Episode⁠⁠ on Personal Convictions
• Follow me on social media! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ my free email community!
• Visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more about me and Everyday Walk.
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ this ministry on Patreon.
• Listen to my music ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Bio:

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m a minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter, and worship leader with a passion to help both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. To that end, I host the Everyday Walk podcast, serve as a staff writer at Christian music website NewReleaseToday, and work in college ministry. I live in Kansas City, MO with my pug, and love all things music, entertainment, and pop culture, books, and a good cup of tea. The Everyday Walk podcast provides practical teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life.

If you grew up in Church like I did, you know Christians listening to “secular music” (or engaging any type of secular entertainment) or being a secular artist/entertainer can be somewhat of a controversial topic. In this episode, we unpack a biblical perspective on “secular” or mainstream arts and entertainment–art and entertainment that is not overtly faith-based or clearly communicating a Christian message.

We’ll answer three questions about secular entertainment: Is it sinful? Is it edifying? Is it God-glorifying? These principles apply not just to music but to all forms of entertainment–shows, movies, books, video games, podcasts, etc.

• Show Notes⁠
• Episode on Personal Convictions
• Follow me on social media! ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠Join⁠⁠⁠ my free email community!
• Visit my ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ for more about me and Everyday Walk.
• ⁠⁠⁠Support⁠⁠⁠ this ministry on Patreon.
• Listen to my music ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Bio:

Hey, I’m Jasmin Patterson! I’m a minister, Bible teacher, content creator, singer-songwriter, and worship leader with a passion to help both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. To that end, I host the Everyday Walk podcast, serve as a staff writer at Christian music website NewReleaseToday, and work in college ministry. I live in Kansas City, MO with my pug, and love all things music, entertainment, and pop culture, books, and a good cup of tea. The Everyday Walk podcast provides practical teaching to guide and equip your everyday walk with Jesus. Each episode will clarify biblical topics, answer your questions about the Christian life, and equip you to faithfully follow Jesus in everyday life.