While the idea of change being good has been around since the beginning of time—some might argue that the changes God made in creation were good—the idea that we have now reached appoint of a constant churn of change may well lie at the feet of the computer chip. The changes it has started have resulted in a desire for ever faster change—by the time you buy that shiny new computer, it's already obsolete. They already have in production the next model, and if you have a computer, an iPad, or an iPhone that's more than 2 years old, you're using ancient technology ready for the archaeologists' inspection.
Computers have brought us a whole new way of doing business, a whole new way of creating animation, a whole new way of playing games, a whole new way of designing cars and manufacturing them, a whole new way of running our household, ordering necessities (and luxuries), protecting our house, turning off and on lights—there really isn't any part of our lives that hasn't been changed.
The problem with the idea of change being always good is that it spills over into our theology and our view of Scripture. If every change is good, then changing how we interpret Scripture should be good, right? No, wrong. If society is changing then Scripture's views must be out-of-date, right? No, never. If events have changed to the point to where the authors of our Constitution could not have even envisioned them, our type of government should change, right? Well, not unless we decide that the bases of our Constitution are not Scriptural.
The down side to all this change and our changing attitudes isn't isolated to our views of entertainment, but it surely has changed it. Students regularly surprise me with their nonchalant attitude toward swearing, nudity, sexual deviance, promiscuity, and a multitude of things that are anathema to Scripture, all because of their choice in entertainment. It's just showing the reality around us, it's hard to find entertainment that doesn't have it, it really isn't a big deal because I don't pay that much attention to it, the reasons are varied and yet flow easily from their comments.
The question should be, is this really how we should look at things? Scripture tells us, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things" (Philippians 4:8, ESV).
