Hidden Persuaders

Continuing the exposition of 'walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,' Pastor Martin identifies the mass media of communication -- television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and advertising -- as a primary channel through which ungodly counsel reaches believers. He exposes four philosophies permeating the mass media: materialism, sensualism, moral relativism, and anti-God intellectualism, and offers practical counsel for guarding oneself and one's family against their subtle influence.

Pastor Martin addresses the first great hindrance to meditation: the indisposition of the flesh. He establishes from Galatians 5 and Romans 7 that the flesh wars against every spiritual activity, and the more spiritual the activity, the more violent the opposition. He then identifies the second hindrance: the competition of the world for the mind of the believer, showing from 'The Hidden Persuaders' and Scripture how advertising, media, and cultural forces deliberately target the mind to inject desires that crowd out meditation. He urges conviction of necessity, systematic exposure to the Word, disciplined time and mind, and reliance on the Holy Spirit.