WHY JOHNNY CANT LISTEN
Introduction
1. Detroit Free Press offered 120 families $500 to turn off TV for a month
2. 93 families turned down the offer
3. Average family watches 44 hours of TV per week
4. It has impact on our language, moral values, attention span
Notice these facts
1. Camera shots change every 3 seconds; commercials 2.5 seconds
2. Speech
a. We talk little while watching TV Shush, I want to hear this
b. We may be in the same house, same room not communicate
c. Language on TV affects how we talk
3. Commercials
a. A 20 year old will have seen about 1 million commercials
b. 30 second commercial on the Super Bowl almost $3 million
c. Why? Because commercials work.
d. Subtle subconscious think of commercial not brand
4. Commercials solve problems in 28 seconds they teach:
a. All problems can be solved
b. They can be solved in an instant (28 seconds)
c. They are solved by technology, science, new product
d. Preacher takes 25 minutes, Bible class 40 minutes
i. No pills, no new device
ii. No toll free number, no website
5. All of this affects our attention span
a.
Fatigue, hunger, noise, and emotional stress reduce time on task. Common
estimates for sustained attention to a freely chosen task range from about five
minutes for a two-year-old child, to a maximum of around 20 minutes in older
children and adults.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span
b. And these numbers are getting shorter for children and adults
6. How to Listen
a. Personally How does this apply to me?
b. Biblically Is this the will of God, from Gods Word?
c. Searching Ask questions, search for answers
d. Receptive Acts 17:11
e. Actively
i. Bring Bible
ii. Take notes
iii. Look up passages
f. Focused
i. We speak about 125 words per minute (110 150)
ii. We can hear and understand (process) 400 words per minute
iii. We can think about 1,000 words per minute
iv. The challenge is to stay focused