This is very disturbing. Best Buy stores are selling a video game  called "25 to Life" where the object of the game is to kill cops and complete drive by shootings.

You can read about it and send an email of protest at the American Family website, http://www.afa.net/petitions/issuedetail.asp?id=188 .

I have some dear friends who have just recently become Christians. Two of their older children were once allowed to play these kinds of video games. They are turning their family life around to honor Christ and it hasn't been easy. The boys, especially, haven't liked having forms of entertainment that once were "ok" being removed from their home.

My friend told me last night what a difference removing these things from the lives of her children had made. At first, there was much resentment and anger. But as they sought to replace these things with Christian oriented entertainments and began to disciple their children, things have begun to change. Anger that once characterized these boys' temperaments is slowly melting away.  One has even given his heart to Christ. Their father is often praying at the altar of our church---and I am always so moved and encouraged by his total dependence on Christ.

I am librarian at our church and am in the process of stocking the shelves with study materials for new Christians. A DVD that exposed the spiritual dangers of Harry Potter and dabblings in witchcraft was one that this dear family checked out--and kept. They watched it, had the children watch it, and lent it to a Pastor friend of theirs. The children promptly--on their own--stopped reading these books.

My friend told me, "You cannot imagine the change in our home just because our children are no longer involved in video games that glorify death and destruction, no television shows or books that feature witchcraft and demons are allowed." She went on to describe a home that was no longer under a dark shadow.

Christ Jesus alone makes this possible. He is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.  I encourage every person who reads this to sign that petition to urge Best Buy to pull that horrible video game from its shelves.