The sphere that shapes what a culture loves, fears, and desires.
The arts and entertainment mountain encompasses film, television, music, literature, visual arts, and sports. It shapes the emotions, aspirations, and imaginations of a culture. Through storytelling and cultural mythology, this mountain bypasses rational defenses to shape what people love, what they fear, and what they desire. It makes specific worldviews emotionally compelling and rival worldviews emotionally repellent.
The entertainment mountain was not captured by argument — it was captured by story. Progressive values were embedded in compelling narrative, relatable characters, and emotional resonance long before they gained legislative traction. The Christian retreat from the arts in the 20th century left the most powerful persuasion mechanism in human history entirely in the hands of those who oppose biblical values.
Christians must re-enter the arts with excellence, not propaganda. The goal is not Christian entertainment for Christian audiences — it is truthful, excellent storytelling capable of competing in the mainstream marketplace of ideas. This requires the church to invest in the formation of artists and storytellers, to build funding mechanisms for creative work, and to resist the demand that Christian art be didactic rather than beautiful.
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely... think on these things."
— Philippians 4:8
The book provides complete analysis, Counter-Rules, and application frameworks for this mountain and all seven.
Order on AmazonEach mountain is a front in the same war. Understand them all to engage with full strategic intelligence.