Last week, Rich and Chris discussed how Church growth methodology rejects the biblical concept of what is the Church. This week, they discuss how the Bible explains what the Church is and why this is important.
Month: June 2018
It’s been said before, but social media is a funny thing. Especially in an overly divisive and politically charged climate. Prior to the internet, we got our news from the paper and our local television stations. It was mostly local, but we knew what was going on in the world at large, generally speaking. We would talk with family, friends, co-workers, etc, about our agreements and complaints with the world. This isn’t to say divisiveness did not exist back then, but I doubt anyone could argue it was a widespread as we see it today. The advent of the internet, particularly social media, and a 24-hour news cycle allowed us to be inundated with everything that was going on everywhere at all times. Suddenly, it wasn’t just local issues with a smattering of national and international headlines. Now it was everyone’s business about every single issue.
It is not an issue we can escape either. Unless one divorces his or herself from the world wide web completely, you will see and be impacted by news every time you pick up your phone. Even if you do not go to the news sites and manage to avoid the click-bait headlines, your friends and online acquaintances will most certainly be discussing the topic de jour. Along with the applicable social media links, they will be sharing their thoughts and commentary about those news events. Social media has made us all experts, if only in our own minds, about everything being carried along our news streams. Since we have the ability to post and comment at any given moment, most of us cannot resist sharing our perceived brilliance on whatever topic is the hot-button issue. We no longer need commentary from the experts to help us understand an issue. We are the experts because we have an opinion and a keyboard.
This has resulted in more division and arguments then I believe most of us have seen in our lifetimes. It is one thing to have a heated discussion with a loved one or co-worker over a current political decision in the news. But when that discussion is broadcast to where untold thousands, even millions can see, hear, and participate in kind, well, the ensuing storm is sure to bring casualties.
A Fox News opinion article sparks a conversation between Chris and Rich about what serving the church actually means.
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