I am amazed at what technology has done to the world. ABC News said on their show last night that they have redone their website so that people can contribute to and report the news. Even they understand that technology has changed things. No reporter was able to capture the hanging of Sadaam Hussein, but a self phone camera caught it and within hours millions had seen that moment in history.
A year ago I would have to go to my computer to post on here. Now I am on my cell phone on my living room floor musing about the wonders of technology.
I have repeatedly read and now see more clearly than I did before that technology is not neutral. It is BOTH good and bad, a positive and a negative. The internet has made ministry take a new dimension because in many ways the possibilities are endless. But at the same time the internet has destroyed more lives and families through adultery, pornography, and other sexual misconduct than just about anything out there.
“Whatever the world may use, let it be propigated by the church.” — Augustine
This has become one of my life statements. God is in the business of redemption and reconciliation. It’s time that we use technology to further his mission.
But remember this one thing:
TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE ANSWER. JESUS CHRIST, THE SINLESS SON OF GOD, ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE ANSWER.
I’ll be at church camp all this week and will hopefully be making some “mobile reflections” from Burnt Cabin. Here are the things I am teaching on (and will hopefully blog about) this week:
Why are you a Christian?
What is Christianity really all about?
— The Man (Jesus Christ)
— The Message (The Gospel)
— The Mission (The Missio Dei)
— The Makeover (Progressive and Intentional Sanctification)
The theme for this week is “Extreme Makeover: Spiritual Edition”. Please pray for everyone that will be there that Christ will have open doors to come in and make us more like Him.
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