A Right Perspective on Social Media

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Even though there were no smartphones in Solomon’s day or when the New Testament was being written, God’s Word actually says a lot about how we use our words.

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0:00.0	Kelly Needham knows that when she's using social media, there are a lot of pitfalls to avoid.
0:05.8	But if I think through the lens of discipleship, that's really helped me filter, like, why am I doing this?
0:10.3	And so I sometimes think, what is the woman on the other side of this phone feeling right now on
0:14.2	social media? What can I say that would speak life, encouragement, or, you know, just point her back to Christ.
0:22.6	This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Lies, Women Believe,
0:28.7	and the Truth that Sets Them Free.
0:30.8	For April 2, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.
0:33.6	I'm Dana Gresh. Danielle.
0:45.8	Dan, I think it's safe to assume that most of the people who are listening to this program use social media.
0:47.9	I know you've done a lot of study on social media.
0:50.4	It's an area of great interest to you.
0:52.0	And you've studied about how there have been some negative effects of social media. That's something great interest to you. And you've studied about how there have been some negative
0:55.2	effects of social media. That's something that really concerns you. It does, especially for the younger
1:00.7	generations, the teens and tweens and college students. And I think these days, when a lot of us
1:06.9	are home more than usual trying to flatten the curve. It's a safe bet that we're spending
1:11.9	even more time on social media. But in general, social media use among young people really
1:18.1	concerns me. Probably the scariest thing is just that there are some social media platforms
1:23.7	that are just more prone to be used by predators. And one of them is Snapchat. And recently
1:31.1	I discovered that 23.5 million users of that app are under the age of 11. Wow. That terrifies me because
1:42.3	their brains are not ready to handle the decisions that need to be made if someone is predatory on an app like that.
1:50.9	It's like putting our children in the darkest alleyways of New York City and expecting that they could navigate through anyone that approaches them in a predatory way there.
2:00.0	That's what we're doing when we allow children that age to be on apps that they're not ready to handle. So there's some
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