Well, how do we tweet to the glory of God?

Surely we all have a lot to learn in stewarding our media platforms for eternal purposes.

And here's the question as it arrives from Lalisa, a regular listener, Pastor John, hello,

and thank you for this podcast and thank you for your presence on social media.

I want to reach the people in my online sphere with the gospel.

What are some simple things average Christians like me can keep in mind to use social media

with eternal purpose for evangelism and for edification?

The last 20 years have created a whole new world of possibilities for good and for ill

in broadcasting our thoughts to the world.

Before the internet, we could distribute tracts, we could use billboards, we could rent newspaper

ads, we could write letters to the editor, try to publish an article in a magazine or

a book or write a book, we could distribute doorknob hangers or hire a sky writer or put

on a bumper sticker, but today we can go to Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and blogging

etc.

And the possibility exists that something you say might reach thousands, even millions

besides the cluster, little cluster friends that you have, several dozen folks or several

hundred folks that you have.

Now that's a new situation and for Christians it's another stewardship that God has given

us to manage to steward and he will call us to account, Jesus says, for every careless

word we utter, Matthew 1236, careless words on Twitter or Facebook or in blogs.

So the best way to know how to manage or steward God's gift is as always to go to God's

word and listen to his counsel.

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