How Local Church Trumps Twitter and Facebook
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Desiring God
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🗓️ 15 January 2015
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Pastor John, as you know, there's a trend in American culture of intolerance towards any |
| 0:09.5 | world view that refuses to affirm same-sex marriage. |
| 0:13.9 | There's no surprise there. |
| 0:15.7 | But there are indications here and there that we are maybe seeing this trend spread into |
| 0:19.9 | the gatekeepers of online platforms, platforms that Christians use regularly. |
| 0:26.6 | The question on the table is this. |
| 0:28.8 | The Christians be preparing for a time when the cultural gatekeepers are so opposed to |
| 0:33.2 | this counter-cultural position of Christians that mediums such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter |
| 0:41.5 | will close the accounts of Christians or even app stores will discontinue ministry apps |
| 0:46.3 | for those who affirm what scripture teaches about the sin of homosexual practice. |
| 0:51.7 | Do you see this trend coming and how should we who use the web regularly prepare for |
| 0:56.8 | it? |
| 0:58.0 | Whether I see that coming or not probably has no influence on whether it will come or not, |
| 1:06.7 | unless my inclinations keep me from praying. |
| 1:13.3 | And God says to me, you have not, because you has not, John Biber. |
| 1:17.7 | So my opinion about this is not very important in itself, I don't think, but there are |
| 1:25.8 | important considerations in thinking about such things. |
| 1:29.9 | God is sovereign over all cultural shifts. |
| 1:33.7 | And he will do as he pleases in his infinite wisdom and goodness and justice. |
| 1:39.2 | I don't know of any biblical or historical reason to think America will even exist in |
| 1:46.3 | a hundred years, let alone tolerate Christians. |
| 1:50.9 | It might. |
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