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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Jesus and Social Media

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

If Jesus were physically present today, would he use social media? And if so, to what end? What can we learn from the life and teachings of Jesus about how to "comment" well on social media? In this video, Sean and Scott discuss ways Christians can approach and use social media in a way that honors the Lord and loves others. At the end, they offer five lessons from Jesus about how to comment on social media. This episode is also available as a video at: https://youtu.be/ujoRBKtGpm...

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If Jesus were physically present today, would he use social media?

0:05.0

And if so, to what end?

0:07.0

What can we learn from the life and teachings of Jesus

0:09.7

about how to comment on social media well? Given how much I use social media and our culture does these are some pressing

0:16.8

questions we need to lean into and address. I'm here with my Think Bigly

0:20.9

co-host Scott Ray who is an ethicist written a lot of books done

0:25.3

your PhD in this to explore these questions so let's jump right in if Jesus

0:30.6

were physically present today do you think he might use social media?

0:34.7

Before I answer that, Sean, let me just a disclaimer out for our audience here.

0:40.0

You should know that Sean and I have completely different approaches to social media.

0:44.9

That is true.

0:45.7

Sure enough.

0:46.4

He uses it extensively and I think for the most part to good ends. And I don't use it hardly at all because I've seen

0:58.8

the way people comment on it, I've seen the Christian community, the way they comment on it in ways that I think

1:04.9

are more reflective of the polarization of the culture.

1:09.5

And I don't want to be part of that.

1:12.2

I found that by exposing myself to that and the

1:15.9

temptation to sort of fight fire with fire on that has done some harm to my soul

1:22.0

on that.

1:23.0

And so I have chosen just to be sort of out of,

1:26.7

I'm out for now, I may change that at some point.

1:31.0

I should be fair to, my wife is just the opposite okay all right and she

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