Using social media with Christian intentionality
Prof. Brian Huizinga examines the proper use of social media from a Christian perspective, drawing on Chris Martin's recent work "The Wolf in their Pockets" to address how social media functions as a powerful discipleship force in contemporary culture. The article calls Reformed believers to engage intentionally with digital platforms, weighing both their benefits and dangers in light of Christian ethics and spiritual formation.
The Standard Bearer is in its 100th volume year. Our ancestors in the faith who began this magazine in 1924 were as versed in the social media of X (Twitter), TikTok, YouTube, Facebook/Meta, Instagram, and Snapchat as their Dutch fathers in the Secession of 1834 were accustomed to producing sermon manuscripts on a mechanical typewriter, taking notes with a ballpoint ink pen, or cruising from town to town in a Ford Model A. Technological innovation develops in astonishing ways from century to...
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