The Internet, eh? I, while having a busy, hectic lifestyle, still was able to use the world wide web! Then I got to thinking about ALL the times I had invited people to church events only to hear them say, "I really am interested, but I don't have the time for church."
My usual mental response to this was one of judgement. "So you're telling me you don't have time for God, but you have time for facebook, twitter, blogs, emails, radio and more?" even now that argument still holds water, but I feel the judgmental attitude behind it did my evangelism more harm than good. So rather than trying to argue this fact I felt God calling me to shift my thinking.
How could I respond to someone saying they had no time for church without inflecting condemnation? Why not appeal to them instead? A website, a facebook, some blogs and podcasts, all the things they could do on their own time! Why... Not... USE THEM?
"I'm sorry Kevin, I don't have time to come to church." Well then read what Jennie Conrad learned in church Sunday by reading truthfully speaking.. "I'm too sick to get out of the house today, I can't go to church." Then study what Joe Lanza is studying on His Death will Purge.
Now, I'm not one to believe you have to go to an institutional church in order to receive salvation, but Christ did command us not to forsake the fellowship of fellow believers. As iron sharpens iron, men sharpen men and we need a setting for accountability that the institutional church provides. However Christ never said HOW we had to fellowship. So why not use the world wide web to support the world wide church?
But do we have the time? I'd be willing to guess that half of you are probably reading this on a smartphone right now. Truth is, I wrote this on my iPhone. We all have the time and a ministry such as GoFM, limits our excuses and leaves us no reason NOT to study the teachings of Christ. Remember that uncompromising job I was telling you guys about last post? I wrote over half of this while I was on my lunch break.
We ALL have the time.
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