Becoming Digital Christians - Episode 2 - Three Leaps

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BECOMING#DIGITALCHRISTIANS

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10

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Episode 2: Three Leaps

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANSEPISODE 2: THREE LEAPS

WHAT YOU MAY FEEL LIKE. OR WHAT YOU FELT LIKE?

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Let’s do some review.

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“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

Acts 2:44 - 47

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANSEPISODE 1: GROUND RULES

WHY THE TEMPLE COURTS??

▸ Old Testament ways were put to death with Christ

▸ Home of the exact same people who “killed” Jesus

▸ Building a coup in front of the king

▸ Is this where to find new converts?

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TODAY’S TEMPLE COURTS

▸ 87% of the United States has internet access

▸ 1/7th of humanity is on Facebook at least once a month.

▸ 56% of Americans have a social media profile

▸ 55% of Americans 45-54 have a social media profile

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WELCOME TO THIS CLASS. WE’RE HERE TO HELP.

TECHNOLOGY

CHRISTIANITY

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I’m your astronaut. I have been to the planet Digital, and I speak its language.


BEGINNINGSBIASESBEHAVIORS

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In this class, we’ll discuss three major themes

How Christianity and Technology created the relationship they have today

How Technology changes our paradigm, particularly related to Christianity

What we should be doing, and why we should be doing it

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The Three Leaps: ‣ Print ‣ Televison ‣ Internet#digitalchristians

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FUN WITH QUOTATIONS

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Guess the technology:

“What gunpowder has done for the war, [this technology] has done for the mind.”

Wendell Phillips



FUN WITH QUOTATIONS

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANS

Guess the technology AND quote source:

“[This technology] is bigger than any story it reports. It’s the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.”

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FUN WITH QUOTATIONS

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANS

Guess the technology AND quote source:

“[This technology] is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.”

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FUN WITH QUOTATIONS

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FUN WITH QUOTATIONS

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”

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Douglas Adams

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Media are

Crucial.

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MEDIA is not THE MEDIA21

▸ The Media: the collection of persons, companies and outlets that create and distribute content

▸ Media: Two or more methods of communication (plural of medium)


GOD CARES ABOUT MEDIA

▸ “These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess…”

▸ “Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:1, 7-9

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MESSAGE

MEDIUM


EARLY CHURCH MEDIA▸ “Some six years later I was in my second year working with the

Central congregation in Houston as educational director. The elders made a survey and found to their dismay that 200 of the people in the church directory had not attended an assembly of the church for two years.All the elders and staff accepted assignments to visit these people and see if they could be helped. When I visited the non-attenders who were listed for me, I found that all of them were seriously deficient in their knowledge of Jesus and His church. I decided then to find some means of teaching prospects more thoroughly so after they were baptized, they would remain faithful to the Lord. This is how the idea for the filmstrips was born.

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EARLY CHURCH MEDIA▸ “Some six years later I was in my second year

working with the Central congregation in Houston as educational director. The elders made a survey and found to their dismay that 200 of the people in the church directory had not attended an assembly of the church for two years.All the elders and staff accepted assignments to visit these people and see if they could be helped. When I visited the non-attenders who were listed for me, I found that all of them were seriously deficient in their knowledge of Jesus and His church. I decided then to find some means of teaching prospects more thoroughly so after they were baptized, they would remain faithful to the Lord. This is how the idea for the filmstrips was born.

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WHY FILMSTRIPS???

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BECAUSE: ATTENTION.

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“The first problem of communication is getting people's attention.”

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Great. So…

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THE WORLD WE’RE IN NOW

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANSEPISODE 2: THREE LAYERS

THE ACCIDENT OF THE PRINTING PRESS

▸ “The competitive landscape doesn’t include silence on the part of amateurs.”

▸ “The media landscape we had in the 20th century literally can not stand the shock of inclusion we’re currently living through.”

▸ “All of a sudden, everyone’s got a publishing voice.”

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANS

Good news: We can talk to EVERYONE. Right now. For free.#digitalchristians

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#DIGITALCHRISTIANS

Bad news:

So can everyone else.#digitalchristians

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It used to be that, all you needed to win was a camera, some lights, a phone number, and a big enough TV tower.


Now, here comes everybody.


Now, here comes everybody.


New goal: Look people in the eye, digitally.


LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYE, DIGITALLY

1. People online are still people. Even if they often don’t act like it. Ok, usually don’t act like it.

2. People are still tuned into WIIFM: What’s In It For Me?

3. YOU are the medium for God’s message.

4. No one else will care unless you care about them first.

5. Look for something - anything - that will give you CONNECTION.

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LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYE, DIGITALLY

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EPISODE 1: GROUND RULES

LAST WEEK’S DIGITAL DARE: DOWNLOAD AN APP THAT SCARES YOU.

EPISODE 1: GROUND RULES

THIS WEEK’S DIGITAL DARE: SHARE A RELEVANT WORD FROM GOD WITH SOMEONE ONLINE

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QUESTIONS?

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Becoming Digital Christians - Episode 2 - Three Leaps