According to a new Pew Research Poll, a vast majority of the population still uses social media. The new survey showed that the social media apps “YouTube and Facebook continue to dominate the online landscape, with 81 percent and 69 percent, respectively, reporting ever using these sites.”
This continued widespread use of social media means a lot of people are spending a great deal of their daily lives on social media. Moreover, it also means a lot of people are talking about many things these days.
As author Amy Jo Martin said, “Social media… gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.” From politics to sports, foreign policy to theology, you do not have to look far these days to find people using social media to amplify their voice.
Christians are among those riding this wave of social media, many of whom are attempting to be a faithful presence on social media and be salt and light in the online world.
Now that we are 15-plus years into this cultural experiment of social media, it’s a good time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of what has come from our involvement.
Popular pastor and author John Piper wrote a valuable article in 2009 about why he was joining the social media bandwagon. He said, “I see two kinds of response to social Internet media like blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and others.
“One says: These media tend to shorten attention spans, weaken discursive reasoning, lure people away from Scripture and prayer, disembody...
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