Comments on: A Blogosphere Reality Check

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:12:06 +0000

Someone just told me that they visited a friend who spent two hours on Second Life changing a door knob. — IMonk

Now THAT sounds like one of those old lightbulb jokes — “How many Second Life Avies does it take to change a doorknob?”

By: T

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:33:00 +0000

I’m a little late to the party but in the hypothetical question of Paul as blogger I doubt he would have been primarily a blogger. He probably would have been a lot like Mark Driscoll, where the blogging is an afterthought to the church planting, preaching and teaching.

By: Jjoe

Jjoe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:01:20 +0000

I’m right there with you. I’ll take my chances, too!

But I think some base their Christianity on the Bible… Paul’s binary ‘do this / don’t do that’ is a very western approach. A very different approach than Jesus, who would never give a straight answer to anything.

Pulling myself back on topic… it is interesting that ‘theological’ bloggers seem to tend to fall into two groups: those who primarily use the gospels and those who primarily use anything but the gospels

I wonder if a person could use google to analyze different blogs based on how often the word “Jesus” is used. To iMonk’s point, it would be an interesting chart if you compared the Jesus google results to, say, visits, repeat visits, or sources of the incoming traffic. Or even revenues.

“If I put Jesus in all my meta-tags, I’ll increase my search engine optimization.” Gawd.

By: iMonk

iMonk — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:33:05 +0000

Interesting way to put the feeling. “Afraid of missing something.” That’s a sure sign of artificiality.

Read Thoreau

By: mike

mike — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:29:09 +0000

…..occasionally…in the blogosphere…i will read something that speaks right to where im at NOW….this is one of those times…im spending too much time on this thing..its starting to feel like a compulsion…its almost as if im afraid i’ll “miss something”…….Thanks imonk…i should have knowm my wife was right…again.

By: sue kephart

sue kephart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:51:28 +0000

Well Jjoe,
I’ll take my chances. Since Jesus was a Jew and lived in the middle EAST (Judea) how could Christianity be otherwise. Unless you don’t base your Christianity on Jesus!!!

By: Kenny Johnson

Kenny Johnson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:31:43 +0000

I think these are some valid point, but I do think too, that we can underestimate the value of blogs and internet ministry. I can say that I think my faith has been challenged, strengthened, sharpened, etc. because of blog posts and internet resources.

But I think it’s wise of you to give that ‘reality check.’

By: Jjoe

Jjoe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:28:23 +0000

I thought American dog-eat-dog capitalism was founded on the Bible?

Just kidding.

You know, there are bloggers out there right now who would tell you that you’re not among the elect because you dare to say Christianity is an Eastern religion.

By: sue kephart

sue kephart — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:33:03 +0000

Jjoe,

I think we need to be careful we don’t Americanize Christianity. It is an Eastern religion. Paul was a Pharisee. I don’t think he was “marketing” anything. The concept would have been foreign to him. I can’t see Paul with a big sign: “Get a deal this week on used tents. Free signed letter bonus from Paul”.

I think he was living out his calling.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:28:20 +0000

I second Bubbi about the orthodoxy stand thing.
Great post, but I do believe that although standing for orthodoxy in the blogosphere may not be a “significant help to the church”, it certainly can be a significant help to individuals within the church. It certainly has been helpful for me that many contend for truth on the internet where I spend way too much time. Even though it is not necessarily in the “real world,” right practice comes from right thinking, and that from a right understanding of the Word of God.
It’s one thing to argue theology endlessly online, but another to learn from good teachers. Just saying, your humility is appreciated, but so is your cyber-ministry, regardless of how few of us you may ever actually meet.
Cannot wait for that book.