As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Cars, light bulbs, telephones, and compact discs exist outside of us. When we engage with social media, however, when we take information from blogs and make it our own, we are merging our hearts and minds with a machine. Blithely, we continue apace in this transformation, most often unaware of the change we are undergoing.” - Intellectual Takeout
“Our ancestors had different technology, but history professor Jamie Kreiner informs usthat even medieval monks faced the same problem of reigning in their mind.” - Intellectual Takeout
“In previous cultures, Marar argues, this need for justification was found chiefly in gods and traditions but in our secularizing age we can only find it in each other. Social media is just one more indication that this project is not working.” - Russel Moore
“The Bible calls us to both truth and love—not some squishy love that refuses to name error, but also not some truth that is harsh and brutal….This love is gentle and forbearing (because God is gentle and forbearing). This love is willing to move slowly and to rejoice at small gains (because God is willing to move slowly and to rejoice at small gains).
“After reinstating the Unplanned account, the follower count jumped from just under 7,000 followers to nearly 200,000 followers. This number, however, would drastically change several hours later.
“The challenge of the internet, as it democratizes information, is that it requires each of us to become experts as we sift through it, separating the wheat from the chaff.” - Crossway
“Bandying terms like ‘cultural Marxist’ and ‘racist’ around simply as a way of avoiding real argument is shameful and should have no place in Christian discourse.” - Carl Trueman
“ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) — Gateway Seminary is cooperating with Facebook to show the school is not a “hate group” in efforts to boost a post describing the Bible as the ultimate authority.” - BP News
“It’s incredibly reassuring to hear that flat-earthers and 9/11 truthers can also double as the speech police. Oh, and arguments about censorship decisions can get so intense that moderators would threaten supervisors with physical violence if they overruled their decision.” - National Review
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