Mean People Online Part 1

Few people go online looking to change their minds. Most want validation or escape. With this in mind, we must be intentional with our social media interactions. Today we’ll discuss three ground rules for dealing with mean people online, and give practical examples we can look to for how to do online conversations and ministry well.

When sending our children online, we want to ensure they will:

1. Assume others are intelligent
2. Attack ideas, not people
3. Remember the Gospel: We were all once sinners (Ephesians 2:4) — now we’re saints, by grace.

SHOW NOTES

Resources referenced in this episode for conveying the Gospel well online:

Tim Barnett over at Red Pen Logic: https://www.youtube.com/@RedPenLogic

• He regularly goes over incredibly inflammatory statements from others on social media and helpfully grounds them in Scripture with grace and truth.
• This one where internet atheist Alex O’Connor claims Jesus denying being God.
• This one where the West Wing attacks Christian stance on marriage
• And this one where YT personality Miss Rachel argues that love is love.

Brady Cone with Calibrate Ministries:

• Tackles the toughest subjects and conversations about sexuality, gender, and identity.
• This one where he and Linda Hunsberger discuss the journey of gender de-transitioning and how the church can love and support people on this journey.
• This one where he and Josh Klein partner to discuss a famous churches’ youth policy for LGBTQ students.
• If you don’t have time for the full video, start it here where they get to the meat of the issue.

Bible Project: https://youtu.be/qWsmfG4_oPQ?si=MeeYKYT3_XxwPz04&t=3448

• Makes huge ideas of the Bible accessible to those who need a big picture view of the gospel through the Old and New Testament.
• I especially like their overview of The Book of Psalms: bibleproject.com/videos/psalms/

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