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What are we doing today?

Yesterday, I attended a session on Christianity and culture - and in particular, social media.

Here's some of the key pointers the speaker made.

1. Culture must be discerned and engaged
- Culture is not something we abstain from because it is bad
- Culture is from God - when God commanded us to rule over the earth, to subdue it etc, culture comes about.
- Behind every culture is a set of beliefs, which drives our purposes and our values. However, due to the corruption of mankind, our culture is also corrupted.

He then went into how social media, if not used properly, can be an absolute waste of time - and draws us away from God and into the world.

But this is the line that caught me.

"This is not to go hard on men, but here are some examples that men or young men may be able to engage in the real world. Men should take responsibility in their homes, churches, workplaces or neighbourhoods. But many young men today are spending hours on their xbox and never really growing up. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with computer or online games, that means the games by themselves they are not evil. But many of us are playing with toys when we should be taking risks for Christ's kingdom or leading the way in new gospel initiatives. Some men are spending lots of time playing Halo, when they could be serving God somewhere or sharing Christ with people. They are remaining boys, rather than becoming men."

What about myself? What have I been doing with my time? Have I often settled for my guitar or a football game, rather than taking risks for Christ's kingdom?

 Why this phrase "taking risks for Christ's kingdom"?

Evangelism, for those of us who've tried, isn't the easiest thing ever. People reject, they scorn, they think we're crazy. But that is the risk that we are called to take - and if in our one short lifetime, one person hears the full gospel from us - that risk is made worth it. I do not even consider the acceptance of Christ Jesus as his/her personal Lord and Savior - just that the person hears the truth of God.

Today, I want to challenge myself, and whoever actually reads this (probably nobody)

Will you take that risk for Christ's kingdom, or continue playing with toys?
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