Musicians and singers in the Church are sometimes criticized for "over-performing" or "wanting to show off". In their own defence, the singers sometimes remind their critics that King David, too, was criticized for "over-performing" or "showing off". In your opinion, who is right?
Today the traditional Local Church faces stiff competition for believers’ attendance from the TV Church. Both have their own way of building community of believers – the TV Church with new forms of communication that may or may not necessarily be bound by Biblical ethos and the Local Church with its unique, nationwide and highly Biblical methods. Throughout its pages, the Bible calls believers to build community, communion and a flowing together at both personal and congregational levels. Believers are called to pursue assembly ‘in every house and in the temple’ - each believer to their own company. In your experience, which community would believers be better off building more than the other - the TV Church or the Local Church?
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn...the list goes on. There is no doubt that these sites have taken the world-and arguably the Church-by storm because they give people a channel through which to express themselves, tell the world who they are and network with a virtually unlimited number of other people. Should Christians emulate this trend-setting wave by creating their own social network(s), or should we simply take advantage of the vehicles already created by others to project Christ's message, character and culture?
