More About Blogging
Well, I didn’t get an entry in yesterday but I am working on being more diligent even if I still am wondering whether I have anything real worth reading to say but none the less I will continue to do it. Staying on the theme of blogging… I have read a large number of blogs over the last few months and I have read about a dozen this week. There is one thing that I have noticed about the blogging world that I don’t like. Actually is about the Christian blogging world that concerns me. What concerns me most is the way that some people use their blog to take a shot at other churches and organizations, Christian leaders and other things happening in the Christian community. More and more people seem to think they have the right to be hyper critical about others who are their brothers and sisters in Christ and write about it for all to read. It would be one thing if they were pointing out how one of these members of Christ’s family was caught in a sinful pattern of behaviour but even then that should only happen after a Matthew 18 conversation has taken place and they should do it with a Galatians 6:1 attitude. But it isn’t about that. It is criticizing someone’s teaching – maybe about what they say in a message. And so much of it is lifted out from the context of the message. It is criticizing one church’s methodology or approach that is different than the writer’s church. It is criticizing someone who does ministry different. It is criticizing someone who interprets hard to understand passages in a way that the writer disagrees with. It has the smell of a “I’m right and everyone else is wrong” attitude. Jesus greatest character quality was humility and if we are followers of Jesus shouldn’t that be our greatest quality? Jesus’ bride is the church and should we throw mud on the bride of Christ? Jesus continued to push back on religious people who criticized others because they didn’t follow their rules. Would he push back on us? I wonder if Jesus was here on earth while there was blogging, what might people write about him? I know that this sounds critical like those who I am accusing of doing the same thing. But its really not. I just think that in a world that is confused about but maybe still seeking Jesus that the followers of Jesus need to be careful about how they talk about and write about each other. Those are just my thoughts. Criticize away!!!