DEEP DIVE with Charlie Banks on Media in the Church

Introduction

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to join the podcast again.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

How much media is too much media? How much phone time is too much phone time? At what point does it become a sin?

Human nature is all about seeing how far can we go before consequences begin to conquer. Are these the right questions for social media

Should the question of social media be, “At what point does it stop glorifying God?” That should be the boundary line. That boundary line isn’t going to be the same for each family. It would be easier if there were a same limit line for social media. The reason there’s not is because every family / each person is so different! Social media affects people differently because of different backgrounds, family setup, weekly participations, friendships,

Proverbs 4:23 ESV

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Colossians 2:8 ESV

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Psalm 101:3 ESV

3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

When it comes to media in the home and people’s lives, I believe there a three

Parent’s Place

Perspective from child myself and an minimal experienced student pastor

Consideration | Intention | Communication

CONSIDERATION

INTENTION

COMMUNICATION

Student’s Precision (strictly conforming to a pattern, standard, or convention)

Copying | Importance | Correction

Ephesians 6:1–4 ESV

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

COPYING

IMPORTANCE

CORRECTION

Proverbs 13:1 ESV

1 A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

What do I do if my parents aren’t setting the example or helping me build the boundary? — FIND SOMEONE THAT WILL (not a replacement to your parents)

Church’s Preparation

Calling | Intentional | C

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 ESV

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

God’s message to Moses to share with the Israelites.

God’s message to the church to share with families.