Why This Blog Isn't Enough

Get on Twitter, get on Facebook, get on any other social media and search your favorite pastor or Christian- cause group and you can keep up with all the activities they are putting on or where they are going.

Search any “churchy” topic in Google, and in .00049319819 seconds you will have a page full of blog sites run by Christ-followers giving their say on the subject matter.

There’s no doubt that now, more than ever, Christian’s are overloaded with online resource sites, blogs, video sermons, podcasts and whatever evangeli-fad is going to pop up next.

(Yes, I am including this site in this blog-phenomenon)

((Oh, the ironing))

(((Wasn’t that punny?!)))

But these things aren’t enough.

This blog isn’t enough.

This semester at A&M I have been meeting up with a group of guys to go over the book of 2 Timothy.

2 Timothy is a letter to Timothy (shocker) from Paul in which these guys clearly have an intense discipleship-relationship:

“I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers nights and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.” – 2 Timothy 1:3-4

In chapter 2, Paul even calls Timothy his “child”.

“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” 2 Timothy 2:1

Let’s just cut to the chase.

You aren’t getting the community you need from your podcasts.

You aren’t being “led” by the pastors you follow on Twitter.

As Disciples of Christ, we are called to make disciples.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

-Matthew 28:19-20

We are so blessed to live in an age of technology where we can get our hands on eBooks, podcasts, video-sermons, and blog posts.

But you are never going to get the Paul-Timothy relationship, discipleship and growth from a screen or an audio-track. I realize now, I was beginning to be trapped in this mindset myself.

The Internet is great for the transfer of information, but don’t let the transfer stop there.

Engage people.

They’re closer that you think.