It is difficult to imagine the world in the year A.D. 2000, by which time versatile micro-processors are likely to be as common as simple calculators are today. We should certainly welcome the fact that the silicon chip will transcend human brain-power, as the machine has transcended human muscle-power. Much less welcome will be the probable reduction of human contact as the new electronic network renders personal relationships ever less necessary. In such a dehumanized society the fellowship of the local church will become increasingly important, whose members meet one another, and talk and listen to one another in person rather than on screen. In this human context of mutual love the speaking and hearing of the Word of God is also likely to become more necessary for the preservation of our humanness, not less.- John Stott, I Believe in Preaching p. 69
(HT: Luke's Blog)
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Wow. Stott is very much on the money here, twenty years before the social networking craze.
Can real church community be built in an American culture in which so many people (including Christians) seem to actually *prefer* the impersonal? If I didn't believe that God is completely sovereign over His church (visible and invisible), I would honestly despair at times. Thank God that He is sovereign!
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