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Dr Bex LewisDirector: Digital Fingerprint; The Big Bible Project

Research Fellow in Social Media & Online Learning, CODEC, University of Durham

https://twitter.com/drbexl

Key Verse for Today:

Key Verse: “Everyone who confesses openly his faith in Jesus Christ – the Son of God, who came as an actual flesh-and-blood person – comes from God and belongs to God” 1 John 4:2(b) (MSG)

Later verse… (1 John 4:17-18)

God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.

Privacy/Control of Information

http://thinkingdigital.videojuicer.com/tom-scott-sky-1-tv-presenter/index.html

May 2012, @ChristianityMag

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/donutsocialmed.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXD-Uqx6_Wk

http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/an-overview-of-social-media-january-2013

1 Peter 3:15

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Carl Medearis

Relax, enjoy your friends. Enjoy their company along with the company of Jesus. Point him out, freely, without fear or intimidation. You’re not responsible to sell him to them. You’re simply saying what you’ve seen. You're not the judge. You’re the witness.

Brennan Manning

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny him by their life style. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

Source: Netcasters

https://twitter.com/notvicarbot

Source: Netcasters

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/21/happy-7th-birthday-twitter-from-twttr-to-200m-followers-worldwide-3552054/

Twitter Spokesperson:

• Twitter brings you closer to the things you are passionate about - and for millions of people across the globe that is faith.

• http://news.sky.com/story/1022800/senior-bishops-to-tweet-christmas-sermons

Rowan Williams

• Well, Christmas is God’s small initiative – a single baby, whose destiny is to change the entire world. If we find that hard to believe, I wonder if it makes it a bit easier when we think of what small initiative like Sam’s can do?

• http://rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/2755/

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http://bigbible.org.uk/2012/10/evangelism-through-story/

http://infographicaday.com/infographic-every-day-on-facebook/

http://bigbible.org.uk/2012/09/wisdom-from-the-bible-on-building-a-digiparadise-by-vahva/

The power of ‘Like’

‘Amongst Friends…’

https://www.facebook.com/TheBibleUBS

https://www.facebook.com/TheBibleUBS/info

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• “See what we’ve been up to”• Thoughts & Reflections• Reviews (Books, films, websites,

etc)• Challenging ideas for debate• Interviews (Text, Audio, Video)• ‘Best Of’ Content• ‘How-to’ Posts• 10 things you can… • Guest Posts

http://youtu.be/8j-Iy8fP0Ek

Preaching

How might our approach to preaching change if we understand that we have two audiences – the faithful who sit close to us and a broader public, listening-in from a distance?

Image Credit: SXC.Hu

http://pinterest.com/pin/195836283768811798/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQzO3zz7bc&list=PLjWKarwbR4dwD7YOkI6LJnIDmQJjvLk2e&index=11

http://pinterest.com/drbexl/faith/

http://vimeo.com/27531792#at=10

Jesus is…

• … and therefore we are called to be… Merciful.

• Ephesians 2:4. • But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved

us so much.

How do you see this?

What you say or what is heard?Image Credit: iStockPhoto

The importance of ‘asking questions’

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http://twitterfall.com

Cris Rogers

We need to spend time in his presence and then we will have something to say.

http://sheridanvoysey.com/ten-years-in-the-wilderness-resurrection-year-excerpt/

God, this is cruel—leaving us in this wilderness. We’ve walked round in circles for years, tired, thirsty and confused. One minute we’ve glimpsed the Promised Land and the next minute you’ve barred us from entering it.

Back to Authenticity…

What Personal Evangelism is NOT The model of conversational, story-based faith-sharing in the context of relaxed relationship helps us to establish what evangelism isn’t. In this setting it is not:•A series of clichés, platitudes or motivational catch-phrases. Real communication, linked to real events and experiences, doesn’t need to fall back on such short-cuts.•The whole gospel. Faith-sharing in a relationship is part of a process, not all of it. Who knows what other initiatives and resources God is going to call on?•A task whose success or failure is on your shoulders. Your responsibility is to be authentic; truthful; sensitive; compassionate: to tell your story well. The rest, according to Jesus, is the work of the Holy Spirit. - A theology exam. Nobody is waiting to pass or fail you.•A combination lock where only one specific sequence works.

What Personal Evangelism May Well BeAn invitation to journey. If there comes a context in which you are encouraging someone to take the next step in their journey with Jesus, it is always just that - one step. Effective discipleship is not counted in scalps but in growth and fruitfulness. What is the next thing that God might be inviting this person to do?•A link in a chain. You will never be the only voice an individual hears. Even if there’s no one else about, the Trinity make three, so you’re at least one of four. More likely one of many, many more.•A challenge to know and tell your own story. It’s surprising how difficult it can be to answer the simplest of questions. How has the encounter with Jesus impacted your life?•An integration of words and actions. You may well value words above actions, but in the end those who see and hear you will draw from both.•An expression of dialogue. The best conversations are mutually edifying. Genuine exchange always, in some measure, goes both ways.•Grounded in listening. Listen early, speak late is a good rule. Better still; listen early, listen again, then listen to make sure you’ve heard well, then consider speaking a possible option, unless more listening would be more helpful.•A kingdom operation, shaped by the widest possible view of God’s purposes. What makes your words good news? To whom?

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