Seven Rules for Online Engagement

Posted on March 15, 2016 
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keyboard“Christians have had their share of social media successes in over the past few years, many of them related to identifying theological error and defending theological truth. This work has been carried on through blogs, of course, but also through Facebook and YouTube and other forms of digital communication.

But for all of the success, there have also been a lot of failures. Many of the most egregious failures have been in discussing or debating controversial topics.

As we learn to engage controversy using these new platforms, we do well to consider how to we can speak with equal parts truth and love—love that is strengthened by truth and truth that is softened by love…”

– Tim Challies distils some very helpful and godly counsel on ‘gospel polemics’ published by Tim Keller.

Related: Learning to Speak Christian in an Online World at Moore College, 17th March.