The Word Without Flesh: An Ethical Evaluation of Digital Media in Multi-Site Worship

It is not news to anyone that digital media use is a prominent characteristic of 21st century living. It is also not news to anyone that the American church is regrettably quick to fall in line with cultural whims (being all things to all people while remaining in the world but not of it is […]

Are TED Talks the New Sermon?

The digital age is invading our society like the army of locusts in Joel’s ambiguous prophecy (Joel 2:1-17). We have been ushered into a world of bits, bytes, data, and meta-data. Our interpersonal interactions are changing, our businesses are changing, and even the wiring of our brain is changing (Carr, Jackson, Brynjolfsson). “Media is now […]

J. Ellsworth Kalas’ “Preaching in an Age of Distraction”: A Review

Preaching in an Age of Distraction, by J. Ellsworth Kalas. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2014. 165 pages. As the title and the chapter on “Naming the Age” indicate, Ellsworth Kalas, who teaches homiletics at Asbury Seminary, regards ours as an age characterized by distraction.  Somewhat surprisingly, however, he is eager to indicate that distraction is not new: […]

Should pastors preach via video feed? Christopher Ash cites the Incarnation against it

Over at The Gospel Coalition, Christopher Ash, director of the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course in London, has a provocative piece on why pastors should preach to congregants via video feed as little as possible. While he doesn’t rule out the use of video at all, he points out that Christ became flesh and dwelt among […]

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