As Christians, we are called to engage the culture- using what is good for the kingdom and rejecting that which is bad. In light of this, Christians should take notice of the increase of interest in social media- aspects of the internet that are used to build community (whether perceived as real or not). This should give us notice as one of the fundamental tenets of Christianity is that of community and the unbelieving world is essentially crying out for a communal need, attempting to find it wherever they can. One of the biggest examples of social media is what you are reading right now: blogs. Other examples include link aggregation sites such as delicious.com, and social sites such as facebook.com. [if you are a member of facbook, you can join my blog's network.] One of the social media sites that has risen to popularity is the site twitter.com. This blog post will look at ways Christians can engage twitter for the kingdom.
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