It's Time for a Change

They've been zapping my energy for years with blistering hot takes that would make most pastors tell me to get off of the internet. Insisting that their verbatim viewpoint on some tertiary gospel issue IS the gospel issue. Yelling and screaming about some issue that they nor I can change immediately. And calling your attention as if you must care about said issue or else you're not a real Christian. 

I've battled with these types for over a decade. 

It's time for a change. 

Becuase these theobros are incredibly out of touch with the rest of us Christians and society. 

Most Christians are trying to figure out what it means to live like Jesus during the time we have spent on Earth. Some of us are children in school. Some of us in college, some in grad school. Some of us are dating. Some just got married. Some of us are single. Some of us have children of our own. Some of us struggle to have kids. Some of us dearly want kids, but must wait, as our education system doesn't want us to be pregnant during our training. Some of us are struggling with our kids needs and struggles. Some of us have spouses with chronic illnesses. Some of us have kids with chronic illnesses. Some of us struggle with our jobs, aging parents, and unexpected circumstances. 

Life is hard and we know we need Jesus. But how do we apply the Sunday School and Sunday Sermons each week to our lives each and every day? 

It's been about a year since I've found out about Tim Timmons and 10,000 minutes (https://www.10000minutes.com/). It's his ministry and as far as I understand it, is about living with Jesus and not for him. And certainly not sitting on a throne with a big wig and yelling and screaming at the current culture. Not that there isn't anything to critique, because there is. But what's more important? Getting everything theologically correct and yelling at the internet to people you'll never meet in person, or going on a journey with Jesus through life and whatever providentially gets thrown at us? 

I think you know which one is right. I've decided to choose the latter too. 

As hard as it is, I want to live with Jesus in my 10,000 minutes. Instead of reading social media for the next big hot take on Christian Twitter (that only the people on Christian Twitter know by the way. Try to tell your Christian friends not on Twitter about the controversies and they're rightfully look at you like you don't have your priorities straight), I want to read my Bible more, read more Christian books, talk with Christians, and do more edifying things. It's Biblical. 

Philippians 4:8 (ESV): 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Is there anywhere in this verse that you see Paul telling Christians to yell and scream at the culture? Or at minor theological differences. Yes, Paul separates from Barnabas. Yes, we should critique other Christians. But what platform are you doing this on? Twitter, or an in-person conversation with a friend? The Bible says that we are also to live quiet lives. Is it quiet anywhere on Twitter? 

In addition to the yelling and the screaming, there is always a rebuttal. Not that rebuttals are bad, but I feel for some of the people constantly trying to rebutt bad takes. At some point, isn't your energy taken away? Could you have done something better with your time? 

Don't get me wrong. I'm guilty as charged for reading hot takes and rebuttals. But I'm going to change now and I recommend that you do too. There are more important and life-enriching things to do in our short time than spend time on screens all day. 

It's time for a change.