Welcome to the Christian and Social Media: a conversational series brought to you through the brand new Philly Young Adults Podcast. We invite you to take a 6 week journey with us as we take a deep look at the Bible's wisdom for how we, as Christians, should be using social media. We pray this is an edifying journey for you.

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Truth is the topic of our episode today. We want to set this entire discussion up with a foundation of Biblical truth for the Christian and Social Media. In this pilot episode we take the time to divide truth from opinion and discuss how someone can properly place themselves in a position to receive Biblical instruction about Social Media.

Scriptures

Leviticus 19v32
'You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

Proverbs 16v31
The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, [If] it is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20v29
The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.

See Job 32v6-22

1 Peter 5v5
Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."

1 Timothy 5v1-2
Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort [him] as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

Psalm 119v99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.

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As a piece of technology, social media is forming us into people we weren't before we started using it. In this episode we take a hard look at the ways social media forms us specifically when we make posting a daily rhythm.

What Happens When I Post?

Curating our Lives 6:40

Pride 10:45

Concentration on the Externals 18:09

Insensitivity to Others 21:42

Social Media becomes the Mediator 28:50

Scriptures

1 Peter 3v3-4
Do not let your adornment be merely outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel-- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

1 Corinthians 13v4-7
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Isaiah 53v2
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

1 Corinthians 10v31-33
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

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