Comments on: Craig Groeschel: Does Your Blog Offend?

By: human3rror

human3rror — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:27:08 +0000

thanks mike! how has your blog continued to \”mature\” as it grows?

By: Mikes

Mikes — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:02:01 +0000

In my Christian Blog, I always make sure that what I post is true. And because it's the word of God, it will surely sometims rebuke and correct the readers to bring them back to God. When I submit my link to reddit, a lot would disagree adn debate with it and click on my link. Honestly sometimes i like it (because it adds traffic) but really at the end of the day I go back to the purpose of my "blogging". Is it to fuel a debate or to give inspiration and hope. Great post and timely.

By: dewde

dewde — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:26:57 +0000

This is a tough one, John. I don't think it's fair to evaluate a post or a message or and idea as "offensive" without simultaneously evaluating the sensitivity level of the receiver.

Offensiveness and sensitivity are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are mutually /inclusive/.

On the rare occasion that I post on my blog it's because I have something to say. The only real tension that gives me pause is if I feel as though I might offend a particularly common sensitivity in nonbelievers. If I think I will offend believer's sensitivities then I'm more inclined to hammer the publish button and hope they show me grace and strike up good dialog that we can all grow from in the comments.

As Christians, we're supposed to have a predefined protocol that we follow while interacting with each other. So I feel confident err'ing on the side of authenticity within this peer group. When interacting with nonbelievers… anything goes. So I tread lighter.

peace|dewde

By: dewde

dewde — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:26:39 +0000

This is a tough one, John. I don't think it's fair to evaluate a post or a message or and idea as "offensive" without simultaneously evaluating the sensitivity level of the reader.

Offensiveness and sensitivity are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are mutually /inclusive/.

peace|dewde

By: Matt Harrell

Matt Harrell — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:44:27 +0000

This post is very related to the previous one about "cool pastors". http://swerve.lifechurch.tv/2009/05/13/cool-is-no... I found that post very interesting, because of my recent exposure to the larger, I guess "mega-church". It's incredible the difference b/w the average size churches and the very, very small maybe 0.2% of churches that have the budget to spend on media, music and generally….very cool stuff. I would imagine that it becomes challenging to make sure you're a "cool" pastor without un-believers trying to find hypocrisy or some sort of idolatry, maybe? This last post goes in hand with that, because I feel like so many pastors now are able to speak their mind and thoughts so easily and quickly to the world (Twitter) that the filter b/w their mind and keyboard is getting thinner. It's cool, but it's dangerous. Just saying… I guess this is social media. It's a game-changer.