The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

How The Internet Is Provoking The Next Christian REFORMATION

Jun 4, 2019

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In this podcast, you're going to learn three advanced tips for prepping your church's services. I'll show you how my church prepares for Sunday each and every week, and by the end of this episode, you'll know exactly how to implement these tips in your church as well.

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What's In This Session?

What role does/will the Internet have in reforming the church? (1:50)
The story of Martin Luther is that he nailed his 95 theses to a door and thus began the Protestant Reformation (2:15)
How can an unpublished, obscure Roman Catholic monk move from the shadows to the world stage in a matter of years? (2:27)
Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree (3:15)
Luther quickly learned how to use printed books and pamphlets to spread his views widely and effectively. He obsessed not just about the words he wrote but about the timing, accuracy, visual appeal, and effective distribution of these printed works. Second, by writing in plain German, rather than in Latin, he increased his potential audience many times over (3:40)
Bottom line: Martin Luther's theological revolution would have gone nowhere without the power of the printing press. Attention is the most valuable commodity - Luther was brilliant, but without attention - it wouldn’t have mattered (6:28)
For years, the church had gatekeepers that you couldn’t get past - but a technological revolution removed those barriers almost instantly. Do you see a parallel? (7:37)
The Internet is the next great communication shift - and removal of gatekeepers - and my prediction is that it will lead to reformation again (8:50)
Jen and Mike experienced massive theological shifts because in their mid-forties they moved to a new culture (11:03)
The internet basically shares anyone and everyone's theology (13:05)
Eschatology, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, women in leadership, white privilege and the oppression of minorities, nationalism being passed off as Christian doctrine, and more (15:02)
“Change is perceived as compromise" (18:03)
I just don’t think we’re gonna get to Heaven and hear: Baptists to the left, Pentecostals to the right, Methodists down that way, Non-Denominationals over this way, etc. We’ll be there worshipping Jesus TOGETHER. Imagine how awesome it’d be if we were willing to do that now (22:35)
Matthew 22: The Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested Jesus with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (24:37)
Unity isn’t uniformity (25:44)

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