Twitter

Twitter is something I've been thinking about for a long time.  I swore up and down that I would never ever ever be on Twitter.  It seems to me to be one of the most self-serving, inane forms of communication in existence.  I've always been a believer in Neil Postman's idea of "the medium is the message."  Twitter is a communication medium that lends itself to triviality.  Therefore, I am wary of it.

But at the same time, I have seen people redeeming Twitter to be a tool of the Gospel.  I've marveled at how God can take even the most inane mediums and turn them into something that can glorify Himself.  And so, with some trepidation, I have opened a Twitter account.  This blog post is my justification of that.

Twitterers like John Piper and The Gospel Coalition have shown me that short does not have to equal trivial.  In fact, I believe that there is a potential for great profundity if glorious truth can be packaged into something as small as, say 140 characters.  One reason I am using Twitter is that I want to develop a skill in communicating the truth of God's word in an efficient, profound, poetic (read: short) way that honors God for the treasure He is and preserves the weightiness of His Word.  I believe that Twitter can help me grow as a preacher and expositor of God's Word.

Twitter is also going to become a tool of my daily devotional times.  My goal is, every day, to come away from God's Word with a statement of glorious, gospel truth that can fit in a Tweet.

Thirdly, I hope that by joining those who are seeking to redeem this medium, I can add my voice to the chorus of praise that even now is occurring on Twitter.  God desires to be glorified in all things, and I want to see His name and renown spread through this new medium that He, in His sovereignty, has granted to us.

My Twitter address is www.twitter.com/theophilus318.  Follow me as I follow Christ!

Back to Blogging

It's been almost 3 months since I've blogged on here, and in the meantime, a lot has happened.  I got married on July 25th (hurray!), I started a very challenging job at the end of August, and I have been struggling to keep all my commitments and priorities straight in the face of an entirely new season of life.

Marriage is, second to salvation, the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me.  My wife is a servant and a blessing, more than I deserve.  I thank God daily for her.  "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD."  ~Proverbs 18:22

But I've also discovered that what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7 is true.  "The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.  But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided."  How painfully true this is!  My most desperate prayer has become, "Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name!"

The constraints of serving a wife, working a full-time job, teaching Sunday school, attending new members' class, and (soon) beginning to be a part of a leadership group at my church, all have left the Daily Verse Online in limbo.  I'm still not sure where God wants me to go with this.  He has blessed me with that ministry, and the opportunity to serve the Word of God to thousands each day, for nearly 7 years.  I don't know yet if He's calling me to other things, or if He's putting the DVO on hold for a season, or if it is my own selfishness that is keeping me from that ministry.  Until He shows me where to go, the site will remain up but no Daily Verses will be sent.  To those of you who miss receiving daily verses: I'm sorry.  I'm thinking of you, and when God lifts the curtain, you'll know.

But I want to come back to blogging.  I need an outlet for musings on the Word that doesn't have the same demands as the DVO.  I hope those of you who read this will be blessed by this blog as I strive to please God by honoring and cherishing His Word here.