Statements like the Tiktok and digital native erasure, ugh... these feel like the same folks who will continue to wonder why others turn away from them, probably frame it as such others outside their flock (because surely they couldn't be in it! /j) somehow being more stuck in their sins than they themselves are and unwilling to hear a person who themselves appears uninterested in listening. At this point, for my two cents, all I can say is their loss. We will do our utmost to respect the insights that can be gleaned from their povs (appreciated the part about how your church schooling aids you!) and treat them with grace yet not let their harmful speech go unchallenged in the spaces where we live out the gospel with those around us they filter out of their sight.
All that said -- was funny to juxtapose your comments about celebrity to then close on that bit re: Ninja. Doesn't super surprise me with the vibes around him, but cynical aspects of that aside I can at least pray as with Checkpoint that it leads to something meaningful for God's work.
Statements like the Tiktok and digital native erasure, ugh... these feel like the same folks who will continue to wonder why others turn away from them, probably frame it as such others outside their flock (because surely they couldn't be in it! /j) somehow being more stuck in their sins than they themselves are and unwilling to hear a person who themselves appears uninterested in listening. At this point, for my two cents, all I can say is their loss. We will do our utmost to respect the insights that can be gleaned from their povs (appreciated the part about how your church schooling aids you!) and treat them with grace yet not let their harmful speech go unchallenged in the spaces where we live out the gospel with those around us they filter out of their sight.
All that said -- was funny to juxtapose your comments about celebrity to then close on that bit re: Ninja. Doesn't super surprise me with the vibes around him, but cynical aspects of that aside I can at least pray as with Checkpoint that it leads to something meaningful for God's work.
Hah -- to be abundantly clear, my feed links are not necessarily endorsements. 🫣 I'm not a particularly huge Ninja fan. Just interesting!