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Episodes

S1 | E2: The Truth about Pitfalls Part 1 - What Happens When I Post?
Oct 15 2020
S1 | E2: The Truth about Pitfalls Part 1 - What Happens When I Post?
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 6:40Pride 10:45Concentration on the Externals 18:09Insensitivity to Others 21:42Social Media becomes the Mediator 28:50Scriptures 1 Peter 3v3-4Do 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 13v4-7Love 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 53v2For 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 10v31-33Therefore, 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.LinksFor all things Philly Young Adults visit phillyyoungadults.com
S1 | E4: The Truth about Pitfalls Part 3 - What Happens When They View?
Oct 29 2020
S1 | E4: The Truth about Pitfalls Part 3 - What Happens When They View?
It's one thing to experience all the good in life, it's another thing to broadcast that experience. When we post on social media, something that could be a purely positive experience becomes something else. In this episode, we talk about how the events of our lives are changed when they are displayed. What Happens When They View?Envy 16:53Anger 23:47Lust 25:29Meaningless and Godlessness 29:03ScripturesSee Romans 14v15-23See 1 Corinthians 8v9-131 Corinthians 10v31-33Therefore, 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 thing, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 13v4Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed upEphesians 4v31-32Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.Proverbs 10v12Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.Proverbs 15v18A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.Proverbs 28v25He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will be prospered.Proverbs 29v22An angry man stirs up strife, And a furious man abounds in transgression.Hebrews 10v24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good worksSee Galatians 5v13-261 Corinthians 3v3for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?See James 3v13-18LinksFor all things Philly Young Adults visit phillyyoungadults.com
S1 | E5: Social Media and Social Action
Nov 5 2020
S1 | E5: Social Media and Social Action
There is no denying that social media has officially been interwoven into social action over the years. Some say they're officially inseparable. But is that true? Today we talk about what really happens, according to the Bible, when social media is integrated with social issues.Positive AspectsSpeed of Information 6:01Stirring up Strong Feelings 8:37Make Many Voices One 10:05Give a Voice to People Typically Shut Out 10:50Negative AspectsPrivileging the Image Over the Word 17:17Tendency to Eliminate Careful Discussion, Thinking, or Reasoning 21:01Completely Overrun by Sin 25:26Tendency Toward Mob Mentality 31:33Privileging the Most Fired Up Voices 35:12Portraying Power and Money as a Grassroots Movement 47:35ScripturesPsalm 1v1-2Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.See Acts 19Acts 19v32Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.See Matthew 12v14-21 Mark 3v5And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.See Isaiah 42v1-42 Corinthians 11v28besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.See Isaiah 531 Corinthians 1v18-20For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?LinksFor all things Philly Young Adults visit phillyyoungadults.com
S1 | E6: How to Glorify God on Social Media
Nov 12 2020
S1 | E6: How to Glorify God on Social Media
Our modern life is filled with questions about how to live at an optimal level. What are our best practices for our environment? Our planet? What about our own bodies? How do we achieve mental health, physical strength, and longevity? Social media needs to be part of this line of questioning. How should it be used? Can we find ways to utilize the platform to serve actual good?Things to ConsiderAll of life: a contest 5:22The right question to ask 7:58Social media conforms to scripture 9:14PrinciplesSocial media usage can be rewarded by Christ 9:45Social media usage should have a tight focus 16:38Social media usage should promote unity amongst God's people 23:25Social media usage should edify God's people 26:50Social Media usage should share the gospel 28:25PracticesMake posts that invite people to real human interaction 11:24Make posts that support real gospel work happening around the world 14:00Make posts that promote scripture and spiritual growth resources 17:47Consider Jesus and His specific purposes before posting 21:32Take ten minutes to meditate on whatever you're about to post 22:24Survey your last ten posts 30:35Best practices for viewing 31:45ScripturesSee 1 Corinthians 9v23-272 Timothy 4v7-8I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.1 Corinthians 3v12-13Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.See John 17James 3v18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.Hebrews 12v14Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the LordRomans 14v19Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.1 Thessalonians 5v11Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.1 Corinthians 10v23All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.Romans 15v2Let each of us please his  neighbor for his good, leading to edification.Ephesians 5v15-16See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Psalm 90v12So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.Matthew 5v30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.LinksFor all things Philly Young Adults visit phillyyoungadults.com