I would write it in an Instagram post a few months ago.
And it seems still appropriate to say again.
To my Christian friends on social media: Please… please stop arguing on your platforms. Stop defending yourselves against “fools.” (Prov 9:7, 23:9, Mt 7:6)
You might not believe this - but you are are not changing minds.
You’re not winning souls to Jesus.
Instead you’re compromising your reputation, my reputation, and forgetting all of that - HIS reputation.
You’re damaging the effectiveness of the Gospel going forward.
You’re confusing the would-be believer.
You’re celebrating division and making friends with the world.
You’re linking arms with the ruler of the world.
You’re setting the church back, rendering us useless, and making it more difficult every day for those who make sacrificial choices to, “pick up their cross and follow Him.”
This is holy ground, friends.
This is precious time we’ve been given.
Ezra says it best, “We have been given a brief moment of grace.” (9:8)
One He didn’t have to allow.
Be transformed by the renewing of your minds.
Be Jesus with skin on.
The battle belongs to the Lord.
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