Well, for the last several weeks my blog readership has been on a steady decline. I went from averaging close to 40 hits to averaging about 15, but this week has bucked the trend and things are moving upward. So, whoever started clicking on my blog another 10 or 12 times a day, thank you. It's very encouraging.
Have a great Friday,
--Ben
3 comments:
Ben,
I clicked you into my favorites so you should at least pick up one hit a month when my schedule permits!LOL
You have some great stuff and so don't lose faith. I would be happy to get 5 hits on my blog (I can only blame my own lack of marketing and dedication to keeping it updated, really.) The cyber age is so filled with bloggers that it is a tough go sometimes. Especially when you have some of the "grand pooh-bahs" of Christendom now in on the act. But, keep fighting the fight!
I wonder sometimes if we will have a trend of reversal in Christianity where we make a turn from the contemporary and seek out a return to the "historical church environment". Kind of like the whole mania set off by the Jesus Seminar a few years back. I still see a bunch of books being published trying to respond to their nonsense! Anyway, just a thought that stirs every now and then.
Dean,
Thanks, I'll count on your hit. :) I'd love to hear more about a "return to historical Christian environment". Do you have a blog? There isn't one shown in your profile. Let me know.
Ben
My identity is a secret to protect the innocent! LOL
You can check out some random thoughts at udprayer.blogspot.com. and I expanded on the thought a bit more in a recent post. The whole notion is not to discount or discredit technology based evangelism because I think these things are awesome opportunities. But I can see how , "everything old is made new again" in other societal trends, so I wonder if our search to return to the "New Testament church" will involve a revolt against technology in some segments of the church.
I liken it to the element within Christianity that dispells any preaching that isn't "clear exposition of scripture" (ie. anything that doesn't examine the Greek or Hebrew, any sermon that contains multiple verses on a similar topic) as borderline heretical.
I think that my wandering thoughts about this comes from a desire to see Christianity get ahead of the curve in trends. We seem content to follow along on the waves of what society dictates rather than dictating to society. We should be some of the most creative, forward thinking people there are but I believe God is proactive not reactive, so we shouldn't just be reacting to what comes our way.
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