I've just come across this article: exeter-cathedral-flower-service.
Not sure about this tactic at all. I love video games - I'm not anti-technology in any way. I don't think I'm a traditionalist either. I just fail to see the purpose of this experiment. If we were talking about a church-run games night or something, where youth workers were on hand to talk with youngsters - I'd see that as a great way to connect with the kids. But at a Sunday service? Seems a bit gimmicky to me. I don't see how it helps spread the Gospel at all? Maybe I'm just getting old!
Oh this seriously winds me up!!! It is an "undeniably spiritual experience." Well I am denying it- so obviously it isn't undeniable ;) A PS3 in a Church meeting- to achieve what the Word of God cannot? What expository preaching has never done? What the Holy Spirit taking of His Word and applying it to our hearts cannot achieve? Puleeease!!!!
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Yep - it takes a lot to wind me up ;) but this did!
ReplyDeleteI have no problem with technology being used as a tool for delivering the Word of God - as long as that's what it's used for. This is just a gimmick to grab peoples attention, get them in for a service, then proudly announce how many 'new christians' they scored that week.
Do yourself a favour though - don't read the comments underneath the article. The top one especially ;)