Below is some initial jottings of such a letter:
Dear Philadelphians,
I write
this offering grace and peace in the name of Jesus Christ. He is both messenger
and message, the promise to us of acceptance from God even when we were
unacceptable and at the same time the one who proclaims that grace to us…
Let me
try to state this better. Christ is both the content—through him you have life
and have it eternally, and the medium, the words of the one who is the Word,
saves souls.
Do I now
skirt heresy with these words, so be it! For I write in this painful unnatural
manner of the simple Gospel message, because you have done the very same thing.
You have allowed the medium to obscure the message, the internet has put a hex
on you Philadelphians.
Christ
himself is obscured when you thrash about online and call it community.
Further, you spit venom upon one another, I wish that it would have its affect,
so you might stop tweeting for a moment and reflect upon your words. The
internet warps your words, intention, and community. “The medium is the message”
wrote a famous fool from the last century… these words are still true today,
Christ is both the medium and message. Every key stroke you make must be filled
with him, every IM, every post, every up-vote, every wink… the medium and
message must be one—Christ alone…
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