064 - Rules of Online Engagement

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross are joined by Jacob Varghese (of SAFT Apologetics) to have a conversation about “Rules of Engagement.” How do we interact with gentleness and respect? How can we disagree without being divisive?0:30 - Obligatory “witty banter”1:45 - A discussion of Star Wars: what to watch first?3:50 - Introduction to today’s topic of online engagement/social media8:05 - Who are we talking to and who is watching?10:34 - Love your enemies13:08 - Ken Samples’ post about promoting unity when disagreeinghttps://a315.co/3Mgx9nj16:43 - Are we getting drawn into the “drama”?20:40 - Building up, rather than being divisive24:12 - Being labelled according to “camps”25:00 - You can disagree without being divisive26:30 - Lack of understanding on how to have healthy disagreements30:26 - The tendency to want to “win” - win what? Argument or person?31:34 - Galatians 5:1532:02 - Should Christians use memes? What about sarcasm?33:15 - Chad’s view on memes34:34 - Brian’s view on memes: zingers37:28 - When is sarcasm legitimate?45:13 - “Don’t take the bait” - “Don’t feed the trolls” (Prov 19:11)49:01 - Drawing out some principles for application* Principle of Charity/Love* Principle of Edification* Principle of Prayer* Principle of Environment/Audience* Don’t equate the person with the view* Principle of Understanding* The foundation of ChristCheck out the SAFT Apologetics Podcast here: https://a315.co/3C7jo5JWe welcome your feedback!If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at [email protected]