{"id":54821,"date":"2016-06-21T22:20:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ct_scripture_as_spam_what_5_experts_think_about_twitter_bible_bots\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T22:20:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:20:24","slug":"ct_scripture_as_spam_what_5_experts_think_about_twitter_bible_bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=54821","title":{"rendered":"(CT) Scripture as Spam: What 5 Experts Think About Twitter Bible Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho thought we\u2019d ever see Bible and spammers together in a sentence? At first blush, it sounds like a good idea, since God\u2019s Word doesn\u2019t return void. But . . . the overwhelming clutter of media today desensitizes people. Our challenge in a digital culture is to develop strategies for making sure the message cuts through and actually gets noticed.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n~Phil Cooke, author, Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we throw biblical phrases to the winds, we invite people to supply their own context rather than the biblical one. Without the context of an imprisoned Paul, confident that God is able to use even his imprisonment to advance the gospel, the phrase \u201d\u02dcI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me\u2019 can become a claim to support pretty much anything one wants to do.\u201d\u009d<br \/>\n~Frank Thielman, author, Philippians: The NIV Application Commentary<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2016\/june\/spamming-good-news-twitter-bots-more-bible-verses-pastors.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho thought we\u2019d ever see Bible and spammers together in a sentence? At first blush, it sounds like a good idea, since God\u2019s Word doesn\u2019t return void. But . . . the overwhelming clutter of media today desensitizes people. Our<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=54821\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,94,92,108,95,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-blogging-the-internet","category-books","category-religion-culture","category-science-technology","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}