Do you think there should be a social network just for Christians similar to Christian mingle?

These were very interesting videos.I really enjoyed wathching them it showed me how to be a "digital Christian''

You don't typically think that updating your status has a huge effect on people, but it does. I never realized that when I am updating my status that it could affect other people who are reading it in different ways. It could touch people and help them in their lives, or it might not connect to others at all. In today's day and age, everyone revolves around their phones, social media, and the internet. We have lost our ability to interact with others without our devices and everything. Instead of having a conversation with others in the room, we want to see what is going on in the world, seeing other people's lives, and maybe even talking to people through the phone instead of the person sitting right next to you. Our lives revolves around our phones and social media because we go to that for everything, when we are sad, happy, when we need someone to talk to and get advice. Though having social media can be a blessing because we are able to spread the message to people very easily, and who we wouldn't talk to on a regular basis.

These videos really helped me figure out how to be a digital christian.

THis was a good presentation. Your facts and interesting tidbits really added alot and made it interesting. With this presentation, we can become good digital christians. Thanks for all the good information.

On the part about narcissism, I didn't get the grasp of what you meant. I understand what you said about Paul, but would you mind going more into depth? On the whole, I thought this was a well done presentation. I've never thought of social media as a tool for outreach.

Thank you for your helpful information on how too become a good digital christian and the things around me. This helps me know what can influence my ideas as a christian from the things that people post on social media. I know the tools that are needed to help repulse the people who try to post things that may not be God loving thank you

-Gunner Williams

I watched a lot of videos on digital christianship. The digital world we live in today is a great way to spread god's word but can also prevent us from talking to one another in person. We need to be careful by how we set our profiles because we need to set good examples as Christians. Thank you for making these videos Mr.springs.

i haven't ever thought that you could be a "digital christian" but you can. You can still share your faith and you can reach even farther through social media to others. I really liked the top ten list because it really reminds you to live your faith unafraid. I think that the part on narcissism really brings a lot of things in to question. Can you be a christian online? Is it narcissistic of you? The digital christian is really something that has changed my view.

In the beginning part where you talk about Mary and Joseph, where if there was such a thing as Facebook, I think that it could've easily happened exactly that way. Many people would not understand what happened to Mary and their human minds could not grasp the idea of Mary being "conceived by the Holy Spirit" to quote. I cannot imagine the cruelty, awful thoughts or the bad things that were said about her. It just goes to show that even without social media, gossip was still being said about her and even Joseph. It also should show to us that even though we may not understand as to what people say or what they are going through with a certain situation we aren't the ones who should judge them. Put yourself in their shoes, and think about how God could have easily judged us because of the sins that we did and still do, but he didn't. God is the only one who can judge anyone. If I were those people I'll be honest yeah I would probably assume that Mary did something like cheat on Joseph, but if I were to receive a dream like Joseph did, and have a dream given to me by the angel of the Lord, and have the angel explain to me as to why all of that was happening then yeah I would be able to understand. And also to acknowledge the fact that God allowed it to happen for their good, and that God was going to provide for them just like how he provides for us.

I think that the Mary and Joseph video was my favorite of all the videos because it talks about everything that had happened about Jesus being born in a way that we today with all the technology we have can understand it better. I know that it helps me a lot to understand kind of what they were going through at the time. I watched a lot of videos on digital christianship. Thank you for your videos Martin Spriggs.

I never realized how much people actually care about how my status looks. I agree with the thought that social media is making it difficult for us to interact with others. But one upside of devices is we have another way to spread the word of God to more people and its quick and easy. I think that it was a good point saying that we still need physical outreach but social media can help in many cases. This has opened my eyes to different ways that I can be a digital christian.

I think the first one because a lot of people tend to say that there are more than one because the people who don't know the gospel think that either there can't just be one God or they just don't believe in it. With the 8th commandment it's obvious that in this society social media has been a way to spread rumors or lies about people behind they're backs and just because they blocked that one person to not see what the other person posted goes to show that what they post behind a persons back means that they do not have the courage to say it to another persons face. Thank you for posting your videos as a positive example for other Christians.

This video was very informative on how to use social media as an advantage to spreading Christianity, and also using your profile to glorify God instead of being apart of the world. I really liked how you talked about what Satan likes about social media, and what Jesus likes about Christianity I feel like that video helped understand the goods and bads of social media. Also the little exercise where you showed a picture and had us and you make up a caption really lets you see how you can glorify God on your profile and also to how we don't usually glorify God on our profile. Great presentation all in all and I got a great take away from it.

I agree with this presentation a lot. I saw that even though you can't see the effects updating your status or posting a picture could have on other it still could effect them in many various ways. Because of this we should be careful of what we post online and show that God is a part of our lives as well as what he has done for us and that way maybe we could bring others to faith. This was a great presentation and really showed me how to be a digital christian.

A lot of times we as Christians don't really take the time to think through what we post. We just want those likes on a video or a follow on our profiles. We don't realize that everything we do and make ourselves out to be is a representation of God. Especially teens who just want to gain popularity and would post anything to do it. Thank you for the insight on being a 'digital christian'.

I really liked all these video's and appreciate that you took the time to do this all. These videos have taught me a lot on how I can be a digital christian and I am sure many other people. I really understood everything that you where displaying in the presentation. I never thought that just by the bio you have on your social network apps, that they could affect other people. I knew that you could use social media as a way to reach out to other people about faith, but I never really knew how to do it properly. Thank you for opening my eyes and making this super helpful presentation.

-Carly Johnson

Thank you for putting into perspective the importance of being a loving "digital Christian" in today's world! It is essential that we know how to conduct ourselves online because we represent our Savior wherever we go. The point you made of the opportunities we have to witness is a good point, because we don't realize how what we're posting can significantly affect other people. Everything we do and say is a representation of God. Thanks again Mr. Spriggs!

So many interesting points were made. It's crazy to think about all the things that social media can affect, so Christians have a great opportunity to witness through it. Also knowing that anyone anywhere the world can read what you are saying, it makes being a digital Christian important. The facts were very interesting too. Knowing even the smallest of things can really get you thinking.

Social Media seems pointless to some people, but it could help others and it could possibly help you. There are times where you need someone to talk to but you can't reach them for some reason, but you could be scrolling through Facebook and see a meme that could really help your situation. Praying about what is troubling you is a solution, but sometimes you need someone to talk to, who responds and helps you talk through your situation. We can also talk to people that we don't normally talk to on a regular basis, we often are limited to the people we talk to . Here at school everyone knows God's word, so we look for other places it may be spread, and sometimes it is in social media. We can connect and spread the word to so many places with social media that we can't spread to without it.

Social media is a big part of my life, not just personally, but as my career focus as well. Currently, I maintain the social media for the Lighthouse Youth Center in Milwaukee, which is a Christian environment for kids in the community to hang out, as well as study the Scriptures. Social media is a great way for sharing our mission and God's Word. Many of our families and donors hear about us initially through social media. I always read over a post multiple times before I post it, because I know the effect it has. Even messing up something small, such as the grammar of a post can send a negative message about the youth center. Being conscious of what you post on your own person social media is also very important as a Christian. Social media is how you keep in touch with most people and how you share your life. You can influence so many people by what you post, so I believe you should always read through and understand the reactions you could get from everything you post. Your presentation really taught me just how important it is to be a 'digital Christian' and I will definitely try to use all of your tips when posting on social media.

This was a very insightful presentation as it gave me a clear idea how we should conduct ourselves online. First of all we should all be careful and think twice before posting something on social media because the last thing we want to do is hurt, disrespect or mock someone. Cyber bullying is a dangerous thing and many people suffer from it on a daily basis. If you're going to post something, it should something uplifting or encouraging, a good act towards someone or something. Just remember when you post something online, many people will get to see it and it cannot be deleted, so caution is really needed before you post that status, photo or whatever it is. Social media is also en effective tool to have conversations with people we know and others we would like to get to know, so its a very useful communication tool that should be well utilized.

I completely agree with the online disinhibition effect. I can't count how many times I see posts from friends or family that are not anything like how they are like in face-to-face interactions. It bothers me sometimes because I go to the mindset of who they really are. Are they the person they are face-to-face or the person online. I don't think that you can have that drastic of different personalities. I hate to think that they are being fake to me. I hate to think that my friends aren't really my friends. I like to look for the good in people, that is just who I am.

I absolutely loved the leading video of A Social Network Christmas. It really opens up how you think about social media and the effects it has on our everyday lives. We certainly take for granted our ability to instantaneously connect with people thousands of miles away. At the same time however we take for granted connecting with the people right in front of us. The digital age has created the ability to branch out to many but yet we neglect those right in front of us. When it comes to using technology we should use it's positives whenever we can just as you have emphasized in the end of your presentation.

I thought this was well put together and full of great information! It really makes you take a step back and ask yourself if you are being that digital Christian. I think social media has made it it incredibly hard to fulfill what Christ expects from us. If we look at Facebook for example and being able to "like" pages, one cannot control what pops up on their own wall simply because the other person posts something. When I am confronted with people who post awful things, I try to think of it as: "Well this is what the world is like and we might as well see it for what it is." I personally think it's good for Christians to experience the sin of the world. Maybe not partake in it, but understand and listen to it. What do you think?

I believe that social media today can be most effective today. I use online resources such as Instagram and Twitter to communicate and encourage fellow Christians and to positively influence others. My church back home even uses an app to give out church messages and to use for church programs. We as Christians and churches can use the internet as a powerful tool to spread the gospel.