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farewell, farewelling, farewelled

December 13, 2014July 10, 2014 by Tim
(Reading Time: 3 minutes)

“Farewell, Rob Bell, World Vision, Burger King!” The act of publicly dismissing people or organizations from the church has been catching attention the past few years, especially as it relates to a recently coined idiom of “Farewell!”

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excommunitweet

December 13, 2014April 2, 2014 by Tim
(Reading Time: 2 minutes)

Excommunitweets? Those are tweets that say “Farewell!” to someone who is perceived as having left the church.

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Categories Definitions Tags evangelicals, social media 3 Comments

Facebook fast, media fast, digital fast

July 10, 2014February 23, 2013 by Tim
(Reading Time: 7 minutes)

Christians nowadays not only fast from food but from television, video games, and Facebook too. Oh my!

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Categories Definitions Tags social media, spiritual disciplines 3 Comments

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