are influencers trustworthy?

But I wanna talk about the reality of where we're at right now with social media, Christian content, consuming it, how saturated it is, the pros, but, like, also the things that I think we need to be wary of and the things that we need to be mindful of.

And I, I do feel that there is this tension with Christian content right now, and I think that there are a lot of ways God is so pleased with it, and He is using it.

I believe that.

I believe God is using it.

I believe it's a part of His plan, and I think that obviously the pros to it is that the good news is being spread to the world.

And what quicker, better, more efficient way to spread the good news of the gospel and the good news of who Jesus Christ is than through social media? I mean, I just think about the disciples and Paul, and how they literally had to travel days, weeks, by boat, by foot.

They would walk miles and miles and miles to spread the gospel and tell people about it, and now I can only imagine how much their minds would be blown.

Now we actually have the opportunity to tell people about the goodness of Jesus in seconds and hit them across the world? Like, that's crazy.

So here I am standing [laughs] in this position of being like, yes, I believe that it is a good thing.

If I didn't, I wouldn't be doing it, and I wouldn't be encouraging you guys to come back every week.

And here I am making things like my book, encouraging u- you guys to read it.

Like, it's not that I'm against it, but I do think that there are things we really need to be mindful of about Christian content and about content that revolves around the walk with Jesus, and how there are some things that can be very slippery about it that we don't realize we're falling into.

And something I've already said on the podcast a few times is I love, love, love, love that you guys use this podcast as a tool Please continue to use it as a tool.

I love that you guys are so excited for my book to also have as a tool one day.

And I s- you know, I'm suggesting things like Hosanna Revival, where they make the most beautiful books, and journals, and planners, and things like that, right? Tools, we love them.

We need them.

I needed it.

I still do.

I needed it when I first came to Christ, because there was nobody guiding me other than His Spirit.

But, like, things of online, it was sermons, it was music, obviously, but it was Christian bloggers who were writing to the person who wanted to start walking in their faith for the first time, which was me, who said, "NIV is the best translation.

Go to Barnes & Noble.

There's also Bibles on Amazon," right? If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be where I am today.

So I'm not saying that it's bad.

I think it's good to have all of these tools.

I'm so grateful that the gospel is so accessible, right? We've been talking about accessibility on the podcast lately, but, like, that is such a beautiful thing, that we really have so many tools at, at our fingertips regarding learning more about Jesus, and the walk, and how to do it, right? It's beautiful.