Jesus and the Call to Digital Discipline

How should Christians live out their faith online?

Right after Jesus entered Jerusalem to the shouts of Hosanna, he made his way to the temple. By this time he was already well known and often had a difficult time showing himself in public lest the crowds try to make him king or the religious leaders try to arrest him. We don’t know exactly what he was planning to do when he got to the temple, maybe worship, maybe heal the sick or preach, maybe all of the above.

But what Jesus did first when he got there is one of the most memorable and challenging passages in all of scripture. It states in Matthew 21:12–13,

It is often difficult to imagine the humble and meek Jesus, the same teacher who knelt and washed his disciples feet, become consumed with righteous anger and turn over tables in a fury, driving out the crowd with a whip. And yet it is that picture of Jesus that gives us an idea of how important justice is to the Son of God. He does not abide the strong making their money off the backs of the weak.

I have been thinking about Jesus cleansing the temple this week as I have wrestled with the current state of the internet. It might seem as though the two are unrelated, and to be sure there are significant differences. The temple where Jesus overturned the tables and drove out the money changers was designed to be a place of worship but had been downgraded to a place of commerce. The internet on the other hand was designed to a place of commerce, at least in part.

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