twitter, twitch, & koinonia. ancient prosthetics: 3,000 y.o. toe
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cy·borg/ˈsīˌbôrɡ/
• “a fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body.” (Google)
• “A cyborg (short for ‘cybernetic organism’) is a being with both organic and biomechatronic parts.” (Wikipedia)
cy·borg/ˈsīˌbôrɡ/
• “noun.
– 1. A being that is part robot, and part human. {cyb(ernetic) + org(anism)}.
– 2. A human who has certain physiological processed aided or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices.” (Urban Dictionary)
Other cyborgs on the machine-human spectrum
• Terminator• Robocop• Cybermen• Daleks• Borg• Cylons• Iron Man (Tony Stark)• Mech suits?
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
• “Don’t you know that you are God’s
temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
If someone destroys God’s temple, God
will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy,
which is what you are.”
1 Corinthians 3:16 : you vs. y’all
• “Don’t y’all [pl.] know that y’all [pl.] are
God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in
y’all [pl.]? If someone destroys God’s
temple, God will destroy him. For God’s
temple is holy, which is what you are.”
1 Corinthians & the body metaphor
• “Now there are different gifts, but the
same Spirit. And there are different
ministries, but the same Lord . . . To each
person the manifestation of the Spirit is
given for the benefit of all . . .” (12:4-7)
1 Cor 12:12-13
• For just as the body is one and yet has
many members, and all the members of
the body – though many – are one body,
so too is Christ . . .
1 Cor. 12:14
• “For in fact the body is not a single
member, but many. If the foot says, ‘Since
I am not a hand, I am not part of the
body,’ it does not lose its membership in
the body because of that . . . “
• Κοινωνία (Koinonia)– Fellowship, Close Association, Deep
Friendship.
– Acts 2:42; - Rom 15:26– 1 Cor 1:9; 10:16 - 2 Cor 6:14; 8:4; 13:13– Gal 2:9 - Phil 1:5; 2:1; 3:10– Phlm 6 - Heb 13:16– 1 John 1:3, 6
If . . .
• . . . we are the Body of Christ
• . . . we are cognitive cyborgs
– w/ social media selves &
– constant internet access
• . . . then is Jesus now a cyborg?
If . . .
• . . . church is people not buildings
• . . . people today have a digital presence
• then should the church also have a digital
presence?
Twitch & Koinonia
• Twitch – 40-50,000 viewers for top streamers– 200,000 viewers for events
• Church Attendance in Texas– Lakewood (Osteen) 43,500 avg.– Gateway (Morris) 28,000 avg.– AG megachurches 2,700 avg.– Avg. AG church <200 avg.
Twitter, Twitch, & Koinonia
In daily life, what does Christ’s body look like on:
1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. Instagram
4. Church Homepage
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