The Philippians 4:8 Blogger

In my last post, I encouraged bloggers to write about worthwhile things, about stuff that really matters, and to try and write from God’s perspective, thinking about what the Bible says about these things. Of course, it’s a lot easier to say, “write about worthwhile things” than to actually think of any to write about!

First of all, what is a worthwhile thing? Philippians 4:8 has a good definition. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy [blog] about such things.”  This is supposed to be our blogging standard.

Still, we’re left with the question, “what do excellent and praiseworthy blog posts look like?” The important thing to understand about Philippians 4:8 is that it’s not a list of blog articles waiting to be posted; it’s the core concept behind every word that we type. We don’t look at Philippians 4:8 to find a topic to write about, rather, we write about something and then look at it through Philippians 4 glasses. We edit our posts by deciding if this post brings glory and honour to God, by being excellent, pure, admirable, true and noble. Then we share it with the world.

Judging if all our posts meet the Philippians 4:8 standard in this general sense is very important, but I think there is a bit more to it. When we go to church, we go to worship God, to have fellowship with other Christians and to receive encouragement in the faith. We can experience the same fellowship in the blogging community by blogging and writing specific posts about our walk with Jesus. It can be posting a verse that struck you, and maybe talking about why it struck you so much, or it can be sharing your feelings about an issue, or something else. When we try to blog to the Philippians standard, it’s a great opportunity to not only encourage others in their walk with God but to also make our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ think about their faith. 

When we blog to uplift God and other people, then we are truly blogging up to the Philippians 4:8 standard.

11:04 AM - Mar. 12, 2009 - post comment

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Wow, that is a very good idea! I've been to so many blogs where it was like "hohum, whassup?", and how are people going to grow in the Lord and His Goodness if they look around and see a low standard they'd rather not be a part of, being displayed in our carelessness?!
*steps off her soapbox*
God bless,
~PIP~

Pip - 5:52 AM - Mar. 24, 2009

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