Modern Ekklesia

A Description of Life In The Early Church

July 28, 2011 in missional with 2 Comments

Check out this quote from the book Another City.

“Through its practices of hospitality, forbearance, forgiveness, and reconciliation, it participated in the messianic suffering of God that communicated to the world the idiom or logos of its beginning and end in peace. Contrary to the caricatures that prevail in much of contemporary theology, the communal form of life fostered by the early church as altera civitas (another city) did not seek to withdraw from the world, but encountered head-on its most pervasive (i.w., violent) tendencies.”

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Why I’ve Been A Horrible Blogger Lately

July 27, 2011 in blogging with 5 Comments

If you’ve noticed, barely nothing has been coming out of Modern Ekklesia lately. Seems like every ten days or so I’ll put a new post out, but that’s about it. Here’s why:

What I Learned From A Ten Day Social Media Fast

July 18, 2011 in technology with 4 Comments

It’s true.

I was too in to social media, so I decided I’d do a self-intervention by going cold-turkey–no Twitter and no Facebook at all for ten days. I deleted the apps from my iPhone, and wouldn’t check them online. Was I apprehensive? Sure. But I knew that I needed to do this because I was simply too connected to the online world. I felt drawn to check and to post something almost everyday. It felt like an unhealthy attachment, so I decided to do something about it.

A Closer and Full Video Look at Google+

July 8, 2011 in technology,video with 0 Comments

There’s quite a few videos made by Google that give a closer look at Google+. I decided to post them all together so you can take a closer look.

Why Google+ Could Eventually Unseat Facebook

July 7, 2011 in technology,web tool with 10 Comments

You’ve certainly heard of Google+ by now. It’s Google’s latest attempt at being social. Orkut, Buzz, and Wave all failed, but I think Google+ may be on to something and could potentially pull the carpet from Facebook. Before I explain some of those reasons, let me first give a broad first impression.

At first glance, Google+ seems rather unimpressive. If you use Facebook, you’ll notice that it looks almost exactly like it. Check out my main page:

How To Know If Your Email Has Been Hacked

July 1, 2011 in technology,web tool with 2 Comments

Hackers are an interesting group. It seems that they’re not content to just break into your email and sites, but they also customarily post your login and password for all to see on various sites. Hip, hip, Horaay!! Like I said, an “interesting” group.

So what can you do?

The Central Weakness of Modern Day Christianity

June 29, 2011 in missional with 4 Comments

Most modern churches these days all look the same. Or in a sense they try to, anyways.

Great music.

Slick preaching.

Cool effects. If it’s a really cool church they’ll have smoke machines and the pastor will be dressed in ______.

Is there an emphasis on evangelism and outreach? Sure…why not? So churches will hold block parties to connect with the neighborhood. They’ll hold “come and see” events where you invite your friends to church a service so they can have a warm-fuzzy experience and see how great the church is. Somewhere along the line something was lost, though.