{"id":310,"date":"2008-08-11T22:38:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T22:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2008\/08\/follow-me-on-tw.html"},"modified":"2008-08-11T22:38:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-11T22:38:59","slug":"follow-me-on-tw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2008\/08\/follow-me-on-tw.html","title":{"rendered":"Follow me on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, fellow Twitterites, I finally swallowed the Twitter Kool-Aid. You can follow me here<\/a>, my username is @cthomasdavis. Mike Todd<\/a>, who was responsible for getting me on Facebook, told me about this months ago. Honestly, I thought it was ridiculous. Then @gailhyatt pushed me over the edge and the final straws were my Red Letter Campaign buddies<\/a>, @russw, @samhenry, and @jamie_wallace. (the @ is Twitter language.) <\/p>\n

But now, well, I love it. Len Sweet<\/a> is on Twitter too, and this is what he said to me today in an email: “I couldn’t resist the language of “follower,” which I’ve been arguing for the past 10 years needs to be our major category and interest rather than “leader,” a word that really isn’t found in the NT but “follower” or “mathetes” appears almost 300 times.” I love his insights regarding theology and life. Check out his webpage here.<\/a> That’s what Twitter<\/a> is about so I hope you follow me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, fellow Twitterites, I finally swallowed the Twitter Kool-Aid. You can follow me here, my username is @cthomasdavis. Mike Todd, who was responsible for getting me on Facebook, told me about this months ago. Honestly, I thought it was ridiculous. 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