1.0Reformed Chicks Blabbinghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/reformedchicksblabbingSusan Johnsonhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/reformedchicksblabbing/author/sjohnsonJohn Piper's on Twitter - Reformed Chicks Blabbingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F4Fwy0rPXQ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/reformedchicksblabbing/2009/06/john-pipers-on-twitter.html">John Piper’s on Twitter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/reformedchicksblabbing/2009/06/john-pipers-on-twitter.html/embed#?secret=F4Fwy0rPXQ" width="600" height="338" title="“John Piper’s on Twitter” — Reformed Chicks Blabbing" data-secret="F4Fwy0rPXQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Here’s his rational rationale: I see two kinds of response to social Internet media like blogging, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and others. One says: These media tend to shorten attention spans, weaken discursive reasoning, lure people away from Scripture and prayer, disembody relationships, feed the fires of narcissism, cater to the craving for attention, fill the…