*SEVEN SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES FOR CHRISTIANS*

Social media brings several challenges to those Christians who use it. The biggest challenge is maintaining these postures:

1) Own control, so as not to waste too much time on social media;

2) A pure mind, not to delight in or share news, videos, posts, and photos that promote impurity;

3) Be wise, not to give credit to everything you read and see – there is a lot of misinformation and fake news purposely planted in these social networks;

4) Sobriety, so as not to expose your life and that of your family in public, bringing people you don't know online into your home and privacy;

5) Patience in dealing with comments, opinions and criticisms from people who do not have education, common sense, manometer or any condition to maintain a dialogue or participate in a debate in an intelligent and courteous way.

6) Wisdom, not to be hasty in responding and reacting to provocations. There is no peaceful end to fights bought with foolish and contentious people.

7) Humility to understand that although free access to the internet allows everyone to write texts and comment on whatever they want, this does not make you a theologian, a good writer or wise in your pronouncements.

God blesses,

Rev. Augustus Nicodemus