The digital age is upon us. In the span of less than three decades,
we have redefined the way humans communicate, entertain, inform,
research, create and connect — and what we know now is only a hint of
what is to come. However, the greatest concern of the church is not a
technological imperative, but a gospel imperative. The digital world did
not exist a generation ago, and now it is a fundamental fact of life.
The world spawned by the personal computer, the Internet, social media
and the smart phone now constitutes the greatest arena of public discussion and debate the world has ever known.
Leaders who talk about the “real world” as opposed to the “digital
world” are making a mistake, a category error. While we are right to
prioritize real face-to-face conversations and to find comfort and
grounding in stable authorities like the printed book, the digital world
is itself a real world, just real in a different way.
Real communication is happening in the digital world, on the Web and
on the smartphone in your pocket or business case. Real information is
being shared and globally disseminated, faster than ever before. Real
conversations are taking place, through voice and words and images,
connecting people and conversations all over the world.
If the leader is not leading in the digital world, his leadership is,
by definition, limited to those who also ignore or neglect that world,
and that population is shrinking every minute. The clock is ticking.
Peril and Promise in the Digital Kingdom
The digital world is driven by its entrepreneurial and ideological
pioneers and cheerleaders, and they are a multitude. The numbers are
staggering. The World Wide Web is, for all practical purposes, less than
20 years old. It now reaches every continent and country, linking over
two billion people. Continue at Al Mohler
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