The trouble with the internet is that it becomes like Acts 19:8-9. There, the ones who “refused to believe” began to speak so “injuriously” of “the Way” that Paul had to remove all the new disciples to a private forum. Still, the internet does seem like the elephant in the room, never mentioned at the Hall. Last I read, 30% of people in my country report they spend virtually all their time on the internet, so it is not as though one is directing his/her blows into the air by being there. You never get a not-at-home. Nor do you get “not interested.” They wouldn’t be there if they were not interested.
I have blogged since 2006. I dont really think of it as witnessing. It is more that of a guy who is a JW making his way through life. Mine is plainly a JW site, but I don’t link to JWorg. Everyone has some quirks, and if you link to them, it suggests that’s where you got yours from. In recent years, as blogs have been overshadowed by large platforms, I’ve expanded my presence there. I don’t think you will ever see the organization recommend social media for witnessing, because of Acts 19:8-9. It is enough for me that they don’t forbid it. You often can go deeper into Scriptures than you typically can door-to-door, where you must of necessity offer mostly baby food.
A new emphasis on being conversational actually plays into social media strengths. Platforms like X can become for me like cartwork. Establish a presence there, engage with people on their own subjects of interest, and once in a while you get to stick in a good word for God. But you do have to learn how to deal with opposers who come out of nowhere to ram you like those big dumb animals of TV nature shows, ramming with horns. Social media offers a good test to see if you can keep yourself “restrained under evil.” Sometimes you find you cannot, and then it is back to Bible 101 for you!
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