Monday, August 9, 2010

Does Technology Disembody the Gospel?

Does the use of video screens to watch the preacher in church conflict with the Doctrine of the Incarnation? Ever consider if your worship practices are totally consistent with your theology?

I ran across this article at a blog called Young, Evangelical, and Catholic called "The Disembodied Gospel: Screens in Church: "
So why is this important? Because at the center of Christianity is the Incarnation - Jesus, the God-man. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” (John 1.14a) At the climax of salvation history, God himself came to us in a physical form. And why did He do that? Because we are physical creatures.
Evangelicals implicitly communicate the opposite as their worship life becomes more and more disembodied. They're trying to be the disembodied body of Christ.

As the body of Christ, we are supposed to manifest Christ to the world. And it ultimately can only be done in the manner Christ did it – in the flesh, physically, embodied.
After reading the article, I still do not think there is anything wrong or theologically inconsistent with using video screens in church.  However, I do think it is a useful thing to ask questions like that.

What do you think?

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