Twitter, Twitch, & Koinonia

Ancient Prosthetics: 3,000 y.o. toe

Ancient Prosthetics: 2,300 y.o. iron tooth

Ancient Prosthetics: 4,000 y.o. gold wire

Ancient Prosthetics: 2,500 y.o. Mayan Grillz

Modern Prosthetics: Hearing Aid, Glasses, Pacemaker

Modern Proethetic: “Blade” Running Leg

cy·borg/ˈsīˌbôrɡ/

• “a fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body.” (Google)

• “A cyborg (short for ‘cybernetic organism’) is a being with both organic and biomechatronic parts.” (Wikipedia)

cy·borg/ˈsīˌbôrɡ/

• “noun.

– 1. A being that is part robot, and part human. {cyb(ernetic) + org(anism)}.

– 2. A human who has certain physiological processed aided or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices.” (Urban Dictionary)

Other cyborgs on the machine-human spectrum

• Terminator• Robocop• Cybermen• Daleks• Borg• Cylons• Iron Man (Tony Stark)• Mech suits?

Smartphones, Wired Home

Google Glass

Pebble, Moto 360, Apple Watch

Cognitive Cyborgs

• H+

• Humanity Plus

• Transhumanism

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

• “Don’t you know that you are God’s

temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

If someone destroys God’s temple, God

will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy,

which is what you are.”

1 Corinthians 3:16 : you vs. y’all

• “Don’t y’all [pl.] know that y’all [pl.] are

God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in

y’all [pl.]? If someone destroys God’s

temple, God will destroy him. For God’s

temple is holy, which is what you are.”

1 Corinthians & the body metaphor

• “Now there are different gifts, but the

same Spirit. And there are different

ministries, but the same Lord . . . To each

person the manifestation of the Spirit is

given for the benefit of all . . .” (12:4-7)

1 Cor 12:12-13

• For just as the body is one and yet has

many members, and all the members of

the body – though many – are one body,

so too is Christ . . .

1 Cor. 12:14

• “For in fact the body is not a single

member, but many. If the foot says, ‘Since

I am not a hand, I am not part of the

body,’ it does not lose its membership in

the body because of that . . . “

1 Cor 12:27

• “Now you are Christ’s body, and each of

you is a member of it.”

• Κοινωνία (Koinonia)– Fellowship, Close Association, Deep

Friendship.

– Acts 2:42; - Rom 15:26– 1 Cor 1:9; 10:16 - 2 Cor 6:14; 8:4; 13:13– Gal 2:9 - Phil 1:5; 2:1; 3:10– Phlm 6 - Heb 13:16– 1 John 1:3, 6

If . . .

• . . . we are the Body of Christ

• . . . we are cognitive cyborgs

– w/ social media selves &

– constant internet access

• . . . then is Jesus now a cyborg?

If . . .

• . . . church is people not buildings

• . . . people today have a digital presence

• then should the church also have a digital

presence?

Twitch & Koinonia

• Twitch – 40-50,000 viewers for top streamers– 200,000 viewers for events

• Church Attendance in Texas– Lakewood (Osteen) 43,500 avg.– Gateway (Morris) 28,000 avg.– AG megachurches 2,700 avg.– Avg. AG church <200 avg.

Twitter, Twitch, & Koinonia

In daily life, what does Christ’s body look like on:

1. Twitter

2. Facebook

3. Instagram

4. Church Homepage

5. #

For more info

• CyberChristianity.Tumblr.com

• Pinterest.com/BibleWoot/Cyber-Christianity

• Biblewoot.com

• Biblewoot.com/downloads