Christianity is subject to multiple interpretations with these perspectives being skewed to communicate personal messages. A blogger is required to remain faithful to the message as Christ would have delivered it. The blogger must make an interpretation that accords relevance to a message that was communicated centuries ago. This ensures that the gospel remains alive to-date.
The issues handled on a blog are also used to accord identity to the platform. Societal justice issues that capture the attention of bloggers include environmental degradation and conservation, health, education and war. Christians are involved in advocacy to ensure that all humanity achieves equality in resource allocation and distribution.
Advances in societies have led to inventions and technology that can be useful or misused. Experts in technology highlight beneficial inventions and their application in changing the lives of populations. Blogs focus on innovations and technology that can transform the lives of individuals as well as be misused to their disadvantage.
The individual or organization running a blog can give an indication of the credibility of a blogging platform. Religious leaders have taken on blogging to reach to a growing internet savvy population. The contributors are experts in particular fields who adopt a Christ informed perspective. This enables the readers to understand issues as Jesus would have handled them were he alive.
It is impossible to mention social justice without focusing on politics. Leaders have a significant influence on policies that affect the daily lives of millions of citizens. As such, religious leaders and organizations endeavor to ensure that these leaders make responsible decisions. They use the forums to scrutinize policies to ascertain that they do not benefit a few at the expense of the majority.
As the society changes, traditional Christian values are put under pressure. For instance, lobby groups are pushing for recognition of homosexuals and gays as legally married. Such a subject is divisive and has split the church and religious groups. Blogs are a perfect platform to express opinion and capture the views of a majority of people. The opinion of church leaders is also spread very fast through blogging.
Christians around the world have used blogs to highlight the great works being carried out by leaders, groups and individuals. Most of this work is in areas that have been ravaged by wars and natural disasters. While in these areas, they help to push for social justices course and use blogs to gain global support. Blogs are credible based on the person running the platform or the institution behind it.
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