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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

Why Social Media is Amazing (and Why I Can’t Fathom Condemning It)

April 21, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

Why Social Media is Amazing

To hear some people talk, you would think sins like narcissism, gossip, slander, and even adultery hardly existed before the advent of social media.  Somehow Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and whatever other social media outlet you wish to name are the greatest ills of our society, or at least … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, social media, Twitter, Uncategorized

What a Christian’s Facebook Should Look Like

September 12, 2013 by My New Kentucky Home

  I've heard a lot of people, even in the secular world, bemoaning the evils of social media. And the concerns are legitimate.  Virtually all of us with a computer or smartphone use some form of it--Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest--even the blog you're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christ, Christian love, Christian testimony, Christianity, Facebook, Faith, Instagram, Pinterest, social media, Twitter, Uncategorized

         

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