Comments on 18 Ways to Use Media in Worship

Has anyone ever considered that this use of media is a total distraction from the gospel, the great news of Christ crucufied and risen, and what it means for us all?
The "techniques" are so caught up in their own cleverness they better merit description as audience manipulation techniques par excellence rather than activities that should garce the congregation of the faithful. Televison itself as a medium in the 21st century is the kwy tool of this constructionof reality - and we are captive to it rather than its master. Such methods rely on contrived visual and auditory sensory experiences for the amusement of the audience and the construction of an artifice of spirituality that is closer to trickery and self-deception than the living God. Are the scriptures read? Is the gospel truly preached? Is God truly worshipped? What is church for anyway? Answers to such foundational questions will expose one's commitment to the values of the gospel - or to the values of the world.