THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP (5 OF 10)
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11
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The Author and Perfecter of Kingdom Citizenship (5 of 10)
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 2:5-11
Introduction
''To be noticed, to be wanted, to be loved, to walk into a place and have others care about what you're doing, even what you had for lunch that day: that's what people want, in my opinion.'' Those were the words spoken by a popular reality T.V. star ten years ago when remarking on the popularity of reality T.V. This was before the advent of smart phones and still in the early years of Facebook, you know the good old days when you needed an .edu email address to get an account. Psychologists, though, were beginning to study this cultural phenomena and recognizing that the desire for fame was a major motivating factor among folks in the 20s.
At the time, Benedict Carey in The New York Times wrote, ''[F]ame-seeking behavior appears rooted in a desire for social acceptance, a longing for the existential reassurance promised by wide renown.'' Accordingly, for those especially raised in the age of reality T.V. and now social media, fame solely for the sake of being famous has been ranked as the most popular future goal for those under the age of 20 today. Most notably, researchers have found that this desire for fame stems from the more fundamental desire to be seen/valued. In other words, to be accepted, esteemed, looked up to motivates so many today far more than what we realize. It's no surprise then that researchers at UCLA have found that the more a person uses social media, the higher their desire for fame and glory will be. My point, which I made last time in Philippians 2, is that you and I are being heavily conditioned and subconsciously taught that fame and attention are the most important things that we could attain in life.
This really isn't anything new, though, of course. Starting in Genesis 3 we see that humanity's quest for their own glory has always been the fundamental root of all evil. Whether you want to call ...
Series: Philippians
Patrick Edwards
Philippians 2:5-11
Introduction
''To be noticed, to be wanted, to be loved, to walk into a place and have others care about what you're doing, even what you had for lunch that day: that's what people want, in my opinion.'' Those were the words spoken by a popular reality T.V. star ten years ago when remarking on the popularity of reality T.V. This was before the advent of smart phones and still in the early years of Facebook, you know the good old days when you needed an .edu email address to get an account. Psychologists, though, were beginning to study this cultural phenomena and recognizing that the desire for fame was a major motivating factor among folks in the 20s.
At the time, Benedict Carey in The New York Times wrote, ''[F]ame-seeking behavior appears rooted in a desire for social acceptance, a longing for the existential reassurance promised by wide renown.'' Accordingly, for those especially raised in the age of reality T.V. and now social media, fame solely for the sake of being famous has been ranked as the most popular future goal for those under the age of 20 today. Most notably, researchers have found that this desire for fame stems from the more fundamental desire to be seen/valued. In other words, to be accepted, esteemed, looked up to motivates so many today far more than what we realize. It's no surprise then that researchers at UCLA have found that the more a person uses social media, the higher their desire for fame and glory will be. My point, which I made last time in Philippians 2, is that you and I are being heavily conditioned and subconsciously taught that fame and attention are the most important things that we could attain in life.
This really isn't anything new, though, of course. Starting in Genesis 3 we see that humanity's quest for their own glory has always been the fundamental root of all evil. Whether you want to call ...
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