From the article:
“It will take a moment for the fog machine to clear up, as he takes center stage. But soon enough you will be able to identify him clearly: he’s the guy wearing the sneakers and the torn jeans, possibly even a hoodie and a snap-back too. He doesn’t carry a Bible under his arm—that would send the wrong signal—he carries his tablet computer.”
So, if a church tries to create a particular ambiance to serve its members, and the pastor wears trendy clothing and uses an iPad rather than a floppy paper Bible ... he is worthy of condemnation?
This author is quite judgmental. Pretty distasteful.
Why not focus on how the gospel is being preached rather than judging someone by appearance?
I agree with you on a number of your points - and in fact, almost all my Bible study and reading is now done online. I prefer a laptop to an iPad, but you get the idea.
With just a couple of clicks, I can compare a scripture in King James, NIV, The Message, etc. With another click or two, I can find out what some of the great teachers say about that scripture. Sure, some of these hipster pastors are phony, or perhaps real but caught up in a carefully derived image, no doubt…but this article was overly judgemental and dismissive.