PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, JOHN COLLINS MINISTRIES: REVIVAL BLOG

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: INTERNET AND CHILDREN Years after Reverend David Wilkerson preached that the Internet was a distraction and a means to separate families, that television was becoming too violent for children to watch unsupervised, Pastor John Collins , of Love That Cross Ministries and John Collins Ministries , emphasizes that social media has become a means for separating families, promoting violence and bullying, and creating secrets.   The violence in Santa Fe Texas earlier this year is a symptom of the violence that children (yes teenagers are still not adults, and therefore our children), are exposed to.   The statistics now show that there are more children killed in school shootings than soldiers in combat zones in 2018, says Pastor John Collins .   The shooting in Annapolis, Maryland had the shooter’s history involved with a Twitter account. So far in 2018, there has been 199 mass shootings in the USA. When is it enough? Pastor John Collins , ...

PASTOR JOHN COLLINS: SOCIAL MEDIA Years after Reverend David Wilkerson preached that the Internet was a distraction and a means to separate families, that television was becoming too violent for children to watch unsupervised, Pastor John Collins emphasizes that social media has become a means for separating families , promoting violence and bullying , and creating secrets. Pastor John Collins, evangelist and head pastor of Love That Cross Ministries , cautions that social media has been given too much control over our lives.   The amount of time that children spend on social media is detrimental to their development and to their socialization .   It separates us from our friends and our families , and children are being exposed to too much, too early.   Children are not being allowed to be children , are not being given the opportunity to grow through play , and adults are not taking the responsibility of teaching them about the Bible , God and Jesu...