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how do digital spaces or online communities function as 'doorposts' or 'frontlets' for sharing beliefs?

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Deuteronomy 6:6-9

These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates.

This passage is part of Moses' farewell address to the Israelites, delivered just before they enter the Promised Land. He is reminding them of the covenant with God, emphasizing the importance of loving God entirely and diligently passing on God's commands to future generations.

What intentional practices can help us integrate our core beliefs into the everyday digital spaces we inhabit, making them visible and shareable?

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Read alongside it

  • Proverbs 7:3

    This proverb similarly urges the reader to bind wisdom's words to their fingers and write them on the tablet of their heart.

  • Psalm 119:105

    The psalmist describes God's word as a lamp for their feet and a light for their path, guiding their daily lives.

  • Matthew 28:19-20

    Jesus' 'Great Commission' instructs followers to go and make disciples, teaching them what he commanded, echoing the theme of diligent instruction.

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