Jesus on PowerPoint

I’m sitting in a class discussion this Saturday morning and the debate is about whether or not the church is catering too much to the entertainment culture. One person was pointing out that churches have the loud rock music, flamboyant preachers, and double jumbotrons broadcasting in large auditoriums. 

That got me wondering. . . Would Jesus have used PowerPoint if He was teaching in our day? 

We live in such a video-saturated culture. It’s a proven fact (multiple studies) that people learn information best in video format nowadays. So when Jesus was communicating, He was speaking truth in parables, because in that culture (like ours) stories have stickiness. Stories today—while always powerful in any format—are best “heard” today when told in video format.

So, would Jesus have used PowerPoint? Of course not. 

He would have used Keynote, which is the far superior Mac presentation program. But because He was a little “old school” He would have used v.5.3 and not 6.0.  :)