People love them some social media. 79% of American adults spend an average of 3 hours a day on social media, and those numbers are increasing. But a lot of us experience discouragement, anxiety, or frustration because of what goes down on various platforms. Joe and Jimmy walk through some of the common reasons for social media discouragement, and offer some some advice for dealing with it. We are Giving Away 2 ESV Bibles with Creeds and Confessions We are excited be give away two of the Black, Goatskin ESV Creeds and Confessions Bibles! For your chance to win you will need to 1) Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or like us on Facebook, 2) Post on that platform why you enjoy listening to Doctrine and Devotion, and link back to our website. 3) Use the hashtag #DDCCBible. Post to enter the giveaway as often as you like. We will pick two winners Saturday night and announce the winners on Sunday after church. For more on the giveaway and all the links visit our show notes at www.doctrtineanddevotion.com/podcast/malignancySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jump to the 10:15 mark to skip the banter. On this, our 500th episode, the guys discuss idols, idolatry, and how to keep ourselves from idolatry. Plus, we are giving away some great books to celebrate episode 500!THE 500 EPISODES GIVEAWAYIn celebration of our 500th episode we have partnered with Banner of Truth and Crossway publishers to do a big ol’ giveaway. We will choose one listener to receive all of the following:Providence by John Piper, the ESV Preaching Bible Verse By Verse edition, and the Crossway Short Classics: Heaven is a World of Love by Jonathan Edwards . And from Banner of Truth Puritan, our winner will get the Puritan Classics Box Set.How to Enter the GiveawayTo enter for a chance at winning the big giveaway you have to quote Jimmy or Joe from this episode of the podcast on social media and link to the episode with the hashtag: #docanddevo.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jimmy and Joe are responding to more of your emails. Does God love the poor, and if so what does that mean? How do you witness to a Christian? How can better manage our devotional time? And are we bothered by financially supporting bad churches when we sing one of their “good songs”?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/doctrine-and-devotion/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands