{"id":95030,"date":"2026-04-10T16:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95030"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:50:36","slug":"the-world-is-noisy-what-should-christians-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-world-is-noisy-what-should-christians-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Noisy&#8230; What Should Christians Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchinlight\">InLight Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The World Is Noisy... What Should Christians Do?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KiEF2CmJpDM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever feel like the world is just too loud? Between constant information, opinions, notifications, and noise, it can feel overwhelming &#8211; and as Christians, that noise can make it harder to hear what really matters.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we&#8217;re talking about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why the world feels so noisy right now<\/li>\n<li>How it&#8217;s affecting us more than we realize<\/li>\n<li>What Scripture says we should do about it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been feeling mentally or spiritually overwhelmed, you&#8217;re not alone. And there is a better way forward.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll walk through two simple, biblical practices that can help you cut through the noise. And at the end, I&#8217;ll share one key truth that completely changes how we think about the noise in our world.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via InLight Media Do you ever feel like the world is just too loud? Between constant information, opinions, notifications, and noise, it can feel overwhelming &#8211; and as Christians, that noise can make it harder to hear what really matters. In this video, we&#8217;re talking about: Why the world feels so noisy right now How&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[981,1506,522,1510],"class_list":["post-95030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","tag-communication","tag-hearing","tag-listening","tag-prayers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50776,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-pray-when-i-dont-feel-like-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":95030,"position":0},"title":"How do I pray when I don&#8217;t feel like it?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have been good at praying. 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