{
  "id": "MTOM-0149",
  "title": "Online teachers replacing local shepherds",
  "slug": "online-teachers-replacing-local-shepherds",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/online-teachers-replacing-local-shepherds/",
  "category": "Digital Age and Media",
  "severity": "2",
  "summary": "Online teachers can help, but they cannot replace accountable local shepherds who know, watch, correct, and care for embodied believers.",
  "diagnosis": "The church is not a content channel. It is an accountable body under shepherding care.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Heb 13:17",
    "1 Pet 5:1-4",
    "Eph 4:11-16",
    "Heb 10:24-25",
    "Acts 20:28"
  ],
  "key_terms": [
    "poimen [shepherd]",
    "episkopos [overseer]",
    "koinonia [fellowship]",
    "soma [body]"
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "treating-online-consumption-as-a-sufficient-substitute-for-embodied-church-life",
    "discernment-channels-becoming-bitterness-factories",
    "theological-identity-built-by-algorithms",
    "christian-outrage-as-entertainment",
    "viral-testimony-culture-with-little-verification",
    "influencer-christianity"
  ],
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local tooltip data",
  "status": "published_package_draft"
}