God could have done things in a very different way than he did. He could have collapsed time, not had such a long period between the law/Old Testament and the coming of Jesus. Jesus could have come right after Adam and Eve sinned and saved lots of trouble, right? But he didn’t, and John Dyer, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
Roasting Coffee, Technology and the Process
Posted in Biblical theology, contemporary culture, tagged technology on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Piper, “Tornado” storm, and Godwin’s Law
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged internet, John Piper, technology on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John Piper’s initial post on the tornado that just “happened” to hit the ELCA national conference in Minneapolis right before they were to discuss homosexual clergy has caused a little storm on the internet. He has followed up on it with another, clarifying post. The discussion about it is interesting and fascinating. A related post [...]
Amusing Ourselves to Death?
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged technology on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Neil Postman wrote an excellent book entitled, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, in which he highlighted the fact that Huxley was right about the future, not Orwell. In order to understand what I am saying, and to get his point, read these great comics that summarize his points. [...]
How to Become a Technological Idiot
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged technology on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Right/Wrong Dichotomy John Dyer, over at don’t eat the fruit, writes about the typical Christian response to technology. One of Christianity’s greatest strengths is that it is deeply concerned with morality. However, when it comes to thinking about technology, this strength often turns into a major weakness. It’s great for us to be thinking [...]
Treasures and Techno-lust
Posted in contemporary culture, tagged joy, technology on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is your technology your greatest joy in life? In today’s Daily Reading, Martyn-Lloyd Jones comments on our treasures and our heart. Treasures are not merely limited to money, but include anything in which we place our highest value. This includes the web, blogging, technology and the like. It is a question of one’s whole attitude [...]
Technology: Good or bad?
Posted in contemporary culture, Pastoral ministry, tagged personal relationships, technology on May 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Between Two Worlds (Justin Taylor) pointed me to a new website, The Sola Panel, introduced here. A recent post echoes thoughts I have had about the loss of personal connection in our technological culture. Drive up windows, atm machines, internet purchasing, grocery and library self checkout, all these things contribute to the loss of contact [...]
Technology and the Family
Posted in contemporary culture, Family, tagged children, Family, technology on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tim Challies pointed out a good series of posts on technology and the family. Since this is a pertinent issue right now in our family, I am looking forward to what Ray Fowler will have to say.
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