Technology

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SOME RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

VIDEOS:
Phones are designed to be addicting
https://youtu.be/NUMa0QkPzns
Technology and the Biblical Story
https://youtu.be/_u6jdFKkWKs
Connected but Alone
https://youtu.be/t7Xr3AsBEK4
Confronting Our Technology Addiction
https://youtu.be/66qr-sRvFbc

ARTICLES:
Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?
https://bit.ly/2u3JDX6
Open letter to anyone who uses a phone
https://tmsnrt.rs/2xBm7Ua
Article about “The Tech Wise Family"
https://bit.ly/2DtrACM

BOOKS:
The Tech Wise Family
https://amzn.to/2QWH5WB

Is technology good or bad? Should Jesus followers have smartphones and social media? Should we create A.I. or upload our brains to the cloud?

Let’s jump into this nuance series with the drug everyones already on: Technology.

Following the podcast is the “Speakers Corner” where people from the Sunday gathering “added their nuance” to this weeks topic. Give it a listen and then carry on the conversation!

Technology
Kevin Makins

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An Introduction to Nuance

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In an increasingly polarized culture we need to learn to think like Jesus so we can live like Jesus.

Let’s begin with an introduction.

An Introduction to Nuance
Kevin Makins

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Thoughtfully Ablaze

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“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire?”

Thoughtfully Ablaze
Kevin Makins

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Let’s Talk About Submission...

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Among all the unpopular sections of the New Testament, this verse sits near the top. How can a pastor, who is following Jesus, tell women, children, and slaves to be submissive? And how can this possibly be good, liberating news today, not just for some people, but for everyone?

So let’s do it: Let’s talk about submission!

Let’s Talk About Submission...
Kevin Makins

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Rules for Living in the Light

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Carrying on with the “rules” section of Ephesians we get to… fornication? This will be interesting.

Rules for Living in the Light
Cindy Stover

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The Joy of the Burden

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What does Paul’s letter to the Ephesians have in common with 38 planes carrying 7,000 people  forced to land in Newfoundland on September 11, 2001?

The Joy of the Burden
Kevin Makins

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You Don’t Have to Live Like That Anymore

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This is the part of Ephesians most young people don’t like. Paul shifts from grand, sweeping statements about inclusion and justice into what sounds like (gasp!) RULES!

What is God saying to us through this section? And what does it look like to read these as more than moral management.

You Don’t Have to Live Like That Anymore
Kevin Makins

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Praying for God's Building Project

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Dave dug into Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1:15-23 by exploring four words: hope, power, culture, and the Church.  He summarized "the building work" Paul is up to like this: We pray that God would deepen and enrich the quality of our hope so that his power can flow in and through us as we live in a culture that resists and distracts us from living into the reality of being Christ’s body.

Praying for God's Building Project
Dave Witt

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Welcoming the Stranger in Our New Building

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Our friend and prayer-partner Jill Weber stopped by to give us a final, encouraging word.

Welcoming the Stranger in Our New Building
Jill Weber

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Their Eyes Were Kept From Recognizing Him

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Sometimes a story becomes so familiar that it’s hard to see it for what it actually is.

Their Eyes Were Kept From Recognizing Him
Kevin Makins

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