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From Stone Tablets to Tablet Computers: Using Technology to Know and Serve Jesus James C. Denison, PhD CEO, Denison Forum May 16, 2018 First Baptist Church, Marble Falls, Texas Technology: Anything that was invented after you were

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From Stone Tablets to Tablet Computers: Using Technology to Know and Serve Jesus

James C. Denison, PhD CEO, Denison Forum May 16, 2018 First Baptist Church, Marble Falls, Texas

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“Technology”: “Anything that was invented after you were born.” “The human activity of using tools to transform God’s creation for practical purposes” (John Dyer).

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology
III. How technology is changing us
IV. How technology is changing our

culture

V. Using technology biblically

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I. Technology and the future

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1. 3D metal printing
2. Artificial embryos
3. Smart cities
4. Cloud-based AI services
5. Neural AI networks
6. Earbuds that translate instantly
7. Zero-carbon natural gas
8. Perfected online privacy
9. Genetic fortune telling
10. Quantum computing

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology

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“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change” (Mary Shelley).

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology
III. How technology is changing us

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How technology is changing us:

Information overload
Decline of writing skills
Shorter attention spans
Changing relational skills
Multi-tasking
Digital addiction

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology
III. How technology is changing us
IV. How technology is changing our

culture

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How technology is changing our culture:

Loss of personal information
Fake news
Less solitude
Narrowed worldview
More information but less wisdom
Pornography
Family threats
Self-idolatry

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology
III. How technology is changing us
IV. How technology is changing our

culture

V. Using technology biblically

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Using technology biblically

1. Use technology within a biblical

worldview “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength . . . love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:30–31).

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Using technology biblically

1. Use technology within a biblical

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2. Use technology to serve your family

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Use technology to serve your family

Severely limit screen time for children
Model behavior for your family.
Turn off technology one hour a day,
ne day a week, one week a year.
Use screens for a purpose.
Car time is conversation time.
Spouses have each other’s

passwords; parents have complete access to children’s devices.

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Using technology biblically

1. Use technology within a biblical

worldview

2. Use technology to serve your family
3. Use technology to serve the

Kingdom

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I. Technology and the future

II. Why we fear technology
III. How technology is changing us
IV. How technology is changing our

culture

V. Using technology biblically

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“You have never talked to a mere

mortal. Nations, cultures, arts,

civilizations—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a

gnat. But it is immortals whom we

joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit” (C. S. Lewis).

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