Friday Fun...Leaked iPhone 5 Promo Video

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Is Technology Evil?

Much has been made of the perils of technology in our age.  Douglas Wilson wisely points out though, that the problem is not the technology, but the way we use it.  Twitter, facebook, and the internet in general certainly can encourage narcissism, laziness and superficiality.  Ultimately, though, they are not the problem and need not be cast as such.  As Wilson puts it, we needn't fear Google making us stupid:

Don't mistake me. Google does make many of us stupid, but only in the same way that libraries have made us stupid for many centuries. Libraries make a handful of people really wise, and provide many others with artificial props for their footnotes.

By virtue of the fact that I have a blog and can be found on facebook, you've probably figured out that I agree  that we ought not fear "technology" as an evil.  We need to be aware that technology can be used for evil purposes and guard against that (David Murray has some great thoughts on this), but we need to realize that the problem ultimately isn't the technology.  Wilson puts it this way:

The constant and ever present temptation in the Church is the gnostic temptation of locating sin in the stuff, sin in the matter, sin in the wealth, sin in the technology . . . instead of locating it where it belongs, in the heart of man.

A truly "Christian" response to technology is to use that technology (over which Christ is sovereign) to the glory of God...which is exactly the idea behind this blog.  You can read Wilson's whole post here.

The Flying Car

Okay, it's not exactly the Jetsons, but check out the video below and then look into the story behind it.



CNN has chronicled this, yet another chapter in the amazing story of the Waodani Indians of Ecuador.  Steve Saint is the son of martyred missionary Nate Saint and the founder of I-TEC.  The video below tells story behind this company.

(HT: DG)

DVD...God's Technology

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I am very excited about the Mid-Michigan Conference for Reformed Theology which we will be holding October 30. The theme will be Reformation Family Living in the 21st Century and our speakers will be Joel Beeke and David Murray.

One of the topics which Dr. Murray will address will be that of technology and how we as Christian families ought to interact with it.  He has produced a 40 minute DVD on this topic entitled God's Technology.  In it he makes the point that the digital revolution is perhaps a bigger revolution than even the industrial revolution was, and in light of this momentous era of change, it is essential that parents develop a distinctive Christian response.

The answer, he argues is to neither blindly embrace all that technology produces nor to attempt complete separation from it. Rather, we must adopt a plan of disciplined discernment.  In the video, he outlines and models one such plan.

We'd love to have you at our conference.  If you can't make it though (especially if you have children), watch this video.  I've posted a trailer for it below and you can purchase it either via DVD or digital download here.


God's Technology Trailer from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.