5 Ways the Digital Age Is Transforming the Way You Think
Samuel D. James
Our work, education, relationships, and even worship are increasingly happening digitally. Our tendency is often to think of these technologies as just neutral “tools." But this is not quite right.
Is Google Making Us Ungodly?
Samuel D. James
Is it true that it's not just the messages that we find on the web that influence us but that it’s the web itself, the process through which the web puts us as we engage its powers?
3 Ways the Internet Itself Resembles Pornography
Samuel D. James
It is not just that much pornography can be found online. It is that the web, by virtue of what it is, is intrinsically pornographically shaped.
Tossing Out Beliefs When They Don’t Spark Joy
Samuel D. James
What’s fascinating (and saddening) is that there seem to be many Christians, particularly in the affluent West, who think of theology, or doctrine, the way Marie Kondo thinks of clutter.
Being Constantly Online Has Changed Us More than We Think
Samuel D. James
When you ask, How could being on the internet so much be shaping us?, the real answer is, How could it not be shaping us?
Why We Feel So Tired and Confused by What We See Online
Samuel D. James
The internet makes no distinction between what is relevant to us or what is not relevant to us, what is part of the life that we’re supposed to live or what doesn’t really matter.
The Hollow Promise the Internet Makes to Lonely People
Samuel D. James
The web is preaching to our hearts that you can be anything and you can do anything, and you don’t have to accept the life of the world or the truth that God has put in your life.
Faithfulness in This Digital Age Is about Establishing Priorities
Samuel D. James
Faithfulness in the digital age means prioritizing God’s word and prioritizing embodied relationship over these digital tools.