Tag: Smartphones
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10 Screen-Free Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Child for 2025
I know. Your child wants a new phone or tablet or video game for Christmas sooooooo badly. And the sales are irresistible. And all their friends have one, or are getting one, too. How happy they’ll be when they see that shiny new device under the tree! But, oh, how unhappy you’ll all be after…
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An International Conversation on Digital Discipleship
Digital Discipleship. It’s the defining challenge of our age. We often think of “discipleship” as a churchy-religious word, but whether or not we’re any kind of theist we’re all disciples of someone or something. And today, most of us are discipled by our screens. My succinct definition of a disciple is someone who performs embodied…
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Instagram Teen Accounts: Wolves Targeting the Young Sheep
Meta, parent company of Instagram & Facebook, announced their new “Teen Accounts” today. The propaganda on that page is written to comfort parents by assuring us that they’ve heard the criticisms of Jonathan Haidt and the U.S. Surgeon General, they read the bad press, and they’re taking steps to avoid breaking the mental health of…
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An Upside-Down Podcast To Turn Your Life Around
I had a delightful conversation about my book with the brilliant and gracious Caleb Gray on his “Upside Down People” podcast. He hosts conversations that matter from Perth, Australia. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to travel to Perth and meet Caleb in person, but I’m still very grateful for our important and insightful conversation. Listen for…
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Just Ask Your Mom: A Fun and Important Podcast
I had a delightful conversation with Renee Sproles and Bonnie Blaylock on their Just Ask Your Mom podcast. They are “two Southern moms on the backside of raising kids. They have 4 kids, over 50 years of marriage, and 40 years of parenting mistakes, successes, and experience between them.” Renee and Bonnie asked questions every…
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Does Social Media Help or Hinder Discipleship? Responding to the Brady Shearer Critique
This past week, the rock-star digital media strategist Brady Shearer published a YouTube critique of my interview with Preston Sprinkle. He has 54k Instagram followers, 97k TikTok followers, and 134k YouTube subscribers. He’s super-smart and well-spoken. I’m grateful for a dialog with someone so accomplished. This is an in-depth and important conversation, so it’s long.…
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How Social Media and Screens Have Hijacked Our Hearts and Minds: The Preston Sprinkle Interview
If you haven’t listened to the Theology in the Raw podcast with Preston Sprinkle, you’re missing some of the most thoughtful and engaging conversations. Preston’s motto is “love widely, and think deeply.” He’s a Bible scholar par excellence, but his obvious love of people with diverse belief systems makes him unusually engaging and winsome. I’ve…
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TikTok Wins By Hoarding Data, but Is Privacy The Real Concern?
TikTok is winning. Dominating. Conquering. But what game are they playing? There’s no doubt that TikTok’s copycat competitors are intimidated by the winner. That’s why Instagram added “Reels” that feel just like TikTok. And YouTube recently added “Shorts” for the same reason. If two of the biggest Big Tech companies are dancing to TikTok’s beat,…
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The Secret Scheme of Screens, and How To Sever Big Tech’s Strings, with Mind Matters News
I’ve been a long-time fan of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. Their cutting-edge Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence publishes some of the best content on these subjects through their articles and podcast. I’ve learned so much from them over the years. So what a joy it was for me to…
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How To Overcome Deceptively Effective Screens With The Covenant Eyes Podcast
A decades+ dream came true as I joined the Covenant Eyes podcast this week. I’ve recommended Covenant Eyes for years, since I believe so strongly in their mission to help people overcome pornography. This podcast is about much more than that, though: it’s about understanding how to become more intentional with your life so that…