Category: Internet
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Internet
Is AI helping you, or dumbing you down? Yes.
The Preacher declares in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that “there is nothing new under the sun.” He was saying it with a sense of despair, but there’s a reality there that can prove helpful too. Even with something newfangled like AI, the…
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InternetDo we “like” sin?
Welcome to the Information Age. With apps like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, we now have a window into the lives of our friends, family, acquaintances…
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InternetAustralia and Denmark restrict social media use by children
In at least two western countries, children under the age of 16 will soon be barred from using many social media sites and apps. The…
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InternetScreen-fast strictness – how tough is tough enough?
The screen-fast sign-up form had a space for “My listed exceptions” where people could list the important but limited screen-usage that their life and job…
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InternetScreen-fast 2025: Less screens = more life
We were hoping for 200 to sign up. Turns out a lot of us were ready for this – more than 900 registered for RP’s…
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InternetWe took the “No Screens Challenge”
Do you remember the last time you were without your phone for a day? Maybe you left it at your friend’s house, and couldn’t retrieve…
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InternetHow to stay sane in an overstimulated age
In today’s hyperconnected world, information comes at us fast and furious, from every direction, 24-7. We wake up to news alerts about a major earthquake…
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InternetHow to use AI like a Christian boss
Imagine you’re the boss of your own company. After months of searching, you’ve just landed the most brilliant assistant in the country. He’s lightning-fast, top…
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InternetIs TikTok the ultimate contraception?
A hundred years before the invention of the television, Danish theologian and philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote: “Suppose someone invented an instrument, a convenient little talking…
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Adult non-fiction13 quick thoughts on “Screen-Smart Parenting”
Parenting is _________. You fill in the blank. It is so many things. It is an adventure with no shortage of ups and downs. I…
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InternetWill AI replace reading?
Many new technologies are sold with the promise of freeing people from menial tasks. Dishwashers, dryers, tractors, and word processors are just a few of…
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InternetStop swiping, start serving
I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that in the past few weeks, you have probably not gotten rip-roaring drunk nor participated…
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InternetOn becoming tech-savvy Christians
Technology changes so quickly that we can become bewildered over what to think about all the new products, services and platforms that appear and disappear….
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Internet3 things we need to tell our kids about ChatGPT
ChatGPT and the many other new AI text generators might strike parents as problematic, since kids are now able to turn to this tool and,…
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InternetTechnology in Reformed schools
With great technological innovation comes great responsibility. In an era where the digital landscape transforms the way we live, learn, and connect, Reformed Christian schools…
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InternetTalking to teens: How does social media fit into a Christian worldview?
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Reformed Perspective; I’m Alexandra Ellison. Did you know that in Canada almost everyone is on social media? About 89% of the population…
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InternetThe challenge of keeping technology in its proper place
I grew up in a home without a TV. But we did have a Commodore 64, a primitive computer (pre-Windows) that we used almost exclusively…
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InternetDemystifying ChatGPT
About a year ago, the research firm OpenAI made a version of its text-generation tools available for free use from its website. The chatbot, called…
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InternetIs AI just another tool, or something else?
It’s not uncommon to hear artificial intelligence (AI) described as a new “tool” that extends and expands our technological capabilities. Already there are thousands of…
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InternetUse RSS to get RP delivered
Are you tired of repeatedly visiting your favorite blog only to find out that there haven’t been any new posts? Are you tired of sifting…
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Internet…the Internet can pervert anything
**** Warning: the following addresses pornography and sexual content Born in 1998, I grew up in the generation when the iPod Touch and cellphones were…
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InternetGoogle or God? Who are we turning to for guidance?
This article is being shared, with permission, from Clarion, “a biweekly magazine aimed at servicing families and congregations in the federation of Canadian Reformed Churches.” You…
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InternetFund a film about fighting sexual temptation
“Into the Light” will equip God’s people to fight the pull of pornography This is an overview of an episode of Lucas Holvlüwer and Tyler…
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InternetWe can’t save the world, and that’s OK
We are weary. Gloom and malaise are the shadows of the moment, inescapable beneath the blazing ball of stressors that blinds our eyes to what…
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InternetA valley of conquerors
The fire crackled in a massive stone fireplace behind us as we talked and sipped coffee. The handcrafted log home that surrounded us was almost…
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InternetIs our curiosity controlling us, or are we controlling it?
Curiosity can be downright lethal… and not only to cats. In our Internet age, curiosity can quickly take us where we must not go. But…
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InternetThe smartphone stack
You’re out with some friends having a nice dinner. But one has been talking on his phone for the last ten minutes, and a second…
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Adult non-fictionThe Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
by Andy Crouch 2017/ 220 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT Did you just binge multiple seasons of that show everyone is talking about over the weekend? Do…
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Internet20 Scriptures to guide our online speech
Scripture has a lot to say about how we wield our speech, and those passages are all the more important now that technological advances have…
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InternetParents, you are your child’s best protection from online horrors
“You cannot raise your children as your parents raised you, because your parents raised you for a world that no longer exists.” – Author unknown…
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Internet3 reasons to praise God for social media
As a default, I tend to call attention to the problems that social media, and our relationship with it, has introduced into our lives. Social…
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InternetProverbs: 3,000 years ahead of its time
Solomon did not have a web page. He didn’t blog. He didn’t tweet. He wasn’t on Snap Chat or Instagram. But he can still help…
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InternetCensorship isn’t Christians’ biggest social media problem
Not so long ago, I was having a conversation with someone about why I write so much about Christians’ concerning relationship with the social internet….
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Internet3 simple reasons we believe misinformation
Last week I came across a great article in the MIT Technology Review called, “Why Generation Z Falls for Online Misinformation.” The article highlights a…
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InternetYou believe you are the center of the universe
David Foster Wallace was an American thinker and writer, best known for his novel Infinite Jest. He passed away in 2008, which is a loss to…
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InternetTechnology and our anxious hearts
As a pastor I get to talk to lots of people. After some conversation, I start to get a sense of where people stand. How…
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Internet
Do we “like” sin?
Welcome to the Information Age. With apps like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, we now have a window into the lives of our friends, family, acquaintances…