Grasp the Bible
Grasp the Bible is a podcast of Spring Baptist Church that walks through selected books of the Bible verse by verse and explores biblical ideas and topics to help you understand and apply God’s Word in daily life.
Grasp the Bible
Digital Discipleship
Welcome to episode 235 of Grasp the Bible. In this episode, we will examine the topic of digital discipleship.
Key takeaways:
- Technology isn’t just a tool we use; it’s a tool that uses us—or more precisely, it shapes our habits, expectations, attention, and relationships.
- If we don’t anchor identity in Christ, we will anchor it in public approval, and that becomes a new form of slavery.
- Sometimes what looks like a “spiritual problem” is also a formed habit problem—people are exhausted and overstimulated.
- The challenge isn't to reject technology completely, but to use it in ways that honor God and build His kingdom.
Quotable:
We become what we repeatedly do.
Application:
- The phrase "think on these things" means to calculate, consider carefully, or meditate on. It's an accounting term—we should carefully evaluate what we allow into our minds through screens.
- The battle for your life is won or lost in your thought life. Guard your mind with the same vigilance you'd guard your home.
- There is no "off the clock" for the Christian. Your social media isn't a "free zone" where different rules apply. The same Lord who sees you in worship sees you on Facebook at 11 PM.
- You wouldn't let a thief into your house to steal your possessions. Why do you voluntarily hand him your phone and let him steal your hours?
- Evaluate your screen time with one question: Is this helping me love God and love my neighbor—or training me to love myself and the world?
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