{"id":914,"date":"2023-01-22T20:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/227-glen-davies-technology-as-a-challenge-to-our-faith-7-ways-to-combat-it\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:44:55","slug":"227-glen-davies-technology-as-a-challenge-to-our-faith-7-ways-to-combat-it","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/227-glen-davies-technology-as-a-challenge-to-our-faith-7-ways-to-combat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"227: Glen Davies – Technology As a Challenge To Our Faith (+ 7 Ways To Combat It)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to a class by Brother Glen Davies that is entitled “Technology as a Challenge to Our Faith”<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For Show Notes, visit our website: Anchor.fm\/GCT<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Burger selfie
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\nnow let’s talk more about this
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\nWelcome to the good
\nchristadelphians talks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is a Class by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother, Glenn Davies, that’s
\ncalled technology as a challenge<\/p>\n

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\nto our faith.
\nThe class was given at the 2019,<\/p>\n

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\nNew Zealand Bible school and
\nthis was sent in by <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation.
\nSo once again, we thank you for <\/p>\n

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\nall the help in finding these
\ntremendous talks to help spread <\/p>\n

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\nthe words of encouragement.
\nNow despite what you may think <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the title this is first and
\nforemost, not a doom and gloom <\/p>\n

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\nkind of message that you might
\npresume. <\/p>\n

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\nThe brother will say you know
\nall Technologies bad refrain <\/p>\n

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\nfrom using any of it.
\nThankfully there is a healthy <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledgement of how prevalent
\nand useful Tech is in all of our<\/p>\n

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\nlives these days.
\nBut it’s a really <\/p>\n

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\nwell-constructed message of
\nwarning about how as we have <\/p>\n

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\nadapted to the age of instant
\ngratification. <\/p>\n

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\nConstant notification overload.
\nAnd clickbait messages and <\/p>\n

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\nimages.
\nHe asked the question, what is <\/p>\n

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\nthat costing us from a spiritual
\nperspective? <\/p>\n

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\nAre we becoming slaves to our
\nscreens? <\/p>\n

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\nIdols made of glass and plastic.
\nOr even being conditioned, like,<\/p>\n

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\nmice in a laboratory to click
\nand click, and click, and click <\/p>\n

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\nwaiting for the next news
\nupdate. <\/p>\n

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\nThe next shocking headline, the
\ngraphic image. <\/p>\n

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\nI really enjoy that brother.
\nGlen manages to give practical <\/p>\n

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\nadvice all throughout.
\nAnd especially at the end, he <\/p>\n

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\nhas some very necessary and
\nhard-hitting truths. <\/p>\n

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\nAbout the Temptations that
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\nwith, in regards to the
\noverabundance of pornography and<\/p>\n

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\nthe lust of the eyes that can so
\neasily, beset us and is in <\/p>\n

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\nconstant display in our modern
\nmedia. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there is as he says a
\ntremendous benefit to <\/p>\n

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\nappreciating technology, as we
\nhave seen in the past, couple <\/p>\n

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\nyears of Zoom, during covid.
\nAnd even with this podcast, But <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s a lot that were missing
\nif we opted to lean on our <\/p>\n

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\nscreens, instead of continuing
\nto read for ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nInstead of just Googling a verse
\nMeeting and talking with each <\/p>\n

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\nother face-to-face.
\nAnd having a mind that is <\/p>\n

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\nfocused on serving other people
\naround us instead of head down <\/p>\n

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\nserving ourselves.
\nAs always, we hope that this <\/p>\n

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\ndoes, strengthen your faith and
\nbrightens your day. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Glenn Davies technology
\nas a challenge to our faith. <\/p>\n

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\nSo at least in Phoenix times.
\nAnyway, welcome everybody to our<\/p>\n

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\ntalk tonight and modified the
\ntitle slightly. <\/p>\n

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\nlittle loot list of quotes. <\/p>\n

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\nbackground while everybody was <\/p>\n

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\nvoluntary. <\/p>\n

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\nend. <\/p>\n

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\nInstead.
\nSo I modified the title slightly<\/p>\n

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\nto three ways that technology
\nthreatens our faith and seven <\/p>\n

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\nways to fight back because I
\ndon’t really just want to stand <\/p>\n

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\nhere tonight and tell you what
\nthe issues are really want to <\/p>\n

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\ntry.
\nAnd at least start presenting <\/p>\n

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\nsome practical things that we
\ncan all be doing to fight back, <\/p>\n

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\nand try and defend our faith.
\nNow, I’m sure that many of you <\/p>\n

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\nyounger ones are probably <\/p>\n

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\nOh, you’re on some old guys. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s going to stand up there and
\ntell us how terrible technology <\/p>\n

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\nare glued to their phones and <\/p>\n

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\nreally, they should all log out
\nof Facebook and just go outside <\/p>\n

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\nand play.
\nWell, unfortunately I am an old <\/p>\n

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\nguy.
\nI can’t get away from it. <\/p>\n

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\nBeing said, he was going to be
\nturning 50 soon. <\/p>\n

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\nUnfortunately, I did turn 50
\nthis year so there’s no doubt <\/p>\n

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\nI am an old guy, but the good <\/p>\n

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\nnews is young people.
\nI’m not so old and out of touch <\/p>\n

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\nthat, I don’t know.
\nThat. <\/p>\n

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\nperson these days would log into<\/p>\n

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\nFacebook, would be to see the
\nmessage to your mother or your <\/p>\n

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\ngrandmother.
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\nyoung people, that’s probably
\nyour mother and your grandmother<\/p>\n

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\nthat I shall be telling to log
\nout of Facebook and go outside <\/p>\n

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\nand play, but we’ll keep that to
\nourselves for now, but you don’t<\/p>\n

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\nneed to worry that.
\nI’m going to stand up here and <\/p>\n

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\npreach some sort of radical
\ndigital digital detox that. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all have to throw away a
\ndivisors because they offer such<\/p>\n

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\na terrible threat to our faith.
\nBecause again, unfortunately I <\/p>\n

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\nhave to admit that I love
\ntechnology. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s no way that I’m going
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\nsort of radical digital detox as
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\nfeel guilty, just because you
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\nHowever, I do think that
\ntechnology presents some real <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges to our faith and the
\nage, in which we live. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I also think that we’re
\noverdue for having some really <\/p>\n

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\nserious discussions.
\nAbout that in order to be able <\/p>\n

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\nto help each other to overcome
\nthose challenges. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s some discussions at the
\nBible school committee has had <\/p>\n

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\nabout, the obvious impact
\ntechnology is having on our <\/p>\n

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\nfaith and the need to actually
\nsit down and have some honest <\/p>\n

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\ndiscussions about it.
\nBut before we launch into that, <\/p>\n

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\nand for those of you that don’t
\nreally know me at all, just a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit of background to
\nconvince you, that I’m not <\/p>\n

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\nactually a Luddite in Disguise.
\nI’m currently a software <\/p>\n

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\ndeveloper by trade.
\nSo I spend probably around 40 <\/p>\n

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\nhours.
\nHours a week glued to a computer<\/p>\n

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\nscreen.
\nWell, two screens actually. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve got a lazy eye so I can
\nlook at two screens at once. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’ve actually had a
\nsmartphone since around 2008. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that might not sound that
\nlong ago, but 2008 is actually <\/p>\n

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\nwin.
\nThe first iPhones became <\/p>\n

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\ncommercially available in New
\nZealand was the iPhone 3G looks <\/p>\n

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\nquite small and quaint these
\ndays, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nSo I was lucky to get one of
\nthose as part of my work back in<\/p>\n

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\n2008.
\nSo I’ve been a smartphone addict<\/p>\n

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\nfor a few years longer than most
\npeople in the Room. <\/p>\n

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\nSo potentially reasonably well,
\nplaced to discuss the issues <\/p>\n

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\ninvolved in owning such devices.
\nI’ve also got a Facebook <\/p>\n

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\naccount.
\nI too have to keep in touch with<\/p>\n

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\nmy mother.
\nI’ve got a Instagram account <\/p>\n

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\nwhich I never really use.
\nI just thought I really should <\/p>\n

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\nhave an Instagram account.
\nI’ve got a Twitter account, I <\/p>\n

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\noccasionally seen some tweets,
\nmostly work-related. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, as I said, I’m no way a lot,
\nright? <\/p>\n

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\nBut really, the comments that
\nI’m going to make tonight, <\/p>\n

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\nhopefully will help us all in
\nthe struggle to maintain our <\/p>\n

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\nfaith against the impact that
\ntechnology is having Now, <\/p>\n

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\ntonight’s and not intended in
\nany way to be an all-inclusive <\/p>\n

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\nsummary of the issues.
\nAnd neither has it been to <\/p>\n

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\noutline every single struggle
\nthat you might have. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s really just a start of the
\ndiscussion and God willing <\/p>\n

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\ntomorrow night.
\nThe idea of those discussion <\/p>\n

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\ngroups as we can take what we’ve
\nstarted here tonight and in your<\/p>\n

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\ndiscussion groups, you can start
\nhaving some discussions about <\/p>\n

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\nthe actual issues that you have
\nand maybe some of the solutions <\/p>\n

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\nto the issues that you’ll come
\nacross. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that introduction, let
\nme just Outline Three of the <\/p>\n

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\nways.
\nI think that technology is <\/p>\n

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\nimpacting our faith.
\nBut before that, Let’s just have<\/p>\n

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\na quick look at three ways that
\nGod wants us to develop in our <\/p>\n

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\nfaith.
\nNow one, we all know, and we <\/p>\n

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\nread about in our opening, Psalm
\nGod wants us to meditate on his <\/p>\n

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\nword day and night as a way of
\ndeveloping our faith and Brother<\/p>\n

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\nDavid gave us a really good
\nintroduction into the importance<\/p>\n

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\nof that last night.
\nSecondly we need to build each <\/p>\n

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\nother up in the faith.
\nGod wants us to come together <\/p>\n

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\nwith the purpose of building
\neach other up and encouraging <\/p>\n

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\neach other in the faith and
\nthirdly, what he wants us to do <\/p>\n

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\nin order to maintain our faith
\nhas to remain separate from the <\/p>\n

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\nworld.
\nHe wants us to come out from the<\/p>\n

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\nworld separate from them in
\norder that our faith might be <\/p>\n

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\nmaintained now, What technology
\ndoes an opposition to that, as I<\/p>\n

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\nbelieve it diminishes, our
\nability to think deeply on God’s<\/p>\n

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\nword, that provides a medium,
\nwhere we find it. <\/p>\n

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\nAll too easy to pull each other
\ndown, instead of lifting each <\/p>\n

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\nother up, and it puts the worst
\nthat the world has to offer at <\/p>\n

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\nour fingertips.
\nSo, in order to make this <\/p>\n

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\nevening as stress-free as
\npossible to the OCD Among Us, <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s start by having a look at
\nthe first of these. <\/p>\n

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\nLet me to take you on God’s
\nword. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t really spend need to
\nspend too much time going <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the, the essential
\nrequirement of this, for a walk <\/p>\n

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\nin the faith.
\nBecause as I said, Brother, <\/p>\n

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\nDavid gave a good introduction
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\nIt’s the word that develops, our
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\ntalks about that blessing, that
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\nthat God wants the word,
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\nTranslated from the Hebrew and
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\nJames has the idea of to murmur
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\nNow, a lot of you will know that
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\nNow, of course, many of you are
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\nWonderful analogy doesn’t have
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\nIt’s the idea of chewing over
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\nmuch of his word into our minds
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\nNow, if we come over to Romans
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\nIs the idea of metamorphosis
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\nSo why the shift away from <\/p>\n

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\nReading?
\nWhy is it that so many? <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:28,200 –> 00:20:31,600
\nAnd the Brotherhood are not
\nreading the way we used to. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:32,800 –> 00:20:36,000
\nWell, although there’s research
\nto show why this is happening. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:36,700 –> 00:20:39,300
\nI think most of us, probably
\nknow from personal experience, <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:39,300 –> 00:20:44,300
\nwhy it is without the need for
\nan external evidence and it’s <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:44,300 –> 00:20:48,300
\nthe fact that the internet or
\nmore specifically, the web and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:48,300 –> 00:20:52,800
\nsmartphones actively discourage
\nprolonged periods of deeply <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,800 –> 00:20:57,800
\nmeditative reading and thinking
\nthey in fact, encouraged quite <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,800 –> 00:21:01,700
\nthe opposite, Nicholas Carr.
\nAgain he states with me. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:01,700 –> 00:21:05,000
\nGo online We enter an
\nenvironment that promotes <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:05,000 –> 00:21:07,900
\ncursory reading hurried and
\ndistracted thinking and <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:07,900 –> 00:21:10,700
\nsuperficial learning.
\nIt’s possible to think deeply <\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:10,700 –> 00:21:13,600
\nwhile surfing the net, just as
\nit’s possible to think shallowly<\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:13,600 –> 00:21:16,200
\nwhile reading a book.
\nBut that’s not the type of <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:16,200 –> 00:21:21,600
\nthinking that the technology
\nencourages and rewards, but this<\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:21,600 –> 00:21:24,900
\nisn’t just his opinion.
\nResearch has been done that <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:24,900 –> 00:21:29,100
\nsupports this view way back as
\nfar as 1989 Believe It or Not, <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:29,400 –> 00:21:32,500
\nThere was research done on the
\nthe effects of reading. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:32,500 –> 00:21:34,900
\nHi.
\nPer text on comprehension for <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:34,900 –> 00:21:37,000
\nthose of you that not so
\ntechnology. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:37,000 –> 00:21:40,500
\nSavvy hypertext is really just
\ntext with a whole lot of links <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:40,500 –> 00:21:42,700
\nin it.
\nSo when you read a web page, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:42,700 –> 00:21:44,600
\nthere’s usually a whole lot of
\nbits that are a different color.<\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:44,600 –> 00:21:47,900
\nMaybe with a line underneath and
\nyour brain is come to understand<\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:47,900 –> 00:21:52,100
\nthat those things are links to
\nsomething more interesting or <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:52,100 –> 00:21:54,500
\nequally interesting and that’s
\nknown it. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:54,900 –> 00:21:57,900
\nAnd Technical speakers is
\nhypertext or a hyperlink. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:21:58,900 –> 00:22:02,100
\nNow 1989 our studies showed that
\nreaders of hypertext often end <\/p>\n

359
\n00:22:02,100 –> 00:22:04,300
\nup clicking.
\nDirected lie through pages <\/p>\n

360
\n00:22:04,600 –> 00:22:06,200
\ninstead of reading them
\ncarefully. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:22:07,100 –> 00:22:10,300
\nAnd in some research, conducted
\nin 2001, the difference and <\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:10,300 –> 00:22:13,800
\ncomprehension rates between
\nreading hypertext and non <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:13,800 –> 00:22:17,800
\nhypertext documents.
\nAnd that research was clearly <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:17,800 –> 00:22:23,000
\nshowed that with hypertext, the
\nabsorbed and personal motive <\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:23,000 –> 00:22:26,500
\nreading seems to be discouraged.
\nThe reader’s attention was <\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:26,500 –> 00:22:29,500
\ndistracted towards the Machinery
\nof the hypertext and it’s <\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:29,500 –> 00:22:32,600
\nfunctions rather than to the
\nexperience offered. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:38,000
\nBy the story and in 2007 similar
\nresearch was undertaken and <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:38,000 –> 00:22:42,000
\ntheir conclusion was that the
\nmultimedia Technologies? <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:42,000 –> 00:22:46,400
\nSo common to the web would seem
\nto limit rather than enhance <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:46,700 –> 00:22:55,100
\ninformation acquisition.
\nNow I’m sure a lot of you are <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:55,400 –> 00:22:57,800
\njust familiar with this from
\npersonal experience. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:57,800 –> 00:23:00,900
\nLike if you go on the web
\nlooking for something you’re <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:00,900 –> 00:23:04,100
\nvery really start reading at the
\ntop of the page and keep reading<\/p>\n

375
\n00:23:04,100 –> 00:23:06,100
\nand reading and reading until
\nyou got right to the bottom. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:23:06,500 –> 00:23:09,500
\nBut who does that?
\nNobody does that you read until <\/p>\n

377
\n00:23:09,500 –> 00:23:11,600
\nyou find the first link that
\nlooks really interesting and <\/p>\n

378
\n00:23:11,600 –> 00:23:15,200
\nthen you click on it and open up
\na new tab and then you read that<\/p>\n

379
\n00:23:15,200 –> 00:23:16,700
\nfor a bit.
\nIf I another link and you click <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:16,700 –> 00:23:19,400
\non it and open up a new tab and
\nbefore you know it you got 20 <\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:19,400 –> 00:23:22,200
\ntabs open and you never ever get
\nback to that first. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:22,400 –> 00:23:24,400
\nDocument that sounded
\ninteresting but that you only <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:24,400 –> 00:23:28,400
\nskimmed over two lines of, it’s
\njust the way people read on the <\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:28,400 –> 00:23:30,600
\nweb.
\nThey don’t read they skim <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:31,100 –> 00:23:33,600
\nlooking for things of interest
\nand then following the first <\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:34,900
\nthing that they find
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:35,900 –> 00:23:39,500
\nAnd in that process, really
\nnothing has been taken into our <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:39,500 –> 00:23:42,100
\nmind that we can chew on and
\nmull over in the way that God <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:42,100 –> 00:23:44,300
\nwants us to meditate animal over
\nthings. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:45,400 –> 00:23:48,800
\nAnd if we want the blessings
\nthat come from meditating on <\/p>\n

391
\n00:23:48,800 –> 00:23:51,700
\nGod’s word, that is a
\ntransformed mind or the mind of <\/p>\n

392
\n00:23:51,700 –> 00:23:54,300
\nChrist.
\nJust then if the only reading <\/p>\n

393
\n00:23:54,300 –> 00:23:56,600
\nwe’re doing is skimming content
\nonline. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:23:56,600 –> 00:23:59,900
\nThen we significantly reduce
\ntheir chances of achieving that <\/p>\n

395
\n00:23:59,900 –> 00:24:03,500
\naim if we’re wanting to
\ntransform our minds and the only<\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:03,500 –> 00:24:06,200
\nthing we do is skim across stuff
\non the web. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:06,500 –> 00:24:09,500
\nIt’s reasonably unlikely that
\nwe’re actually going to achieve <\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:09,500 –> 00:24:13,200
\nthat aim.
\nNow, as well as the issue of not<\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:13,200 –> 00:24:16,700
\nbeing able to read deeply on the
\ninternet, think it’s really <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:16,700 –> 00:24:20,400
\nimportant to be also highlight
\nbriefly the distraction factor <\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:20,400 –> 00:24:23,700
\nof new technologies and it
\nreally goes hand in hand with <\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:23,700 –> 00:24:26,200
\nthis lack of deep reading
\nbecause it’s all very well to <\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:26,200 –> 00:24:28,600
\nsay.
\nWell, okay, Glen’s convinced me <\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:28,600 –> 00:24:31,300
\nI need to read a book so I’m
\ngoing to go home and I’m going <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:31,300 –> 00:24:33,900
\nto read a book and you sit down
\nand you read your book and you <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:33,900 –> 00:24:35,700
\nget through a couple of lines
\nand your fingers. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:39,000 –> 00:24:41,700
\nSo you look at it and follow
\nthat link and then follow <\/p>\n

408
\n00:24:41,700 –> 00:24:44,900
\nsomething else.
\nAnd check your email that tweet <\/p>\n

409
\n00:24:45,000 –> 00:24:48,000
\nsee what Donald Trump’s tweeted
\nand then you go back to the <\/p>\n

410
\n00:24:48,000 –> 00:24:50,000
\nsecond paragraph and you get
\nthrough another couple of lines <\/p>\n

411
\n00:24:50,000 –> 00:24:54,900
\nand then this is.
\nSo if we don’t also look at this<\/p>\n

412
\n00:24:54,900 –> 00:24:57,800
\ndistraction Factor, we’re not.
\nThere’s no point in trying to go<\/p>\n

413
\n00:24:57,800 –> 00:25:00,300
\nback to the Deep reading from a
\nbook. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:01,500 –> 00:25:04,400
\nSo firstly, it’s worth noting
\nthat it’s in the best interest <\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:04,400 –> 00:25:06,600
\nof the large corporations that
\nare driving technology. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:06,700 –> 00:25:09,800
\nOlogy to make us distractible as
\ndistractible as possible. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:10,900 –> 00:25:14,600
\nSo, for instance, Nicholas Carr.
\nAgain, he said about Google. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:15,200 –> 00:25:18,400
\nGoogle’s profits are tied
\ndirectly to the velocity of <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:21,600
\npeople’s information and take
\nthe faster, we surf across the <\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:21,600 –> 00:25:24,300
\nsurface of the web.
\nThe more links we click in the <\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:24,300 –> 00:25:27,200
\npages, we view the more
\nopportunities, Google gains to <\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:27,200 –> 00:25:31,300
\ncollect information about us and
\nto feed us advertisements, its <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:31,300 –> 00:25:34,200
\nadvertising system.
\nMoreover is explicitly designed <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:34,200 –> 00:25:37,100
\nto figure out which messages are
\nmost likely to Grab our <\/p>\n

425
\n00:25:37,100 –> 00:25:39,500
\nattention.
\nAnd then to place those messages<\/p>\n

426
\n00:25:39,500 –> 00:25:43,400
\nin our field of view, every
\nclick we make on the web marks, <\/p>\n

427
\n00:25:43,400 –> 00:25:46,900
\na break, in our concentration, A
\nbottom-up, disruption of our <\/p>\n

428
\n00:25:46,900 –> 00:25:50,500
\nattention and it’s in Google’s
\neconomic interest to make sure <\/p>\n

429
\n00:25:50,500 –> 00:25:54,000
\nwe click as often as possible.
\nThe last thing, the company <\/p>\n

430
\n00:25:54,000 –> 00:25:57,500
\nwants to encourage is literally
\nreading or slow concentrated. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:25:57,500 –> 00:26:00,600
\nThought Google is quite
\nliterally in the business of <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:00,600 –> 00:26:05,900
\ndistraction And, of course, now
\nthat we have the power of the <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:05,900 –> 00:26:09,100
\ninternet in a pocket, there’s
\nprobably not many people here <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:09,100 –> 00:26:10,600
\ntoday that don’t have a
\nsmartphone. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:10,600 –> 00:26:13,900
\nSo we have all of Google’s
\ntechnology in our pocket. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:15,300 –> 00:26:18,400
\nIt’s powerful and distracting
\ninfluence beckons to us night <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:18,400 –> 00:26:20,400
\nand day.
\nNow there’s a couple of <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:20,400 –> 00:26:23,900
\nresearchers, Adam gives early
\nand Larry, Rawson they State and<\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:23,900 –> 00:26:27,900
\ntheir book, The distracted mind
\njust glanced around a restaurant<\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:27,900 –> 00:26:31,900
\nand look at people walking on a
\ncity street, pay attention to <\/p>\n

441
\n00:26:31,900 –> 00:26:33,200
\npeople.
\nPeople waiting in line for a <\/p>\n

442
\n00:26:33,208 –> 00:26:36,900
\nmovie or the theater and you’ll
\nsee busily tapping fingers. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:26:37,000 –> 00:26:39,500
\nWe act as though we are no
\nlonger interested in or able to <\/p>\n

444
\n00:26:39,500 –> 00:26:42,200
\nstay idle and simple simply do
\nnothing. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:26:42,800 –> 00:26:46,200
\nWe appear to care more about the
\npeople who are available through<\/p>\n

446
\n00:26:46,200 –> 00:26:49,700
\nour devices than those who are
\nright in front of our faces and <\/p>\n

447
\n00:26:49,700 –> 00:26:52,200
\nperhaps more critically, we
\nappear to have lost their <\/p>\n

448
\n00:26:52,200 –> 00:26:55,400
\nability to Simply Be Alone with
\nour thoughts. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:26:57,200 –> 00:27:01,400
\nWhat impact does that on have on
\nour ability to meditate if we’re<\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:01,400 –> 00:27:03,400
\nconstantly Attracted by these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:10,500
\nBut why is it that these digital
\ndevices are so compelling and so<\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:10,500 –> 00:27:14,200
\ndistracting?
\nI have to confess that I find my<\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:14,200 –> 00:27:17,700
\ndigital devices, extremely
\ndistracting and compelling. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:18,200 –> 00:27:20,600
\nI have a lot of trouble tearing
\nmy way. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:20,900 –> 00:27:23,800
\nMyself away from him sometimes
\na, why is it what makes it? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:24,500 –> 00:27:28,700
\nSo now Robert kolker, he’s an
\ninvestigative reporter. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:27:29,100 –> 00:27:33,500
\nHe wrote quite a long report on
\nthe problem of being distracted <\/p>\n

458
\n00:27:33,500 –> 00:27:37,100
\nby messaging while driving me
\nand he made this interesting <\/p>\n

459
\n00:27:37,100 –> 00:27:40,800
\ncomment distraction as the devil
\nin your ear. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:27:41,400 –> 00:27:43,700
\nNot always the result of an
\nattention deficit. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:27:43,700 –> 00:27:47,700
\nBut born of our own desires,
\nreally stood out when I read <\/p>\n

462
\n00:27:47,700 –> 00:27:51,500
\nthis because we can easily
\nconvert that into language would<\/p>\n

463
\n00:27:51,500 –> 00:27:53,700
\nbe happy with because of course,
\nwe don’t believe in the devil <\/p>\n

464
\n00:27:54,400 –> 00:27:56,600
\nand we know the devil is really
\nthe carnal mind. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:27:56,600 –> 00:28:00,400
\nSo what he’s saying is Well
\ndistraction is the carnal mind <\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:00,400 –> 00:28:03,400
\nand your ear not always a result
\nof an attention deficit, but <\/p>\n

467
\n00:28:03,400 –> 00:28:05,700
\nborn of our own desires.
\nEyes. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:28:08,200 –> 00:28:12,300
\nNow.
\nRobert Coker. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:28:13,400 –> 00:28:17,000
\nHe probably just used this as a
\nbit of a throwaway line as far <\/p>\n

470
\n00:28:17,000 –> 00:28:18,400
\nas I know, he’s not religious at
\nall. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:28:18,400 –> 00:28:24,000
\nSo he just really used this as a
\nturn of phrase, but I think it’s<\/p>\n

472
\n00:28:24,000 –> 00:28:25,600
\nworth taking a look at this a
\nbit further. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:28:25,600 –> 00:28:27,600
\nBecause when we do look into
\nthis, a bit further, it’s <\/p>\n

474
\n00:28:27,600 –> 00:28:32,800
\namazing how chillingly accurate.
\nThis little phrase is when it <\/p>\n

475
\n00:28:32,800 –> 00:28:35,900
\ncomes to the addictive nature of
\nour devices. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:28:36,400 –> 00:28:38,900
\nNow, Robert lustig, a professor
\nof Pediatrics. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:28:39,600 –> 00:28:42,800
\nHad this to say about the
\naddictive nature of smartphones.<\/p>\n

478
\n00:28:44,200 –> 00:28:46,900
\nHe said the cell phones like a
\nslot machine in your pocket. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:28:47,200 –> 00:28:49,200
\nWith every ding, a variable
\nreward. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:28:49,200 –> 00:28:52,900
\nEither good or bad is in store
\nfor the user, the ultimate <\/p>\n

481
\n00:28:52,900 –> 00:28:55,600
\ndopamine rush.
\nNow I’ve highlighted that little<\/p>\n

482
\n00:28:55,600 –> 00:28:57,400
\nsection.
\nThere are variable reward <\/p>\n

483
\n00:28:57,400 –> 00:29:01,800
\nbecause it turns out that this
\nis the key to everything beside <\/p>\n

484
\n00:29:01,800 –> 00:29:05,300
\narea of a variable reward.
\nNow, just to give you a really <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:05,300 –> 00:29:09,500
\nsimple example to explain it in
\nterms of email email gives <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:09,700 –> 00:29:13,500
\nVariable rewards when you check
\nyour email inbox because <\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:13,500 –> 00:29:15,900
\nsometimes you will check your
\ninbox and it will be empty. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:15,900 –> 00:29:18,300
\nThey’ll be nothing new at
\ndisappointment. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:29:18,800 –> 00:29:20,800
\nSometimes you will check your
\ninbox and they’ll be a wedding <\/p>\n

490
\n00:29:20,800 –> 00:29:24,600
\ninvite from your favorite friend
\nand you’re so excited and happy <\/p>\n

491
\n00:29:24,600 –> 00:29:26,200
\nthat you’ve got, you’ve been
\ninvited. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:30,300
\nSometimes you might check your
\ninbox to see if you your job <\/p>\n

493
\n00:29:30,300 –> 00:29:32,800
\napplication has been received
\nand there’s a note to say that <\/p>\n

494
\n00:29:32,800 –> 00:29:35,800
\nit has so that’s a nice little
\nhit that has been received and <\/p>\n

495
\n00:29:35,800 –> 00:29:38,800
\nsomething to think about.
\nYou might check in and find out.<\/p>\n

496
\n00:29:38,800 –> 00:29:40,300
\nThere’s a Jabra.
\nSection leader. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:29:40,800 –> 00:29:43,100
\nSo that’s a bit of a downer and
\na bit depressing. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:29:43,800 –> 00:29:47,100
\nSo every time you check your
\nemail, it’s a variable reward. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:29:47,100 –> 00:29:49,300
\nYou might get a really nice head
\nof dopamine cuz there’s <\/p>\n

500
\n00:29:49,300 –> 00:29:51,200
\nsomething really exciting has
\ncome in. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:29:51,200 –> 00:29:53,700
\nYou might get nothing or you
\nmight get a real Downer. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:29:54,900 –> 00:30:00,100
\nAnd it’s these fleeting rewards
\nthat actually make things <\/p>\n

503
\n00:30:00,100 –> 00:30:03,500
\ncompelling and addictive.
\nAnd it doesn’t just apply to <\/p>\n

504
\n00:30:03,500 –> 00:30:07,100
\nemail this applies to most
\nmodern social networking <\/p>\n

505
\n00:30:07,100 –> 00:30:09,500
\nplatforms and phone
\napplications. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:30:09,800 –> 00:30:14,100
\nThey all use this principle of
\nvariable reward random and <\/p>\n

507
\n00:30:14,100 –> 00:30:17,400
\nvariable rewards because they
\nknow that that’s the way to get <\/p>\n

508
\n00:30:17,400 –> 00:30:21,700
\nyou hooked.
\nSo, how did they work out? <\/p>\n

509
\n00:30:23,200 –> 00:30:27,200
\nThat the way to get people
\nhooked was by using this idea of<\/p>\n

510
\n00:30:27,200 –> 00:30:30,200
\nvariable Rewards.
\nWell, interestingly enough, it <\/p>\n

511
\n00:30:30,200 –> 00:30:33,500
\ngoes right back to the 1950s
\nbefore these devices, even <\/p>\n

512
\n00:30:33,500 –> 00:30:36,100
\nexisted there was a man called
\nBF Skinner. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:30:36,100 –> 00:30:40,400
\nHe was a psychologist and he was
\ndoing some interesting work in <\/p>\n

514
\n00:30:40,400 –> 00:30:42,900
\nthe education field.
\nHe wanted to work out. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:30:43,400 –> 00:30:46,400
\nWhat’s the best way to reward
\nstudents in order to get the <\/p>\n

516
\n00:30:46,400 –> 00:30:50,200
\nbest educational outcomes?
\nSo how can we make students, <\/p>\n

517
\n00:30:50,200 –> 00:30:53,900
\nlearn better by varying the way
\nthat We might reward them in <\/p>\n

518
\n00:30:53,900 –> 00:30:56,500
\nsome way, so he took two groups
\nof mice. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:30:57,700 –> 00:31:00,100
\nAnd both groups of mice.
\nHe trained to tap on a little <\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:00,100 –> 00:31:04,000
\nlever and one group of mice,
\nwhen they tapped on the lever, <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:04,300 –> 00:31:08,200
\nhe gave them a consistent reward
\nin a consistently timed way. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:31:08,600 –> 00:31:10,700
\nEvery time they tapped.
\nThey knew that at that <\/p>\n

523
\n00:31:10,700 –> 00:31:13,600
\nparticular time, they would get
\nsome food of a certain size. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:31:14,500 –> 00:31:17,700
\nNow, the other little group of
\nmice, he taught them to tap to <\/p>\n

525
\n00:31:17,700 –> 00:31:20,700
\nbut this time he gave them a
\nvariable reward at different <\/p>\n

526
\n00:31:20,700 –> 00:31:22,900
\ntimes.
\nSo sometimes they tap and get <\/p>\n

527
\n00:31:22,900 –> 00:31:26,600
\nnothing, sometimes they tap and
\nget a really big tasty bit of <\/p>\n

528
\n00:31:26,600 –> 00:31:28,700
\nfood.
\nSometimes that tap and just get <\/p>\n

529
\n00:31:28,700 –> 00:31:32,100
\na little tiny treat.
\nAnd interestingly enough, the <\/p>\n

530
\n00:31:32,100 –> 00:31:35,200
\nmice that got the random
\nvariable rewards became <\/p>\n

531
\n00:31:35,200 –> 00:31:40,700
\nincredibly compulsive about
\ntapping, that little lever, the <\/p>\n

532
\n00:31:40,700 –> 00:31:42,200
\nmice that got the consistent
\nreward. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:31:42,200 –> 00:31:43,700
\nThey just knew when they were
\ngoing to get something that <\/p>\n

534
\n00:31:43,700 –> 00:31:45,200
\nattacked it, and they went away
\nand left it. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:31:46,000 –> 00:31:49,600
\nThe other mice with the variable
\nwould just compulsively, tapped <\/p>\n

536
\n00:31:49,600 –> 00:31:54,200
\non the lever, even when he taken
\nthat reward away permanently for<\/p>\n

537
\n00:31:54,200 –> 00:31:56,900
\nquite some time, he stopped
\ngiving the rewards but they just<\/p>\n

538
\n00:31:56,900 –> 00:31:59,100
\ncompulsively, keep tapping the
\nlever. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:32:00,600 –> 00:32:05,000
\nNow, the funny thing is humans
\nexhibit. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:32:05,000 –> 00:32:08,000
\nExactly the same psychological
\nBehavior. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:32:10,000 –> 00:32:15,200
\nSo, technology companies make
\ntaking maximum advantage of <\/p>\n

542
\n00:32:15,200 –> 00:32:18,400
\nthis.
\nThey’ve taken this research from<\/p>\n

543
\n00:32:18,400 –> 00:32:21,200
\nthe 1950s and said, hey, this is
\ngreat because humans behave the <\/p>\n

544
\n00:32:21,200 –> 00:32:23,600
\nsame way.
\nSo let’s give them really random<\/p>\n

545
\n00:32:23,800 –> 00:32:27,100
\nand varying rewards and they’ll
\nget addicted to our products. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:32:28,500 –> 00:32:30,800
\nNow that might sound like well
\nthat’s just like an interesting <\/p>\n

547
\n00:32:30,800 –> 00:32:35,400
\nlittle factoid.
\nBut I think it’s something that <\/p>\n

548
\n00:32:35,400 –> 00:32:38,700
\nwe actually need to take a
\nlittle time to think about and <\/p>\n

549
\n00:32:38,700 –> 00:32:43,200
\nPonder exactly what that means.
\nAnd this particular instance, we<\/p>\n

550
\n00:32:43,200 –> 00:32:47,100
\nbehave exactly the same as mice.
\nWe Exist exhibit. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:32:47,100 –> 00:32:51,200
\nExact our brains, do exactly the
\nsame thing as a mouse brain. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:32:53,500 –> 00:32:55,800
\nNow, we need to ask ourselves if
\nthat’s the case. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:32:57,100 –> 00:32:59,400
\nWhich brain of ours is it’s
\ndoing that? <\/p>\n

554
\n00:33:00,600 –> 00:33:03,400
\nNow, we all have to two minds,
\ndon’t be not necessarily to <\/p>\n

555
\n00:33:03,400 –> 00:33:06,900
\nphysical brains, we have two
\nminds, we have a spiritual mind <\/p>\n

556
\n00:33:07,100 –> 00:33:11,800
\nand we have a carnal mind.
\nNow, I’m pretty sure that mice. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:33:11,800 –> 00:33:15,100
\nDon’t have a spiritual mind?
\nThink we can probably even find <\/p>\n

558
\n00:33:15,100 –> 00:33:18,200
\nsome scriptural basis for the
\nfact that mice have no spiritual<\/p>\n

559
\n00:33:18,200 –> 00:33:21,900
\nmind.
\nSo there’s no doubt that it’s <\/p>\n

560
\n00:33:21,900 –> 00:33:27,000
\nour carnal mind that makes us
\ncompulsively and obsessively. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:33:27,100 –> 00:33:31,100
\nCheck our devices and distract
\nourselves from what we really <\/p>\n

562
\n00:33:31,100 –> 00:33:34,500
\nshould be doing, which is
\nconcentrating and focusing on <\/p>\n

563
\n00:33:34,500 –> 00:33:38,300
\nthe word of God.
\nAnd I think, when we think about<\/p>\n

564
\n00:33:38,300 –> 00:33:43,000
\nit that way, Robert kolker was a
\ncorrect. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:33:43,000 –> 00:33:46,900
\nWasn’t a distraction as the
\ncarnal mind in our area. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:33:50,500 –> 00:33:53,400
\nAnd again, we if we look to
\nscripture, we can go right back <\/p>\n

567
\n00:33:53,400 –> 00:33:55,000
\nto Genesis.
\nWhat did God say when he <\/p>\n

568
\n00:33:55,000 –> 00:33:57,200
\ncreated, man?
\nHe said, I want you to have <\/p>\n

569
\n00:33:57,200 –> 00:34:00,900
\ndominion over the animals, and
\nof course, we know that was <\/p>\n

570
\n00:34:00,900 –> 00:34:03,500
\nreally just an analogy.
\nHe wanted it to have dominion <\/p>\n

571
\n00:34:03,600 –> 00:34:08,900
\nover the carnal mind.
\nAnd if we are compulsively <\/p>\n

572
\n00:34:08,900 –> 00:34:11,900
\nobsessively, checking out
\ndevices and being taken away <\/p>\n

573
\n00:34:11,900 –> 00:34:15,600
\nfrom the things of God, then who
\nis it that has dominion over us?<\/p>\n

574
\n00:34:17,199 –> 00:34:19,800
\nI think that’s something that we
\nall need to take the time to <\/p>\n

575
\n00:34:19,800 –> 00:34:24,400
\nponder and think about, and what
\nways, do our devices have <\/p>\n

576
\n00:34:24,400 –> 00:34:28,400
\ndominion over us.
\nNow, the psychologist a man <\/p>\n

577
\n00:34:28,400 –> 00:34:32,300
\ncalled Newark IL L, not exactly
\nsure how to pronounce his name. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:34:33,000 –> 00:34:35,300
\nBut he, he’s got some
\ninteresting thoughts and his <\/p>\n

579
\n00:34:35,300 –> 00:34:38,800
\nbook indestructible about the
\ndistractions of Technology. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:34:39,400 –> 00:34:42,900
\nNow, interesting enough, this
\nperson is most famous for a book<\/p>\n

581
\n00:34:42,900 –> 00:34:46,199
\nthat he wrote called hopped how
\nto build habit-forming products.<\/p>\n

582
\n00:34:46,600 –> 00:34:49,000
\nNow, This psychologist is the
\nman that told all of the <\/p>\n

583
\n00:34:49,000 –> 00:34:51,000
\ntechnology companies to go back
\nto Skinner. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:34:51,699 –> 00:34:54,800
\nHe said if you guys want to make
\nyour applications and your <\/p>\n

585
\n00:34:54,800 –> 00:34:57,900
\nproducts completely addictive,
\nlook at the sky scanner so you <\/p>\n

586
\n00:34:57,908 –> 00:35:00,200
\nwrote this book hooked and all
\nthe technology companies picked <\/p>\n

587
\n00:35:00,200 –> 00:35:02,900
\nit up and they all use these
\nvariable rewards. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:35:03,500 –> 00:35:07,100
\nNow, he’s now written another
\nbook called indestructible about<\/p>\n

589
\n00:35:07,100 –> 00:35:11,900
\nhow to break away from The
\nAddictive Technologies, so he’s <\/p>\n

590
\n00:35:11,900 –> 00:35:15,400
\nmaking money on both ends.
\nInterestingly enough, though, I <\/p>\n

591
\n00:35:15,400 –> 00:35:17,900
\nhave heard him speak and he
\nsaid, When he wrote the book <\/p>\n

592
\n00:35:17,900 –> 00:35:21,200
\nhopped, his intention was for
\ncompanies to produce <\/p>\n

593
\n00:35:21,800 –> 00:35:24,100
\nhabit-forming products which
\nwere beneficial. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:35:24,700 –> 00:35:28,200
\nSo he was thinking about the the
\nexercise Market, how can we get <\/p>\n

595
\n00:35:28,200 –> 00:35:30,100
\npeople to buy a bit of
\nTechnology? <\/p>\n

596
\n00:35:30,100 –> 00:35:32,700
\nThat’s habit-forming, which will
\nbe beneficial for their health. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:35:33,300 –> 00:35:36,700
\nHe had no idea that the other
\ntechnology companies were going <\/p>\n

598
\n00:35:36,700 –> 00:35:39,700
\nto pick it up and make people
\nform, completely pointless and <\/p>\n

599
\n00:35:39,700 –> 00:35:42,100
\nuseless habits.
\nSo, partly, the reason why you <\/p>\n

600
\n00:35:42,100 –> 00:35:45,800
\nwrote the second book about how
\nto break free from those is, is <\/p>\n

601
\n00:35:45,800 –> 00:35:50,100
\nto try and Tell the other side
\nof the story and trying to make <\/p>\n

602
\n00:35:50,100 –> 00:35:52,200
\namends for the fact that he
\ncaused the problem in the first <\/p>\n

603
\n00:35:52,200 –> 00:35:55,900
\nplace.
\nBut he makes this interesting <\/p>\n

604
\n00:35:55,900 –> 00:35:58,300
\npoint.
\nHe notes, that, although, modern<\/p>\n

605
\n00:35:58,300 –> 00:36:01,700
\nTechnologies, provide an easily
\naccessible distraction, the real<\/p>\n

606
\n00:36:01,700 –> 00:36:05,100
\nunderlying issue is that we want
\nto be distracted. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:36:06,100 –> 00:36:08,800
\nParticularly if the thing we are
\ntrying to do or the thoughts, we<\/p>\n

608
\n00:36:08,800 –> 00:36:12,700
\nare dealing with a painful large
\npart of distraction as attempt <\/p>\n

609
\n00:36:12,700 –> 00:36:14,900
\nto escape something painful on
\nour part. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:36:15,900 –> 00:36:21,300
\nAnd again Robert kolker he says
\nsomething different, something <\/p>\n

611
\n00:36:21,300 –> 00:36:24,800
\nsimilar, we’re distracted
\nbecause we want to be be because<\/p>\n

612
\n00:36:24,800 –> 00:36:28,300
\nit’s fun and it obfuscates real
\nlife. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:36:29,000 –> 00:36:31,200
\nWhy else would they sell so many
\nsmartphones? <\/p>\n

614
\n00:36:36,200 –> 00:36:41,400
\nAnd norell.
\nHe basically says, if we want to<\/p>\n

615
\n00:36:41,400 –> 00:36:44,000
\novercome this problem with
\ndistraction, the first thing we <\/p>\n

616
\n00:36:44,008 –> 00:36:47,700
\nneed to deal with is why is it
\nthat we want to be distracted? <\/p>\n

617
\n00:36:48,900 –> 00:36:52,100
\nMaybe we struggle with deep
\nreading and meditation and quiet<\/p>\n

618
\n00:36:52,100 –> 00:36:54,700
\ntime with God.
\nBecause in that time of <\/p>\n

619
\n00:36:54,700 –> 00:36:57,800
\nquietness, it’s went all out and
\nthey and anxieties about our <\/p>\n

620
\n00:36:57,800 –> 00:37:00,200
\nunworthiness and our failures
\nand our past hurts. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:37:00,200 –> 00:37:04,000
\nCome to the surface.
\nI know a lot of people for whom <\/p>\n

622
\n00:37:04,000 –> 00:37:07,700
\nthat is the problem.
\nAs soon as they sit down and try<\/p>\n

623
\n00:37:07,700 –> 00:37:10,600
\nand get into a quiet space,
\nthat’s when they’re their <\/p>\n

624
\n00:37:10,600 –> 00:37:13,500
\ncarnal, mind takes over and all
\nsorts of anxieties and issues <\/p>\n

625
\n00:37:13,500 –> 00:37:15,900
\ncome to the surface.
\nSo they struggle with that. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:37:15,900 –> 00:37:19,100
\nSo distraction is can take them
\naway from that. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:37:19,500 –> 00:37:22,600
\nMindless binging.
\nOn YouTube videos is a really <\/p>\n

628
\n00:37:22,600 –> 00:37:26,100
\neasy way to distract ourselves
\nfrom our own thoughts and it <\/p>\n

629
\n00:37:26,107 –> 00:37:28,700
\nprovides an escape from our
\ninternal demons. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:37:29,600 –> 00:37:32,500
\nSo we can’t just remove
\ntechnology from our lives. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:37:32,700 –> 00:37:35,700
\nIf we don’t examine our
\nunderlying motives for need <\/p>\n

632
\n00:37:35,900 –> 00:37:39,000
\nDistraction.
\nAnd if we try and do that, we’ll<\/p>\n

633
\n00:37:39,000 –> 00:37:40,600
\nprobably just find another way
\nof us. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:37:40,600 –> 00:37:43,600
\nAnother way of escaping those
\nthings, which might be even <\/p>\n

635
\n00:37:43,600 –> 00:37:47,800
\nworse, which reminds us of
\nMatthew chapter 12, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n

636
\n00:37:47,900 –> 00:37:51,600
\nThe idea of the house swept
\nclean and it was limp left <\/p>\n

637
\n00:37:51,600 –> 00:37:54,100
\ncompletely empty.
\nThen the demons that came back <\/p>\n

638
\n00:37:54,100 –> 00:37:56,900
\nwith 10 times worse.
\nIf we just try to take the <\/p>\n

639
\n00:37:56,900 –> 00:38:00,000
\ndistractions of technology away
\nfrom us and don’t work out what <\/p>\n

640
\n00:38:00,000 –> 00:38:03,500
\nit is, that that draws us to
\nthem, we could upend up with <\/p>\n

641
\n00:38:03,500 –> 00:38:06,700
\nworse escapes.
\nNow, of course for those in the <\/p>\n

642
\n00:38:06,700 –> 00:38:09,800
\nworld around us, this doesn’t
\nreally present that much of a <\/p>\n

643
\n00:38:09,800 –> 00:38:12,500
\nproblem because most of them
\nhave nothing better to do. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:38:12,500 –> 00:38:15,200
\nAnyway.
\nAs an aside, it’s sort of <\/p>\n

645
\n00:38:15,200 –> 00:38:16,900
\ninteresting that there are
\nactually people in the world <\/p>\n

646
\n00:38:16,900 –> 00:38:19,900
\nthat are worried about this
\nissue of the fact that we’re not<\/p>\n

647
\n00:38:19,900 –> 00:38:22,300
\nreading deeply anymore of the
\nfact that we’re distracted. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:38:22,800 –> 00:38:25,600
\nBut largely, when you look at
\nit, you have to say, well, you <\/p>\n

649
\n00:38:25,600 –> 00:38:27,600
\nmight as well be distracted by
\nyour smartphone because you’ve <\/p>\n

650
\n00:38:27,600 –> 00:38:29,700
\ngot nothing else.
\nThis is just another version of <\/p>\n

651
\n00:38:29,700 –> 00:38:31,700
\neat drink and be merry because
\ntomorrow you die. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:38:32,300 –> 00:38:35,300
\nBut for us who are wanting
\ndevelop the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:38,400
\nDoes checking your smartphone
\nevery minute or two during a <\/p>\n

654
\n00:38:38,400 –> 00:38:41,500
\ntime of study and meditation
\ndoes that help? <\/p>\n

655
\n00:38:41,600 –> 00:38:44,700
\nOr does that hinder?
\nThe process is that small piece <\/p>\n

656
\n00:38:44,700 –> 00:38:48,400
\nof plastic and glass in your
\npocket, your slave or your <\/p>\n

657
\n00:38:48,400 –> 00:38:51,700
\nmaster.
\nThe scripture says faith comes <\/p>\n

658
\n00:38:51,700 –> 00:38:54,600
\nby hearing and hearing by the
\nword of God and if modern <\/p>\n

659
\n00:38:54,600 –> 00:38:57,700
\ntechnology is inhabiting, our
\nability to take in and meditate <\/p>\n

660
\n00:38:57,700 –> 00:39:01,200
\non God’s word the in surely, it
\nhas the potential to be a <\/p>\n

661
\n00:39:01,200 –> 00:39:04,700
\nserious threat to our faith.
\nSo what are some of the ways <\/p>\n

662
\n00:39:04,700 –> 00:39:07,300
\nthat we can start to combat
\nthat? <\/p>\n

663
\n00:39:09,800 –> 00:39:15,000
\nwell, I know I personally have
\nto Devote specific time for <\/p>\n

664
\n00:39:15,000 –> 00:39:17,700
\nundistracted, reading at the
\nword and the works of the truth.<\/p>\n

665
\n00:39:17,700 –> 00:39:22,100
\nAnd the meditation we need to
\nget back to being a community of<\/p>\n

666
\n00:39:22,100 –> 00:39:25,200
\nreaders each and every one of us
\nneeds to be a reader. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:39:27,100 –> 00:39:30,200
\nNow, I’m not saying that we have
\nto throw away technology to do <\/p>\n

668
\n00:39:30,200 –> 00:39:32,600
\nthat.
\nI bought myself a Kindle reader <\/p>\n

669
\n00:39:32,900 –> 00:39:36,800
\nbecause I love the convenience
\nof being able to buy ebooks <\/p>\n

670
\n00:39:37,600 –> 00:39:40,400
\nbecause I see your book.
\nI want to read it, two minutes <\/p>\n

671
\n00:39:40,400 –> 00:39:44,200
\nlater, I can read it, I don’t
\nhave to pay the postage surface,<\/p>\n

672
\n00:39:44,200 –> 00:39:47,300
\na whole lot of money and wait
\nfor weeks, but the Kindle is a <\/p>\n

673
\n00:39:47,300 –> 00:39:49,800
\nsingle-use device.
\nAll you can do is read a book on<\/p>\n

674
\n00:39:49,800 –> 00:39:53,000
\nit so there’s no distraction
\nthere’s no temptation to quickly<\/p>\n

675
\n00:39:53,300 –> 00:39:56,100
\nflick over and check my email so
\nto get back to reading. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:39:56,100 –> 00:39:58,700
\nWe do necessarily have to do
\nthat completely without <\/p>\n

677
\n00:39:58,700 –> 00:40:03,800
\ntechnology.
\nNow, I think one thing just a <\/p>\n

678
\n00:40:03,808 –> 00:40:07,100
\nlittle easy tip is if you are
\nwanting to get back to some <\/p>\n

679
\n00:40:07,100 –> 00:40:10,500
\nreading, as put your phone in
\nanother room, there’s some <\/p>\n

680
\n00:40:10,500 –> 00:40:13,100
\nreally interesting research done
\nrecently with some exam <\/p>\n

681
\n00:40:13,300 –> 00:40:16,700
\nstudents, taking exams.
\nNow, some of the students were <\/p>\n

682
\n00:40:16,700 –> 00:40:20,000
\nallowed the phone on the desk,
\nsome of them are allowed the <\/p>\n

683
\n00:40:20,000 –> 00:40:23,700
\nphone on the desk, but turned
\noff some turned off and turned <\/p>\n

684
\n00:40:23,700 –> 00:40:26,300
\nover.
\nSome are allowed the phone under<\/p>\n

685
\n00:40:26,300 –> 00:40:29,600
\nthe disc and some had to put
\ntheir phone in a different room.<\/p>\n

686
\n00:40:31,200 –> 00:40:35,900
\nNow the only ones where those
\ndifferent options improve their <\/p>\n

687
\n00:40:35,900 –> 00:40:40,000
\nexam outcomes was when the phone
\nwas in a different room, those <\/p>\n

688
\n00:40:40,000 –> 00:40:44,200
\nthat had the phone turned off
\nand turned over same exam result<\/p>\n

689
\n00:40:44,200 –> 00:40:45,700
\nas those that had the phone
\nturned on. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:40:46,400 –> 00:40:49,800
\nIf it was under the disc, same
\ndiminishing exam, results as <\/p>\n

691
\n00:40:49,800 –> 00:40:51,500
\nthose that have the phone on the
\ndesk. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:40:51,600 –> 00:40:54,500
\nThe only time when exam results
\nimproved was when the phone was <\/p>\n

693
\n00:40:54,500 –> 00:40:57,400
\nout of the room.
\nHaving your phone in the room <\/p>\n

694
\n00:40:57,400 –> 00:41:01,100
\nand turned on is just as
\ndistracting or turned off as <\/p>\n

695
\n00:41:01,100 –> 00:41:04,400
\njust as distracting as having it
\nin the room and turned on <\/p>\n

696
\n00:41:04,600 –> 00:41:07,700
\nbecause your mind knows it’s
\nthere and your mind knows what <\/p>\n

697
\n00:41:07,700 –> 00:41:11,000
\nit might be missing and it’s
\ndesperate for that variable <\/p>\n

698
\n00:41:11,000 –> 00:41:15,400
\nreward and because it’s such an
\nin such easy reach, it’s easy to<\/p>\n

699
\n00:41:15,400 –> 00:41:19,200
\ngive in and check, where is it?
\nIt’s in another room completely.<\/p>\n

700
\n00:41:19,200 –> 00:41:21,500
\nIt’s a bit more of an effort to
\nbreak from what you’re doing and<\/p>\n

701
\n00:41:21,500 –> 00:41:27,500
\ngo and check another quick.
\nThat’s worth trying is the <\/p>\n

702
\n00:41:27,900 –> 00:41:31,500
\nPomodoro Technique.
\nStrangely named Pomodoro means <\/p>\n

703
\n00:41:31,500 –> 00:41:34,000
\ntomato, apparently, because the
\nperson that came up with it used<\/p>\n

704
\n00:41:34,000 –> 00:41:38,000
\na little timer, which was in the
\nshape of a tomato, but the basic<\/p>\n

705
\n00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:42,400
\nconcept is that you, you set the
\ntimer for 25 minutes and you sit<\/p>\n

706
\n00:41:42,400 –> 00:41:46,500
\nand read undistracted for 25
\nminutes and when the timer goes <\/p>\n

707
\n00:41:46,500 –> 00:41:50,400
\noff, you have five minutes to go
\nand do all the checking of email<\/p>\n

708
\n00:41:50,400 –> 00:41:53,300
\non the destructive things you
\nwant to do, and you come back <\/p>\n

709
\n00:41:53,300 –> 00:41:55,600
\nand you set the timer for
\nanother 25 minutes. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:41:56,200 –> 00:41:59,800
\nAnd then you have another five
\nminutes and it’s just a little <\/p>\n

711
\n00:41:59,800 –> 00:42:03,000
\ntime management thing of trying
\nto force you into concentrating <\/p>\n

712
\n00:42:03,000 –> 00:42:06,500
\non one thing and you know that
\nthere’s an end to that time <\/p>\n

713
\n00:42:06,900 –> 00:42:08,800
\nappearances.
\nIt’s a good technique that works<\/p>\n

714
\n00:42:08,800 –> 00:42:13,100
\nfor a lot of people, I won’t go
\nthrough a lot of other ways that<\/p>\n

715
\n00:42:13,100 –> 00:42:17,300
\nwe can, we can do this.
\nBut the book I mentioned, from <\/p>\n

716
\n00:42:17,300 –> 00:42:20,900
\nthis guy new eel, indestructible
\nas is worth a read. <\/p>\n

717
\n00:42:20,900 –> 00:42:24,100
\nIf you’re looking for various
\nways that you can break out of, <\/p>\n

718
\n00:42:24,900 –> 00:42:26,600
\nThe distracting habits of
\ntechnology. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:42:27,500 –> 00:42:29,500
\nI think the other thing is that
\nwe need to acknowledge and <\/p>\n

720
\n00:42:29,500 –> 00:42:32,600
\naccept, whatever.
\nIt is that prevents you from <\/p>\n

721
\n00:42:32,600 –> 00:42:38,100
\nseeking a quiet time with God
\nand that drives your need for <\/p>\n

722
\n00:42:38,100 –> 00:42:41,000
\ndistraction.
\nAnd that’s probably the most <\/p>\n

723
\n00:42:41,000 –> 00:42:43,800
\ndifficult thing for us to do,
\nbut I think we, if that’s your <\/p>\n

724
\n00:42:43,800 –> 00:42:47,100
\nissue, then that’s what needs to
\nbe dealt with rather than just <\/p>\n

725
\n00:42:47,400 –> 00:42:49,300
\ntrying to get rid of the
\ndistracting technology. <\/p>\n

726
\n00:42:51,800 –> 00:42:55,100
\nSo moving on to the second
\npoint, then building each other <\/p>\n

727
\n00:42:55,100 –> 00:42:58,200
\nup, of course one of the key
\nreasons we have a closure so we <\/p>\n

728
\n00:42:58,200 –> 00:43:00,800
\ncan come together around the
\nword, build each other up in the<\/p>\n

729
\n00:43:00,800 –> 00:43:03,700
\nfaith and they’re obviously
\ntimes when this can be done at a<\/p>\n

730
\n00:43:03,707 –> 00:43:06,300
\ndistance, we don’t have to be
\nface to face the Apostle. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:43:06,300 –> 00:43:11,300
\nPaul wrote letters to the
\nclosures, but for some reason <\/p>\n

732
\n00:43:11,900 –> 00:43:15,300
\nonline communication seems to
\nprovide an all too easy Forum <\/p>\n

733
\n00:43:15,300 –> 00:43:16,800
\nwhere we can pull each other
\ndown. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:43:17,400 –> 00:43:20,700
\nNow if you’ve ever had the
\nmisfortune Fortune of reading <\/p>\n

735
\n00:43:20,700 –> 00:43:23,400
\nsome of the online Christian
\nchristadelphians discussion <\/p>\n

736
\n00:43:23,400 –> 00:43:27,000
\nforums, you’ll know exactly what
\nI mean, all too often brotherly,<\/p>\n

737
\n00:43:27,000 –> 00:43:30,500
\nlove care and concern, is
\nreplaced by promotion of one’s <\/p>\n

738
\n00:43:30,500 –> 00:43:33,700
\nown opinion, and the character
\nassassination of others. <\/p>\n

739
\n00:43:34,300 –> 00:43:36,100
\nNow, this isn’t unique to
\nchristadelphians. <\/p>\n

740
\n00:43:36,100 –> 00:43:39,700
\nInterestingly enough, the
\npsychologist Elias a Bugatti, he<\/p>\n

741
\n00:43:39,700 –> 00:43:42,700
\nidentifies these very issues in
\nhis book, virtually you the <\/p>\n

742
\n00:43:42,700 –> 00:43:44,600
\nDangerous Powers of each
\npersonality. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:43:46,400 –> 00:43:49,600
\nAnd he says, the way we see and
\nevaluate ourselves as changing <\/p>\n

744
\n00:43:49,600 –> 00:43:52,300
\nas a function of the new
\npersonality traits born and <\/p>\n

745
\n00:43:52,300 –> 00:43:55,800
\nnurtured in the virtual world
\nworld, these include an <\/p>\n

746
\n00:43:55,800 –> 00:43:58,600
\nexaggerated sense of our
\nabilities, a superior attitude <\/p>\n

747
\n00:43:58,600 –> 00:44:01,200
\ntowards others.
\nNew moral code that we adopt <\/p>\n

748
\n00:44:01,200 –> 00:44:04,500
\nonline a proneness to impulsive
\nbehavior, and a tendency to <\/p>\n

749
\n00:44:04,500 –> 00:44:09,200
\nregress to childlike States when
\nfaced with an open browser. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:44:10,000 –> 00:44:14,300
\nNow he goes on to say, The
\ntotality of my experiences as a <\/p>\n

751
\n00:44:14,400 –> 00:44:18,000
\npsychiatrist treating internet
\nRelated Disorders, and as a <\/p>\n

752
\n00:44:18,000 –> 00:44:22,900
\nresearcher has convinced me that
\nfundamental psychological shifts<\/p>\n

753
\n00:44:22,900 –> 00:44:26,400
\nare occurring within us as we
\nspend time online or using <\/p>\n

754
\n00:44:26,400 –> 00:44:29,300
\nrelated, digital media.
\nThese shifts unfold <\/p>\n

755
\n00:44:29,300 –> 00:44:33,400
\nspontaneously, almost naturally.
\nNobody teaches us to become more<\/p>\n

756
\n00:44:33,400 –> 00:44:38,300
\ndaring, or less diplomatic over.
\nEmail that just happens. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:44:39,600 –> 00:44:44,000
\nProtected by an anonymity bound.
\nOnly by how quickly they can <\/p>\n

758
\n00:44:44,000 –> 00:44:45,600
\ntype.
\nThe next insult members of <\/p>\n

759
\n00:44:45,600 –> 00:44:47,400
\nonline.
\nCommunities often feel empowered<\/p>\n

760
\n00:44:47,400 –> 00:44:50,900
\nto engage and cruel out verse,
\nthat would violate their sense <\/p>\n

761
\n00:44:50,900 –> 00:44:56,000
\nof decency in the real world.
\nNow, some of you may have been <\/p>\n

762
\n00:44:56,100 –> 00:44:59,000
\nmay be lucky enough to never
\nhave experienced that sort of <\/p>\n

763
\n00:44:59,000 –> 00:45:01,500
\nbehavior in an online
\nenvironment from your brethren. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:45:02,500 –> 00:45:06,200
\nBut those of you of you that
\nhave experienced that what did <\/p>\n

765
\n00:45:06,200 –> 00:45:10,000
\nthat do for your faith?
\nWhen you saw your brethren <\/p>\n

766
\n00:45:10,300 –> 00:45:13,200
\nbehaving in ways that you knew
\nwere totally inappropriate <\/p>\n

767
\n00:45:13,500 –> 00:45:17,400
\ntowards other Brethren and when
\nyou behave the same way <\/p>\n

768
\n00:45:17,400 –> 00:45:22,400
\nyourself, What do you think the
\nimpact is on your brethren when <\/p>\n

769
\n00:45:22,400 –> 00:45:24,600
\nthey see you behaving like that
\nonline? <\/p>\n

770
\n00:45:26,000 –> 00:45:28,200
\nNow some of it of course has to
\ndo with the separation of <\/p>\n

771
\n00:45:28,200 –> 00:45:30,100
\nwritten language from verbal
\ncues. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:45:31,000 –> 00:45:34,800
\nAnd according to some
\nexperiments at the New York <\/p>\n

773
\n00:45:34,900 –> 00:45:38,200
\nUniversity School of Business,
\nemail communication, which by <\/p>\n

774
\n00:45:38,200 –> 00:45:42,700
\ndefinition lacks, the benefit of
\nparalinguistic cues such as <\/p>\n

775
\n00:45:42,700 –> 00:45:47,300
\ngesture emphasis, and intonation
\nis more easily understood <\/p>\n

776
\n00:45:47,300 –> 00:45:50,600
\nmisunderstood than verbal,
\ncommunication, especially when <\/p>\n

777
\n00:45:50,600 –> 00:45:53,500
\nusers are trying to express
\nsubtleties, like sarcasm and <\/p>\n

778
\n00:45:53,500 –> 00:45:56,800
\nhumor.
\nThe result published in 2005 and<\/p>\n

779
\n00:45:56,800 –> 00:46:00,200
\nthe Journal of Personality and
\nSocial Psychology strongly <\/p>\n

780
\n00:46:00,200 –> 00:46:03,800
\nsuggest that people are
\noverconfident in their ability <\/p>\n

781
\n00:46:04,100 –> 00:46:08,000
\nto communicate sarcasm.
\nSeriousness, anger and sadness <\/p>\n

782
\n00:46:08,000 –> 00:46:14,600
\nover email, Guilty. those of you
\nfrom North that know me would <\/p>\n

783
\n00:46:14,600 –> 00:46:19,300
\nknow that I’m By Nature, very
\nsarcastic, and cynical. <\/p>\n

784
\n00:46:20,200 –> 00:46:22,800
\nAnd on more than one occasion.
\nI thought that I was more than <\/p>\n

785
\n00:46:22,800 –> 00:46:26,400
\ncapable of communicating, my
\nsarcasm and cynicism in an email<\/p>\n

786
\n00:46:26,400 –> 00:46:32,800
\nmessage and to my shame.
\nThat has ended in tears. <\/p>\n

787
\n00:46:34,200 –> 00:46:37,600
\nSo now I’m very aware of the
\nfact that I am in no way capable<\/p>\n

788
\n00:46:37,600 –> 00:46:39,600
\nof communicating sarcasm via
\nemail. <\/p>\n

789
\n00:46:39,700 –> 00:46:41,700
\nSo I do my best to try and avoid
\nthat. <\/p>\n

790
\n00:46:42,200 –> 00:46:44,900
\nI am also working on not being
\nquite, so Casta can person as <\/p>\n

791
\n00:46:44,900 –> 00:46:47,600
\nwell.
\nProbably, none of you have <\/p>\n

792
\n00:46:47,600 –> 00:46:51,200
\nnoticed that.
\nIt’s a work in progress. <\/p>\n

793
\n00:46:53,200 –> 00:46:55,600
\nThe issue can be further
\nexasperated. <\/p>\n

794
\n00:46:56,900 –> 00:47:00,800
\nA Bugatti goes on to say by the
\nlanguage, which we use. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:47:02,000 –> 00:47:04,800
\nHe says well-knit speak or text
\nbut most of you are very <\/p>\n

796
\n00:47:04,800 –> 00:47:07,100
\nfamiliar that when you quickly
\ntyping online or in a message <\/p>\n

797
\n00:47:07,100 –> 00:47:10,500
\nyou it’s easy to use
\nabbreviations and he says that <\/p>\n

798
\n00:47:10,500 –> 00:47:13,300
\ntheir lack of any serious edit 8
\nediting and they’re focused on <\/p>\n

799
\n00:47:13,300 –> 00:47:16,600
\nspeed before any other
\nconsideration and symbols that <\/p>\n

800
\n00:47:16,600 –> 00:47:20,200
\nare open to interpretation defy.
\nThe rational aware mind and <\/p>\n

801
\n00:47:20,200 –> 00:47:23,300
\ncannot be considered an integral
\npart of our personality. <\/p>\n

802
\n00:47:23,300 –> 00:47:26,500
\nAs we have always known it, a
\nlanguage, there’s both <\/p>\n

803
\n00:47:26,500 –> 00:47:29,700
\nimpoverished and childlike runs
\nthe risk of encouraging <\/p>\n

804
\n00:47:29,700 –> 00:47:31,600
\nimpoverished and childlike
\nBehavior. <\/p>\n

805
\n00:47:31,700 –> 00:47:35,000
\nHas, as many people seem to
\nretreat to the virtual world <\/p>\n

806
\n00:47:35,000 –> 00:47:39,000
\nplay throw a tantrum will be
\nlazy rather than be provocative,<\/p>\n

807
\n00:47:40,000 –> 00:47:43,000
\nrather than to be profitable
\nwork towards a purposeful goal <\/p>\n

808
\n00:47:44,700 –> 00:47:46,800
\nnow.
\nI think we really need to be <\/p>\n

809
\n00:47:46,800 –> 00:47:48,700
\nmindful of these things as a
\ncommunity. <\/p>\n

810
\n00:47:48,900 –> 00:47:53,300
\nSo what Some of the things that
\nwe can do to try and combat this<\/p>\n

811
\n00:47:53,300 –> 00:47:55,000
\nissue.
\nWell, I think it really <\/p>\n

812
\n00:47:55,000 –> 00:47:57,300
\nimportant one.
\nAnd one that I try and practices<\/p>\n

813
\n00:47:57,300 –> 00:48:02,300
\nto actually pause before sending
\na brother sends you a message <\/p>\n

814
\n00:48:02,300 –> 00:48:05,000
\nthat really gets your back up or
\nhe said something to you at the <\/p>\n

815
\n00:48:05,008 –> 00:48:06,800
\nmeeting.
\nIt’s really easy to quickly. <\/p>\n

816
\n00:48:06,800 –> 00:48:10,800
\nType A the perfect response
\nwhich is really going to put <\/p>\n

817
\n00:48:10,800 –> 00:48:13,600
\nthem in its place and tell them
\nwhere he’s gone wrong and hit <\/p>\n

818
\n00:48:13,600 –> 00:48:17,100
\nthe send button, does the north
\nlot of wisdom and taking the <\/p>\n

819
\n00:48:17,100 –> 00:48:21,500
\ntime to actually pause before
\nsending and And maybe pretend <\/p>\n

820
\n00:48:21,500 –> 00:48:25,900
\nthat that email is just as
\nvaluable as the Scrolls and <\/p>\n

821
\n00:48:25,900 –> 00:48:29,200
\nparchments that Paul wrote on.
\nHe couldn’t afford to make a <\/p>\n

822
\n00:48:29,207 –> 00:48:31,600
\nmistake with his writing because
\nit was an awful lot of work to <\/p>\n

823
\n00:48:31,600 –> 00:48:34,700
\nrewrite it.
\nSo maybe there’s that’s a good <\/p>\n

824
\n00:48:34,800 –> 00:48:37,500
\nthing to think about.
\nWhat would the Apostle Paul be <\/p>\n

825
\n00:48:37,500 –> 00:48:39,000
\ndoing if he was writing this
\nresponse? <\/p>\n

826
\n00:48:39,000 –> 00:48:42,900
\nHe’d take the time to think
\nabout it and then maybe take the<\/p>\n

827
\n00:48:42,900 –> 00:48:47,600
\ntime to just write it down and
\ntext document, not in your email<\/p>\n

828
\n00:48:47,800 –> 00:48:52,200
\ninbox and save it on your
\ndesktop and Walk away for an <\/p>\n

829
\n00:48:52,200 –> 00:48:54,300
\nhour, two hours, maybe, even a
\nday. <\/p>\n

830
\n00:48:55,600 –> 00:48:59,300
\nAnd I’d say that if you do that
\non all of those instances, <\/p>\n

831
\n00:48:59,300 –> 00:49:03,200
\nyou’ll probably only send two
\npercent of those emails because <\/p>\n

832
\n00:49:03,200 –> 00:49:05,300
\nby the time you’ve cooled down
\nand you thought about it and <\/p>\n

833
\n00:49:05,300 –> 00:49:07,300
\nwhen you come back to your
\ndesktop and open it, you think <\/p>\n

834
\n00:49:07,500 –> 00:49:14,100
\nwell I’m glad I didn’t see in
\nthat and really if we do this <\/p>\n

835
\n00:49:14,800 –> 00:49:18,100
\nthe really great thing is that
\nour Brethren get up built and <\/p>\n

836
\n00:49:18,100 –> 00:49:20,400
\nuplifted without us having to do
\nanything. <\/p>\n

837
\n00:49:21,600 –> 00:49:23,200
\nThey’ve got no idea how much
\nbetter. <\/p>\n

838
\n00:49:23,200 –> 00:49:25,800
\nThey feel that day because of
\nthe fact that We didn’t send <\/p>\n

839
\n00:49:25,800 –> 00:49:29,800
\nthem the email, so it’s a great
\nway to build up your brethren <\/p>\n

840
\n00:49:29,800 –> 00:49:31,500
\nthe faith without doing
\nanything. <\/p>\n

841
\n00:49:35,000 –> 00:49:38,900
\nAnd the second thing I think, in
\na digital age, we really need to<\/p>\n

842
\n00:49:38,900 –> 00:49:41,800
\nremember this talk in person
\nwherever possible. <\/p>\n

843
\n00:49:42,800 –> 00:49:45,300
\nThat’s just so much better to
\ntalk face-to-face. <\/p>\n

844
\n00:49:48,300 –> 00:49:50,400
\nArranging brothers.
\nMade this decision. <\/p>\n

845
\n00:49:50,400 –> 00:49:52,200
\nA few years back.
\nWe had a couple of instances <\/p>\n

846
\n00:49:52,200 –> 00:49:56,100
\nwith a reasonably in-depth
\ndiscussion going on, an email <\/p>\n

847
\n00:49:56,100 –> 00:49:59,800
\ngoing around in circles and
\ngetting more heated and more <\/p>\n

848
\n00:49:59,800 –> 00:50:02,200
\nheated.
\nAnd after that we made the <\/p>\n

849
\n00:50:02,200 –> 00:50:05,600
\ndecision that all of those types
\nof discussions must be <\/p>\n

850
\n00:50:05,600 –> 00:50:08,300
\nface-to-face.
\nThe only thing is the arranging <\/p>\n

851
\n00:50:08,300 –> 00:50:11,200
\nBrethren email to each other a
\nminor matters of arrangement. <\/p>\n

852
\n00:50:11,200 –> 00:50:14,200
\nThe meeting is going to start a
\nbit later next week or somebody <\/p>\n

853
\n00:50:14,200 –> 00:50:15,600
\nwants to borrow the data
\nprojector. <\/p>\n

854
\n00:50:16,400 –> 00:50:19,200
\nEverything else is deferred
\nuntil we can meet face-to-face <\/p>\n

855
\n00:50:19,700 –> 00:50:23,100
\nbecause once you can actually
\nsee each other hear the tone of <\/p>\n

856
\n00:50:23,100 –> 00:50:27,000
\ntheir voice, that’s so much
\neasier to talk together as <\/p>\n

857
\n00:50:27,000 –> 00:50:29,700
\nBrethren and to know exactly
\nwhat each other’s thinking. <\/p>\n

858
\n00:50:31,100 –> 00:50:33,700
\nAnd in relation to that, for
\nthose of you that are really <\/p>\n

859
\n00:50:33,700 –> 00:50:36,400
\ntempted to contribute to
\nchristadelphians discussion <\/p>\n

860
\n00:50:36,400 –> 00:50:39,100
\nforums with people on the other
\nside of the world. <\/p>\n

861
\n00:50:40,700 –> 00:50:44,400
\nJust walk away because generally
\nthe only reason you want to <\/p>\n

862
\n00:50:44,400 –> 00:50:48,400
\ncontribute to that discussion.
\nAs Pride, you want to prove to <\/p>\n

863
\n00:50:48,400 –> 00:50:50,500
\nthose Brothers, on the other
\nside of the world that you know,<\/p>\n

864
\n00:50:50,500 –> 00:50:53,800
\nthe answer to this question.
\nAnd they don’t. <\/p>\n

865
\n00:50:56,300 –> 00:50:59,000
\nAnd the only reason we’re
\ncontributing as Pride, then we <\/p>\n

866
\n00:50:59,000 –> 00:51:02,500
\nshould just walk away and let
\nspend that time instead helping <\/p>\n

867
\n00:51:02,500 –> 00:51:05,400
\nsomebody in your Ecclesia.
\nGo and visit somebody in your <\/p>\n

868
\n00:51:05,408 –> 00:51:07,300
\nwork Leisure and talk to them
\nface-to-face. <\/p>\n

869
\n00:51:07,600 –> 00:51:10,800
\nThat will achieve far more than
\narguing with a brother on the <\/p>\n

870
\n00:51:10,800 –> 00:51:12,600
\nother side of the world that
\nyou’ve never met. <\/p>\n

871
\n00:51:14,300 –> 00:51:21,100
\nSo, racing to the end.
\nThe third point. <\/p>\n

872
\n00:51:24,700 –> 00:51:29,200
\nRemaining separate.
\nNow, there are numerous warnings<\/p>\n

873
\n00:51:29,200 –> 00:51:31,400
\nin scripture about remaining
\nseparate from the world. <\/p>\n

874
\n00:51:31,400 –> 00:51:34,800
\nIn order to remain wholly, like
\nfor instance, Leviticus 20, we <\/p>\n

875
\n00:51:34,800 –> 00:51:38,400
\ndon’t have time to look it up,
\nye shall be holy unto me for, I <\/p>\n

876
\n00:51:38,400 –> 00:51:41,900
\nam Holy and have severed you
\nfrom other people that you <\/p>\n

877
\n00:51:41,900 –> 00:51:44,400
\nshould be mine.
\nAnd the quote from first of <\/p>\n

878
\n00:51:44,400 –> 00:51:46,700
\nJohn, which I had on my opening
\nslide, everything that’s in the <\/p>\n

879
\n00:51:46,700 –> 00:51:48,700
\nworld.
\nIt’s not a father. <\/p>\n

880
\n00:51:50,200 –> 00:51:53,000
\nNow when I first came into the
\ntruth christadelphians will <\/p>\n

881
\n00:51:53,000 –> 00:51:55,600
\nreally strong.
\nI’m not having a television like<\/p>\n

882
\n00:51:55,600 –> 00:51:58,100
\na lot of Christian.
\nLaughing house, has refused to <\/p>\n

883
\n00:51:58,100 –> 00:52:01,200
\nhave a television because that
\nwas bringing the world into your<\/p>\n

884
\n00:52:01,200 –> 00:52:03,700
\nhome.
\nBut in contrast, the internet <\/p>\n

885
\n00:52:03,700 –> 00:52:07,100
\nand smartphones, which offer
\naccess to far worse of the world<\/p>\n

886
\n00:52:07,100 –> 00:52:10,100
\nthan television ever did have
\nmade their way into our homes, <\/p>\n

887
\n00:52:10,100 –> 00:52:12,800
\nand it’s like almost without a
\npeep from us. <\/p>\n

888
\n00:52:13,600 –> 00:52:16,100
\nAnd I think part of the issue is
\nthe television was a single-use <\/p>\n

889
\n00:52:16,100 –> 00:52:18,700
\nentertainment device.
\nWe could say we can do without <\/p>\n

890
\n00:52:18,700 –> 00:52:19,600
\nthat.
\nWe don’t need it. <\/p>\n

891
\n00:52:20,400 –> 00:52:22,900
\nBut internet and technology is
\nmulti-use. <\/p>\n

892
\n00:52:22,900 –> 00:52:25,100
\nThere are valid reasons why in
\nour day and age. <\/p>\n

893
\n00:52:25,100 –> 00:52:28,000
\nWe actually need it.
\nSo many things are using moving <\/p>\n

894
\n00:52:28,000 –> 00:52:32,800
\nto online banking.
\nBut we need to be really aware <\/p>\n

895
\n00:52:32,800 –> 00:52:37,400
\nof the dangers that presents.
\nNow, I’m not going to suggest <\/p>\n

896
\n00:52:37,400 –> 00:52:39,200
\nthat we throw away.
\nOur smartphones in the way. <\/p>\n

897
\n00:52:39,200 –> 00:52:43,000
\nWe got rid of Television, we do
\nhave it to make sure that we are<\/p>\n

898
\n00:52:43,000 –> 00:52:46,300
\n100%.
\nWe’re of the dangers that are <\/p>\n

899
\n00:52:46,300 –> 00:52:50,400
\ncoming into our house now
\nbecause it’s a mixed audience <\/p>\n

900
\n00:52:50,400 –> 00:52:51,800
\ntonight.
\nI’m going to speak in it. <\/p>\n

901
\n00:52:51,800 –> 00:52:55,200
\nSlightly catch language about
\nthis next section, but I think <\/p>\n

902
\n00:52:55,400 –> 00:52:57,800
\nmost people here that need need
\nto know, will know what I’m <\/p>\n

903
\n00:52:57,800 –> 00:53:00,200
\ntalking about.
\nSo, the corruption of the The <\/p>\n

904
\n00:53:00,200 –> 00:53:01,500
\nworld that the internet opens
\nup. <\/p>\n

905
\n00:53:01,500 –> 00:53:03,100
\nThere’s nothing new in most
\nways. <\/p>\n

906
\n00:53:03,400 –> 00:53:06,300
\nSo when Balaam was unable to
\ncurse, Israel, Israel curse <\/p>\n

907
\n00:53:06,300 –> 00:53:09,500
\nthemselves with the women of
\nMoab, David. <\/p>\n

908
\n00:53:09,500 –> 00:53:13,700
\nA man after God’s Own Heart, he
\nfell to the temptation of the <\/p>\n

909
\n00:53:13,700 –> 00:53:15,600
\nlust of the eyes.
\nThe Corinthian Brethren had <\/p>\n

910
\n00:53:15,600 –> 00:53:18,300
\nTemptation paraded before them
\non a daily basis. <\/p>\n

911
\n00:53:18,700 –> 00:53:24,500
\nWhen the temple prostitutes came
\nthrough the city, Now the <\/p>\n

912
\n00:53:24,500 –> 00:53:28,100
\ntechnology that we have enables
\nus to commit exactly that same <\/p>\n

913
\n00:53:28,100 –> 00:53:33,400
\nsin but within one subtly
\ndifferent way, enables it to do <\/p>\n

914
\n00:53:33,400 –> 00:53:37,500
\nthat and secrecy we can commit
\nthe lust of the eyes and secrecy<\/p>\n

915
\n00:53:37,800 –> 00:53:39,900
\nthe Israelites.
\nIn the plains of Moab had to do <\/p>\n

916
\n00:53:39,900 –> 00:53:41,600
\nit in plain sight of their
\nBrethren. <\/p>\n

917
\n00:53:42,400 –> 00:53:45,600
\nThe Corinthians risk being seen
\nby their Brethren as they walked<\/p>\n

918
\n00:53:45,600 –> 00:53:50,400
\nup to the Temple of Aphrodite.
\nWe, however, can gaze upon all <\/p>\n

919
\n00:53:50,400 –> 00:53:52,800
\nthat the world has to offer in
\nthe Obviously have their own <\/p>\n

920
\n00:53:52,800 –> 00:54:00,000
\nhome and nobody will ever know.
\nSo we think And the trouble is <\/p>\n

921
\n00:54:00,100 –> 00:54:01,700
\nthat temptation is all around
\nus. <\/p>\n

922
\n00:54:01,700 –> 00:54:06,100
\nWhen we go online and the
\npictures and the images and the <\/p>\n

923
\n00:54:06,100 –> 00:54:10,300
\nwords had specifically designed
\nto tempt the lust of the Flesh. <\/p>\n

924
\n00:54:11,000 –> 00:54:14,100
\nAnd once we take that move of
\nclicking on those things, the <\/p>\n

925
\n00:54:14,100 –> 00:54:19,200
\nflesh is not happy at once more
\nand it wants worse. <\/p>\n

926
\n00:54:21,000 –> 00:54:24,000
\nAnd the trouble is that we can
\ndeceive ourselves with thoughts <\/p>\n

927
\n00:54:24,000 –> 00:54:26,400
\nabout, that’s not wrong because
\nI’m not doing anything. <\/p>\n

928
\n00:54:26,400 –> 00:54:30,500
\nI’m just looking That’s okay.
\nI’m just looking. <\/p>\n

929
\n00:54:30,500 –> 00:54:32,100
\nI’m not really doing anything
\nwrong. <\/p>\n

930
\n00:54:33,100 –> 00:54:36,900
\nBut of course, it’s impossible
\nto look on things like that <\/p>\n

931
\n00:54:36,900 –> 00:54:40,400
\nwithout having related thoughts
\nand Christ taught the Folly of <\/p>\n

932
\n00:54:40,400 –> 00:54:42,100
\nthat thinking didn’t even
\nMatthew 25. <\/p>\n

933
\n00:54:42,800 –> 00:54:44,300
\nAgain, we haven’t got time to
\nlook it up. <\/p>\n

934
\n00:54:44,300 –> 00:54:47,900
\nI say unto you, that whosoever
\nlooketh on a woman to lust after<\/p>\n

935
\n00:54:47,900 –> 00:54:51,900
\nher, hath committed adultery
\nwith her already in his heart. <\/p>\n

936
\n00:54:52,900 –> 00:54:55,300
\nNow some of you might be sitting
\nhere thinking well how could <\/p>\n

937
\n00:54:56,200 –> 00:54:58,200
\nBrethren.
\nPossibly look at some of those <\/p>\n

938
\n00:54:58,200 –> 00:54:59,800
\nthings that the internet has to
\noffer. <\/p>\n

939
\n00:55:00,700 –> 00:55:03,800
\nHow could they possibly do that?
\nIt’s obvious that they shouldn’t<\/p>\n

940
\n00:55:03,800 –> 00:55:08,500
\nbe doing it but we need to
\nremember before we condemn and <\/p>\n

941
\n00:55:08,500 –> 00:55:12,200
\njudge that as has already been
\nmentioned David, a man after <\/p>\n

942
\n00:55:12,200 –> 00:55:15,700
\nGod’s Own Heart fell in the same
\nmanner that OB has a great <\/p>\n

943
\n00:55:15,700 –> 00:55:18,300
\nphrase that he David did it on
\nthe rooftop and we do it on a <\/p>\n

944
\n00:55:18,308 –> 00:55:22,700
\nlaptop, but it’s exactly the
\nsame sin that we falling. <\/p>\n

945
\n00:55:23,900 –> 00:55:26,600
\nTo and Brethren that are trapped
\nin the sand. <\/p>\n

946
\n00:55:26,600 –> 00:55:28,500
\nNeed help.
\nLove and compassion, not a <\/p>\n

947
\n00:55:28,500 –> 00:55:31,300
\njudgment.
\nAnd if some of you here tonight <\/p>\n

948
\n00:55:31,300 –> 00:55:35,600
\nare struggling with this problem
\nand private before you condemn <\/p>\n

949
\n00:55:35,600 –> 00:55:38,400
\nyourself, as somehow less worthy
\nthan your brethren. <\/p>\n

950
\n00:55:38,400 –> 00:55:42,000
\nBecause of this, remember all
\nhave sinned and fallen short. <\/p>\n

951
\n00:55:42,000 –> 00:55:45,400
\nWe are all unworthy.
\nAnd just remember, no temptation<\/p>\n

952
\n00:55:45,400 –> 00:55:49,100
\nhas taken you, but such as is
\ncommon to man, but God is <\/p>\n

953
\n00:55:49,100 –> 00:55:51,500
\nfaithful, who will not suffer
\nyou to be tempted above that, <\/p>\n

954
\n00:55:51,500 –> 00:55:54,300
\nwhich able but will with the
\nTemptation. <\/p>\n

955
\n00:55:54,300 –> 00:55:57,800
\nAlso, make a way to escape that
\nyou may be able to Bear it. <\/p>\n

956
\n00:55:58,100 –> 00:56:01,800
\nDon’t draw away from God if you
\nstruggle with this problem, you <\/p>\n

957
\n00:56:01,800 –> 00:56:05,700
\nneed to draw near to God instead
\nand pray that he will show that <\/p>\n

958
\n00:56:05,700 –> 00:56:09,700
\nway of Escape that will work for
\nyou, which may not be easy. <\/p>\n

959
\n00:56:09,700 –> 00:56:11,000
\nLots of Professionals in the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

960
\n00:56:11,000 –> 00:56:13,900
\nSee, this particular problem as
\nan addiction, it’s just like, <\/p>\n

961
\n00:56:14,100 –> 00:56:17,600
\nalcohol and drugs and as a
\ncliche as we need to make sure <\/p>\n

962
\n00:56:17,600 –> 00:56:21,300
\nwe’re not naive and think that
\nthis couldn’t possibly be a <\/p>\n

963
\n00:56:21,300 –> 00:56:23,100
\nproblem for anybody in our
\nEcclesia. <\/p>\n

964
\n00:56:23,600 –> 00:56:27,000
\nWe need to be aware that this
\ncan be a problem and we need to <\/p>\n

965
\n00:56:27,000 –> 00:56:31,100
\nbe prepared to help people with
\ncompassion Hearing in a <\/p>\n

966
\n00:56:31,100 –> 00:56:36,200
\nnon-judgmental way, just two
\nquick points. <\/p>\n

967
\n00:56:42,300 –> 00:56:46,700
\nSorry.
\nWays that we can overcome <\/p>\n

968
\n00:56:46,800 –> 00:56:49,400
\novercome, this particular
\nproblem, I haven’t got time to <\/p>\n

969
\n00:56:49,400 –> 00:56:54,700
\nlook in detail, but just taking
\na little analogy from Hezekiah <\/p>\n

970
\n00:56:54,700 –> 00:56:57,800
\nwhen sennacherib came against
\nthe city here, as well as <\/p>\n

971
\n00:56:57,800 –> 00:57:00,000
\npraying to God.
\nHe undertook some certain things<\/p>\n

972
\n00:57:00,000 –> 00:57:03,600
\nto do to help the city.
\nAnd one of the things he did is <\/p>\n

973
\n00:57:03,600 –> 00:57:06,900
\nhe went out and he stopped the
\nwater supplies and sennacherib <\/p>\n

974
\n00:57:06,900 –> 00:57:09,400
\nas an analogy of sin and out at
\nour lives. <\/p>\n

975
\n00:57:10,600 –> 00:57:13,800
\nWhat if he’s like I was doing
\nwas taking away something that <\/p>\n

976
\n00:57:13,900 –> 00:57:16,000
\nThat could keep sennacherib
\nalive. <\/p>\n

977
\n00:57:16,300 –> 00:57:20,000
\nSo we need to take away,
\nwhatever it is, that keeps that <\/p>\n

978
\n00:57:20,000 –> 00:57:22,700
\nsin alive that feeds it.
\nAnd of course, there are a <\/p>\n

979
\n00:57:22,707 –> 00:57:26,800
\nnumber of ways we can do that.
\nWe need to again, if we fall <\/p>\n

980
\n00:57:26,800 –> 00:57:30,200
\ntemptation to those things, if
\nwe’re alone, we need to put a <\/p>\n

981
\n00:57:30,200 –> 00:57:33,200
\ndevice in a different room often
\nwill power. <\/p>\n

982
\n00:57:33,200 –> 00:57:35,400
\nWon’t be enough to stop us
\nfalling prey. <\/p>\n

983
\n00:57:35,700 –> 00:57:39,300
\nWe need to remove ourselves from
\nthe issue in those times of <\/p>\n

984
\n00:57:39,300 –> 00:57:42,400
\nweakness.
\nAnd of course, as families. <\/p>\n

985
\n00:57:43,300 –> 00:57:46,300
\nWe need to filter the internet
\nthat’s coming into our house. <\/p>\n

986
\n00:57:47,400 –> 00:57:51,700
\nThe smallest thing we can do to
\nstop the supply, is to actually <\/p>\n

987
\n00:57:51,700 –> 00:57:53,700
\nput a filter on our home
\ninternet Supply. <\/p>\n

988
\n00:57:55,000 –> 00:57:58,600
\nAnd here’s a car.
\nAlso built up the defense’s. <\/p>\n

989
\n00:57:58,600 –> 00:58:01,000
\nYou might say, well, putting on
\ninternet filter on is building <\/p>\n

990
\n00:58:01,000 –> 00:58:04,500
\nup the defenses, but I think
\nreally building up the defenses <\/p>\n

991
\n00:58:04,500 –> 00:58:08,100
\nas about building our conscience
\nbecause the only thing that can <\/p>\n

992
\n00:58:08,100 –> 00:58:12,500
\ndefend us from falling prey to
\nthe sin of Temptation of looking<\/p>\n

993
\n00:58:12,500 –> 00:58:15,600
\non the things that the world has
\nto offer on the internet as to <\/p>\n

994
\n00:58:15,600 –> 00:58:19,300
\nhave a conscience that tells us
\nthat we can’t do that, that it <\/p>\n

995
\n00:58:19,300 –> 00:58:21,900
\nis wrong.
\nThat that is an abomination of <\/p>\n

996
\n00:58:21,900 –> 00:58:26,200
\nmy God’s eyes and I want to be
\nholy like He is Holy and our <\/p>\n

997
\n00:58:26,200 –> 00:58:28,400
\nconscience needs to be
\nstrengthened so that we could, <\/p>\n

998
\n00:58:28,400 –> 00:58:31,600
\nwe can do that.
\nWon’t go any further into that, <\/p>\n

999
\n00:58:31,600 –> 00:58:34,700
\nbecause I believe that’s the
\nsubject of brother Marx talks, <\/p>\n

1000
\n00:58:35,000 –> 00:58:39,600
\nso just quickly in conclusion.
\nApologies for going slightly <\/p>\n

1001
\n00:58:39,600 –> 00:58:41,900
\nover.
\nI blame the incorrect dongle. <\/p>\n

1002
\n00:58:45,200 –> 00:58:48,000
\nAs we’ve said, I think
\ntechnology can be a threat to <\/p>\n

1003
\n00:58:48,000 –> 00:58:50,500
\nour faith, and three ways, it
\ndiminishes, our ability to think<\/p>\n

1004
\n00:58:50,500 –> 00:58:53,800
\ndeeply on God’s word, that
\nprovides a medium, where we find<\/p>\n

1005
\n00:58:53,800 –> 00:58:56,800
\nit all too easy to pull each
\nother down and it puts the worst<\/p>\n

1006
\n00:58:56,800 –> 00:59:00,700
\nthe world has to offer at our
\nfingertips and the seven ways we<\/p>\n

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1014
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\nother, about the Temptations <\/p>\n

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1019
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1020
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227: Glen Davies – Technology As a Challenge To Our Faith (+ 7 Ways To Combat It)<\/a><\/blockquote>