Discipling in the Digital Age

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“we’re not going to put the computer back in Pandora’s box…. the essence of what the Lord is calling us to do, is to understand the effect that these technologies have and then preach the Gospel—the real, embodied, physical, love-your-neighbor, go-to-church Gospel—to each other in a way that helps each other see through this fog.” - Breakpoint(link is external)

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What's Wrong with a "Rule of Life"?

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“Are the interests of our time dictating what is of greatest interest to us? If so, then surrender to God’s rule, not reinvention of our own, is the order of the day.” - Mere Orthodoxy(link is external)

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Plundering the Mercenaries: On Knowing What Time It Is

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“Something is different. But I contend that it’s not that different…. ‘What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun’ (Eccl. 1:9)…. Even as the world is chaotic, we can be calm, friendly, and convictional in its midst.” - London Lyceum(link is external)

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Outrage Is Not a Fruit of the Spirit

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“In today’s digital world—and especially in an election year—it’s heartbreaking to see God’s people become a bickering, angry mob.” - Randy Alcorn(link is external)

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Rightly Ordered . . . Fears?

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“The easiest way to not be afraid of anything is to be ignorant….The second easiest way to not be afraid of anything is to not love anything….These are sub-Christian options.” - TGC(link is external)

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Faithfulness in a Broken Culture (Part 1)

Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf for in its welfare you will find your welfare. (Jer 29:5, ESV)

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Coping With a Fallen World

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“Though they seem opposites, detachment and indulgence are two sides of the same bad coin. Both are, in the end, attempts to escape the pain of what Christianity recognizes as a fallen world. These attempts are, however, futile.” - Breakpoint(link is external)

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