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Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland episodes

July 18, 2023 182. Gaining Victory over Pornography (Sam Black, The Healing Church)
How can the Church help people find victory over lust, pornography, and the lies that go with them?

To help us answer this question we talk with Sam Black, Director of Recovery Education at Covenant Eyes and author of The Healing Church, a book designed to help churches and families set free from pornography to serve God as they are called.

Sam shares from his personal testimony, his wealth of experience in the field of accountability software, and his personal passion to see churches be the body of Christ for all who seek hope and healing in Jesus.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3D2QRzQ
38 min
July 11, 2023 181. Living Intentionally with Tech (Heath Wilson, Aro)
Can we use tech to be more intentional with our tech? Heath Wilson, co-founder of Aro, thinks so. He's co-founder of Aro, a device and app that help your family create healthy habits around the most powerful and pervasive device you own: your smartphone.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3r3WpqR
25 min
July 04, 2023 180. Make Space for People
Today we discuss how to make space for people in episode two of our Summer Session series. The question: How can we be intentional this week about including the people God has planted us near?

We'll discuss three great listens for the week, an helpful and encouraging book, and root our conversation in Matthew 13:31 and Acts 1:8: God casts us unto gardens to see His Kingdom grow, and he empowers us for this work by his Holy Spirit. We're not saved from the world, we're saved for it.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3JMjo05
21 min
June 27, 2023 179. Set Our Minds on the Spirit
Summer is busy, so I'm launching these Summer Session episodes to help get you useful encouragement while you enjoy the new rhythms summer has to offer.

Today we discuss how what we listen to can help us focus on the things of the Spirit. I'll address three great podcasts, an audio book I've found incredibly helpful when it comes to focusing on the Spirit, and a reflection to make this week an intentional practice in living out Romans 8:5-8.

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/44hqh1t
16 min
June 20, 2023178. Take Time Back from Tech
Stepping away from screens can be tough, and awkward. We don't always know what to do with our time, and sometimes it just feels like punishment — for everyone. So how do we do this well? How do we take time back from tech?

In today's conversation we'll cover four steps in this journey we can begin today. We'll discuss how to plan your:
tech (what and where)
day (4 chunks that work for nearly all ages)
play (simple, analog, present)
rest (in both our work and our play)

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3qQaFDK
31 min
June 13, 2023 177. Three Benefits & Cautions of AI
This past year AI moved from something dabbled in by specialists and researchers to the front lines of education, business, and the creative arts thanks in large part to the break throughs provided by ChatGPT. But how should we think about it as followers of Christ, raising healthy youth in a tech world?

Today we'll discuss three benefits, and three concerns, of AI and what we can do to be discerning creators and consumers of this newest tech on the digital frontier.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3Cp9UDV
30 min
June 06, 2023176. Graduates in a Tech World
This past week I got a chance to speak with a group of graduating seniors about what it looks like to trust and follow Jesus in a tech world. I want to remind these students, as well as any parents and future graduates who hear this, of three truths:
We can accomplish our mission in any vocation
You're going to find out a lot about who truly loves you
Making a mistake doesn't make you a mistake
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3MTyJN6
29 min
May 30, 2023175. How Do We Abide in A Tech World?
How do we abide?

Jesus says it’s crucial: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

But what is it, and how do we do in this on-the-go tech world of ours?

Today we're going to discuss four ways to make conscious, moment by moment decisions to follow Jesus with our everyday choices. We'll use four great books on the subject to help us discuss how to:
Keep tech in its proper place
Trust God for the little and the big things: hope, joy, and even our personal desires, make-ups, and goals.
Prayerfully change habits and behaviors that celebrate hurry
Participate in the daily battle that is setting our minds on the things of God
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3BZSjlL
25 min
May 22, 2023 174. Making Summer Fun
Let's make this summer amazing. We can do it on a budget, with our families, in town. You don't have to spend a lot of money or brainpower. All it takes to make summer awesome is to be intentional with our tech, build in some fun, and practice rhythms of rest. After that you just add friends, and you've got yourself a party.

Show Notes: https://bit.ly/43mjxyV
19 min
May 16, 2023173. Prep Tech For Summer
Summer is approaching fast, and we need to assess our tech to ensure we're ready for the fun, freedom, and digital changes that come with a few months outside of school.

To help prep our tech for summer we:
Assess our tech
Check our hedges
Start the conversation
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3BzD6I4
21 min

About Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland

From the publisher's feed

Gospel Tech is a resource for parents who are feeling outpaced and overwhelmed as they raise children in a tech world.

Our goal: Equip parents with the tools, resources, and confidence they…

need to raise kids who love God and use tech.

Gospel Tech’s mission is to equip families to love God and use tech. We want to empower parents to:

Talk about healthy tech
Communicate the Gospel
Connect the hope of the Gospel to their everyday tech lives

Introduction to Gospel Tech
Three years ago I (Nathan) started Gospel Tech as a ministry to help connect the Gospel to the daily tech lives of families in practical ways. As a middle school teacher I saw a need for intentional, Gospel-focused conversations about tech. Tech was creating more distraction than inspiration in the classroom, and I saw the need for more than just new habits—there was a desperate need for new hearts.

Gospel Tech bridges the gap between scary tech conversations and the hope of the Gospel. With engaging stories and practical applications I bring Gospel-centered tech solutions families can apply in everyday life.

Gospel Tech Resources Beyond The Podcast

The Parent Tech Workshops: A two-part series addressing:
- How should we handle Tech’s Big 3 (smartphones, gaming, pornography)?
- How do we make tech safe at home? (two types of tech, tech health, and building tech trust)

Youth Talks:
- The Tech Talk: Use the best tech on purpose, not for purpose.
- The Hope Talk: A conversation about our goals, purpose, and how making a mistake doesn’t make us a mistake.

The Family Tech Framework: A two-hour workshop where families leave with the words to say and the plan in place for healthy tech at home and in daily life.
- Part 1: Talk It Out: Parents learn key points of discussing healthful tech.
- Part 2: Walk It Out: Families work together to create a Family Tech Framework customized to their needs, goals, and season of life.

At the end of the day our children aren't problems to fix, they're people to love. We need to point them to the purpose and hope available in Christ, in the work he's already done to make them new and to call them on to good works, and then use tech from that hope. This is why I love to say that in Christ we use tech on purpose, not for purpose.

That's the goal of Gospel Tech. Thanks for letting me be on this journey of parenting with you.

-Nathan Sutherland