Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland

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Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland episodes

July 27, 2021 76. One Thing Every Family Can Do To Have Healthier Tech
Healthy tech doesn't have to be elusive or overwhelming. In fact, it can be practical, accessible, and something you can begin to live out today. With our foundation in the Gospel we have a basis for truth, and therefore reality. Now we just need a practical way to live it out. Today we'll discuss the #1 thing every family can do to begin healthy tech at home, as well as a couple bonus ideas for connecting the Gospel to our tech in practical ways.
28 min
July 13, 2021 75. Do Screens Rot Our Brains?
We’ve all seen it: someone we know uses a screen and comes away distracted, moody, forgetful, or just a little bit off: broken commitments, dropping friends, change in attitude, low energy or motivation.
At some point we’ve probably all been that annoying tech-user.
But what is that screen actually doing? Is it rotting our brain? Is that screen really responsible, or is it just a personal issue?
Today we’re going to put this question to rest and point back to what Jesus invites us to have in the Gospel.
34 min
July 06, 2021 74. What Can We Do Instead Of Unhealthy Tech?
Healthy tech takes work. It requires we remove the unhealthy and replace it with _________, what? Alternatives seem daunting when we're talking about replacing some of our favorite unhealthy tech outlets.
Today we discuss how we can intentionally select activities that are high-interest, build healthy habits, and are accessible for this stage and time of life. In the process we can ensure we use only the tech that helps us better love God, and remove everything else.
28 min
June 29, 2021 73. Is All Tech The Same?
It's important to understand what we mean when we say "tech". Is it anything that plugs into a wall? Anything with a screen? Our answer will determine how we understand healthy tech boundaries as well as how we can best connect the Gospel to our daily tech use. Today we'll talk about how there are actually two types of tech which are quite distinct when it comes to healthful tech use.
26 min
June 22, 2021 72. How Do We Make Safe Tech Homes?
Safe tech is about more than simply having good rules. We need to get beyond good guidelines and talk about the basis of making our homes safe from the inside out. In today's conversation we set the basis for our conversation in the Gospel, showing how Jesus clearly addresses how our hearts should interact with tech (and how we can know if we're doing it wrong), and then build from there to point our hearts, and those of our family, to the Good News that God saves sinners. The goal of all of this is to use our tech well, and love God more.
32 min
June 15, 2021 71. Is My Child's Tech Use Healthy?
We hear lots of scary stuff about tech:

unhealthy screen time
addiction to tech
dopamine triggers
increasing depression and anxiety
lurking bullies and stranger danger

So how do we know if our child's tech use is healthy? It's actually quite simple. But knowing tech health is easy, and almost useless. We need to have a larger conversation that includes tech health, equips us to focus on the hope of the Gospel, and allows us to take action in both healthy and unhealthy tech realities.
32 min
June 08, 2021 70. Gaming And The Gospel
How does the Gospel effect our entertainment? Specifically, how does the good news of Jesus Christ impact our gaming? This is more than simply knowing the right rules or only playing the "safe" games. This is a deep-dive into what makes us tick, into why we game in the first place, and making sure there aren't any strongholds in our free-time, our amusement, or our hearts that might cause us to lose some of the joy, peace, and freedom God has won for us in Jesus.
35 min
June 01, 2021 69. Why Should We Connect The Gospel To Our Tech?
Our lives are awash in big questions: politics, education, faith, technology--the number of things we're expected, as parents, to get right is staggering. Today I can help you clarify at least the faith and technology part, because today we are going to address three reasons you need the Gospel as the foundation of your tech use.

For more resources visit our website: gospeltech.net
You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook (@loveGodusetech).
If you have any questions you can reach Nathan directly at [email protected].

Thank you for listening!
32 min
May 25, 2021 68. "I sure wish...", setting tech standards for our families
It's easy to miss the moments to teach our children healthful tech. It's equally easy to feel overwhelmed when we realize we're faced with one of those moments. Today's conversation focuses on three practical steps we can take to help our family have a firm foundation for tech conversations, as well as a meaningful action plan moving forward.
34 min
May 18, 2021 67. Three Steps Every Parent Can Take With Tech
Today we'll address three steps every parent can take to address healthy tech with their kids. If you feel like tech in your family is an uphill battle, or maybe you feel like you've already lost and it's not even a battle anymore, then prepare to be encouraged. These are steps every parent can, and should, take when learning to fight for their family when it comes to tech.
39 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