It's
hard to imagine that just over 150 years ago, people could travel no faster
than the Ancient Greeks because the horse was the fastest thing around until the
locomotive was invented. Back then, news traveled no faster than it did
in the time of Jesus. Now, Wikipedia has become the go to source for
information. Everyone is reachable by mobile phone anywhere, at any time. We live in a constant state of information... and distraction.
In his book, The Next Story: Life and Faith after the DigitalExplosion, Tim Challies takes a look at how the digital explosion has
impacted the way we think, function and live.
Challies,
a prominent Christian author and blogger, really has feet in both the worlds of
theology and technology. He builds a biblical case that technology is a
good thing. He says that it was created by God and argues it is the only
thing that separates us from abject misery in a fallen world. He exposes
the fact that we largely adopt technology without ever thinking about the
theory behind it (Why was this technology created? What is it's purpose?) and
the theology of it (How does it impact our relationship with God and others?).
It is a convicting read that will get you thinking about how our changed
world has changed us--for better or worse.
-Jim Taylor, Media/Baptism