The Primacy of Love

In the last 50 years, countless libraries overflowing with books beyond number have been condensed to the virtual world making the availability of information accessible passed the dreams of even the most-obsessed information hoarder.  In truth, the technological advancements of the internet and the microchip have forever changed how humans research, how we rank and file information, and, ultimately, how we relate to one another in the digital world.

However, as we traverse the new mine fields of the ever-changing virtual world the distance from human to human becomes one that is left cold and pixelated.  To remedy the increased relational remoteness that has come from the reliance on the digital interface that displaces and distorts our ability to relate to one another, we should be ever-more vigilant in love.

The only effective measure to combat the ocean-wide, inch-deep world of the social-networking, email-laden, time-consuming digital world is love.  Love.  For fear of sounding contrite or cliche, love is the answer.  Love is the means with which we need to engage one another through the computer screens so that we do not forget who we are and what Christ has done for us.

In the end, God and His love must be the center of every relationship no matter the form that the relationship takes, be it in person or online.  This is our call.  Let us then adhere and commit to the primacy of love.

Technology and Bible Study

Technology has transformed are world.  Our culture is faster, more demanding, more entitled, and more connected than it has ever been in all of history.  The accessibility and overwhelming storm of information which is the internet has brought the wealth of the world's knowledge to our fingertips and made it easier to be distracted from the Lord and from His Word.  Luckily, the horizon is not so glim because technology has helped Bible studying too.

For instance, Bible apps have been created that let us have the whole Word with us wherever our phone is; several Bible study websites send daily emails with verses and readings; and, because of the statutes of copyright law, many works of the great theologians of the past can be found online for no cost.

Years ago, these commentaries and resources for Bible study would have been so expensive and hard to find that they would have been nearly out of reach for most Christians.  And many of them were not even in existence yet.  But now the technological advancements of the last couple decades have made these valuable assets available to anyone with access to a computer.

However, acknowledging that these resources are available is vastly different than taking advantage of them.  Doing the latter requires intentionality and focus.  Unfortunately, many believers take full advantage of technology for entertainment, social networking, and business, but they fail to use technology in to grow their faith.  This should not be so.  Let us then strive to use every asset available to us for the purpose of following Christ to the fullest!