After reading through John Dyer’s From the Garden to the City with the rest of the ChurchMag community, I have begun to realize that I might have a problem with technology. Now, when I start to “slide to unlock,” I think twice about why and whether I should. Am I alone in this? Probably not.
Aside from helping me to identify some of my issues with technology, John’s book—which you should read—has opened my eyes to see how many of us in ministry have begun to serve two gods—Jesus and technology. Technism, as John called it in his book, is reliance upon technology in place of God. If we are honest with ourselves, this is very possible in our technology-saturated world.
Let’s look at two major areas where we can easily identify and should certainly address the false god of technology in the local Church.