Whether you consider yourself a political junkie, totally ignorant to Washington’s antics, or somewhere in between, the 2024 election discourse is demanding your attention. So before the election hype really starts to pick up, Robert hopes this series will ground Christians in a Biblical view of political engagement. In Part 1, Robert introduces us to the scholarship of David Koyzis and his work on political ideologies. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

In the final episode of this series, Robert shares some practices that can be helpful for guiding your preteen and teenage children in the area of technology. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

How do you help your children use technology well? In this episode, Robert focuses on some helpful practices for when your children are young (before they hit puberty, which will be the focus of the next episode).  • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

Robert shares the third of four principles he recommends when making a plan for your children’s technology use. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

It’s time to address the most common topic of all the feedback received about this technology series: parenting. In this episode, Robert shares the first two of four principles he recommends when making a plan for your children’s technology use. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

This week Robert addresses a common question he’s received from listeners about the impact of artificial intelligence upon all of the themes he’s been addressing in this series. Is AI a totally new problem? Or is it a continuation of our existing cultural trends? • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

In this week’s episode, Robert responds to a listener question about what pastors and churches can and should do in response to the shifting technological trends in our society.  • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

Let’s say that you agree that, in addition to its incredible benefits, technology has had significant negative effects on us individually and on our culture as a whole. It would be natural to ask, “Then what should we do with technology?” In this week’s episode, Robert shares two practical applications to help us be salt and light in a technology-rich world. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

Perhaps the most under-appreciated negative impact of the internet era is the effect that pornography has had upon our culture. This week’s podcast contains a frank conversation about how the wide availability and nearly infinite supply of porn has harmed our society, before reminding us that God’s kindness and mercy, especially as depicted in Advent, can cover a multitude of sins. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more

Many studies have looked at the effect that technology has had upon our brain’s ability to think, process, and focus. The results aren’t great. In this weeks episode, Robert shows us how important it is to recognize the Internet and its endless information stream for what it is, and encourages us to return to the wisdom found in God’s Word. • • • Want to support our work at Christ for Kentucky? Click here to help keep our content ad-free and available without a subscription by donating to our ministry ..read more