May 17, five digital dangers.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh

to gratify its desires, Romans 13, 14.

Christians do not coast through life like jellyfish floating in the current of contemporary culture.

We live by the power of the Spirit and find our course by the Word of God.

We swim like dolphins, not jellyfish.

Part of that core sitting and power is expressed in thoughtful engagement with the digital realities of our day.

Danger is included. Here are five.

One, the hook of constant curiosity.

Digital devices offer a never-ending possibility for discovery.

Even the basic operating systems can consume hours of curious,

punching and experimenting.

Then there are the endless apps consuming weeks of your time as they lure you into their intricacies.

All this is very deceptive giving the illusion of power and effectiveness,

but leaving you with a feeling of emptiness and nervousness at the end of the day.

Resolution. I will strictly limit my experimental time on the device and devote myself more to truth.

Than to technique. Two, the empty world of virtual unreality.

How sad to see brilliant creative people pouring hours and days of their lives

into creating seas and armies and adventures that have no connection with reality.

We have one life to live. All our powers are given to us by the real God

for the real world leading to a real heaven and a real hell. Resolution.

I will spend my constructive creative energy not in the unreality of virtual reality,

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