One of the ways that we play video games to the glory of God is the author of games and play and fun.

And those things are not counter-biblical.

I think we see a picture of God in the Bible of he's someone who values enjoyment.

In fact, commands that we give energy you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are David and Ann Wilson. You can find us at

FamilyLife Today.com. This is Family Life Today. I think this is going to be a really fun and helpful conversation today. We have Drew Dixon with us.

Drew, welcome to Family Life today.

Yeah, thanks for having me, excited to be here.

So you wrote a book called A Parents Guide to Video Games.

No, I gamer.

I mean, you better be good at this stuff.

I mean, honestly, this is what you do for a living

some people may think you're a video game junkie that's all you do but you don't do

that's just a hobby. Yeah well it's a passion project in some ways

I've been writing about video games for over a decade from a Christian perspective

and so the book was a labor of love to help parents navigate that space with their kids because there's so many parents that are at their wit's in because their kids are really into video games.

They don't know what to make of that. They don't know what to do with that.

And I wanted to help parents love their children well and point them to Christ

whether they're gamers or not.

So you're an author. Tell our listeners what else you do.

Yeah, so I am an executive editor at Penguin Random House for Waterbrook and Multnomah, so two Christian

imprints at Penguin Random House, which basically means I manage book projects.

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