What the Tech?! - Acts 2 United Methodist Church

If Jesus Had an iPhone

October 15, 2023 • Dr. Mark Foster • Luke 4:16–20

If Jesus had an iPhone, how might he use it? By looking at his life and teaching, we can learn he would have us do with our technology so that we can be fully present, attentive, and loving to God and the people around us.

Truth: Discerning Fact from Fiction

October 8, 2023 • Dr. Mark Foster • Proverbs 6:16–19

As technology progresses, it’s getting harder and harder to know what’s real and what’s generated by a computer. But Jesus teaches us that discerning the truth is enormously important because, as he said, the truth will set us free.

Temptation and Technology

October 1, 2023 • Dr. Mark Foster • James 1:12–14

Since the beginning of time and by the third page of the Bible, humanity has struggled with the relationship between God, knowledge, control, and temptation. When we get it wrong, the results are catastrophic.

Social Media is a Megaphone

September 24, 2023 • Dr. Mark Foster • Ephesians 4:29

The downsides of social media are never far away. . . our teens are constantly confronted with images of people who somehow seem prettier, richer, more fashionable, and more popular. Social media takes the normal anxieties of teenage life and hypercharges them.

Alone Together

September 17, 2023 • Dr. Mark Foster

How do we relate to God and one another in this digital age? We hope you will join us this week as we look for God’s answer together to the real problem of being “Alone Together.”

Becoming Human Again

September 10, 2023 • Rev. Brandon Blacksten • Luke 8:43–48

Technology enables us to do amazing things. Yet despite these advances, our well-being is diminishing by many measures. Too often, heavy device use leaves us feeling less human when we’re done. Jesus, however, came to give us abundant life, and he shows us how we can begin to reclaim our humanity: putting relationships before technology.