Encore Episode: Is Your Smartphone Changing You?

31 min • 24 oktober 2018

On today’s Encore Episode, we’re going to talk about our cell phone use and discuss whether we master our cell phones or do they master us. This podcast was on my mind because of two recent posts at Tim Challies blog on the use of our phones. I recently read the book, 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing Youby Tony Reinke and it was a challenging read.

I’m going to share with you some of what I took from that book to get us started, some thoughts on Tim Challies posting about him going back to a “dumb phone” and as we close today some questions for us to ponder from a quiz Tim Challies posted online called Are You Addicted to Your Phone? At the close, I share some ways I desire to make changes with the use of my phone in my life.

"We check our smartphones about 81,500 times each year, or once every 4.3 minutes of our waking lives."

~ Tony Reinke

I'm working on a series on marriage for the podcast in the future, and I hope to get my husband on the podcast with me so we can do a few together.I’d love you all to “meet” him. I love listening to him and learning from him. The Lord has given him much wisdom and truly being around him makes me want to be more like Jesus, so I’m thankful to get to have him share here with you all.

Scripture & Resources:

2 Corinthians 3:18

12 Ways Your Phone is Changing Youby Tony Reinke

Are You Addicted to Your Phone? (Take a Quiz to Find Out)- @Challies

I Want to Buy Your Cheapest Phone- @Challies

12 Steps to Living Smartphone Smart- @Tony Reinke at Lifeway

Don't Waste Your Mornings- @Thankful Homemaker

Podcast Ep. 6: What Does Self-Discipline Look Like in Our Homes

More Resources from Tony Reinke:

12 Tips for Parenting in the Digital Age- @Desiring God

Why We Should Escape Social Media (And Why We Don't)- @Desiring God

Know When to Walk Away (A Twelve-Step Digital Detox)- @Desiring God