Jay Y. Kim
Autore di Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age
Sull'Autore
Jay Y. Kim is pastor of teaching and leadership at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California. He also serves on the core leadership team of the ReGeneration Project and cohosts the ReGeneration Podcast. He lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children.
Opere di Jay Y. Kim
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- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 124
- Popolarità
- #161,165
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 10
By making helpful connections to the fruit of the Holy Spirit, this book explains how we can build the values of contentment, resilience, and wisdom in our lives in light of the digital world’s ability to have just the opposite effects on us, causing unhealthy comparison, persistent discontentment, ungodly self-indulgence, and more.
The book rightly echoes the truth of how the world of social media is changing us and causing many to be addicted to it. In fact, the book points out that this is what those behind social media want it, so that we will give more of our time to the frenetic, never-satisfying ilk that it often is. The Analog Christian is a perfect reminder of these things, again fueling us to say no to allowing the digital world to fool us into giving it so much of our time. With the focus on the fruit of the Spirit, the reader is drawn into the things that truly matter, qualities that we should seek to grow in in our daily lives.
The only frustration I had with the book was when something would be written as “this is why _______ said…,” but it the *why* of what they said actually can’t be 100% known for certain. For example, the book might say, “This is why Paul begins and ends his letter to the Romans” in such and such way, rather than “Perhaps this is why Paul…” Maybe I’m just being picky, but it bothers me when anyone does that unless the Bible explicitly says why, especially because I know those in my generation and younger would likely pick something like this apart in an unhelpful way to their faith.
All in all, The Analog Christian contains a essential, timely message for our time, especially for those born in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and younger. Just as I found in this book myself, the reader is bound to discover a vast wealth of wisdom, wisdom that we desperately need to understand and to heed. By taking this book’s message to heart, we can take back the reigns from a world of smartphones and social media which so often affects us adversely and seeks to influence us in problematic ways.
I received an advanced reader copy of this book for free from Netgalley, and am leaving this review voluntarily. All opinions are my own.… (altro)