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All of the work for my podcast, Breaking The Digital Spell, lives here

Guest Post: Watch Yourself

July 21, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ 1 Comment

We live in the age of the selfie. We now have the tools to take photos of ourselves looking our best in an attempt to exalt ourselves in the eyes of our friends and family. How do we exalt Christ when it is so easy to exalt ourselves?

…Is To Break The Spell (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

We were made for the life beyond the screen.

Conclusions, Part Two (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

Living in a distracted, digital age has consequences.

A Tale Of Two Realities (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

Extended reality technology is powerful. Almost too powerful.

The Useful Distraction of Smartphones (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

Smartphones are incredibly useful - and incredibly distracting.

Social Media’s Content Waterfall (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

Social media convinces us we can handle and endless waterfall of digital content. We can't.

Fire! Wire! (Episode Manuscript)

July 18, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

What's the difference between digital text and printed text? Aren't they the same thing?

Conclusions, Part One (Episode Manuscript)

July 11, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

It's time to come to some conclusions.

The Internet’s New Community (Episode Manuscript)

July 11, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

The real world is painful. The Internet offers a way out.

Walking By Faith And Sight (Episode Manuscript)

July 11, 2019June 6, 2020 ~ Austin Gravley ~ Leave a comment

"If the delivery is not the same, then the message, quite likely, is not the same." - Neil Postman

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forgot to share that we did a thing yesterday and bought the house we were renting, so that’s cool
In James 4:13-17, we find a brief excursus on those who seek to make plans for business and future profit and how the brevity of life ought to temper the confidence in our planning. It’s very likely that James has Ecclesiastes in mind in here, not only because of his conclusion that we are “mists that appear for a little time and then vanishes”, but also because of Ecclesiastes 1:3 and Solomon’s particular use of an obscure Hebrew word.
“Hebel hebel’iym, hebel hebel’iym; ha’kol hebel”. Five of the first “words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem” are the same word, and through a brilliant mastery of the Hebrew language Solomon wants to let his readers know the canvas he will be painting on will be one of vapors and mists. No matter what other shades or colors Solomon chooses to paint with, it cannot be disconnected from these first five words and the conclusion that “everything is vanity”.
This is the last of the “introductory” posts I will write on Ecclesiastes before diving into the text itself, and before I do that a brief word needs to be said on how one ought to read this book. Much of the misunderstanding, confusion, and aversion of Ecclesiastes comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what kind of book Ecclesiastes is and how one ought to read it.

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