The Ten Commandments

2.0

Adam J. Copeland

Stewardship of Technology in Today’s ChurchPresbytery of Middle Tennessee

Introduction

A Few Things to Remember

A Few Things to RememberInternet is relatively young

A Few Things to RememberInternet is relatively young

A Few Things to RememberInternet is relatively young

The Church needs to remain vital in a more digital era

GA Social Media Policy

“Social media has become a normal and integral part of our lives as a society. It covers an ever-evolving collection of programs and devices like Twitter, email, texting and Facebook. It might be tempting to dismiss these new technologies as tangential to the Church. They could be ignored, banned, or acknowledged. What we canʼt do is to expect that social media is not a normal part of life for many members, visitors, youth, and their families....

....Social media is not a fad, it is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.

-General Assembly, Social Media Policy

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FaithLife | DigitalLife

Ten Commandments

as Guide

Reformed Perspective on the Law

Reformed Perspective on the Law

• 3 uses of the law

Reformed Perspective on the Law

• 3 uses of the law

• 1st use: shows us our sin (moral use)

Reformed Perspective on the Law

• 3 uses of the law

• 1st use: shows us our sin (moral use)

• 2nd use: civil use (restrains behavior for the public good)

Reformed Perspective on the Law

• 3 uses of the law

• 1st use: shows us our sin (moral use)

• 2nd use: civil use (restrains behavior for the public good)

• 3rd use: primary use, pedagogical, “help a brother out” use

“Principally [the law] admonishes believers and urges them on in well doing.”

Law!

1st Commandment "You shall have no other gods

before me" (Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7).

1st Commandment

2.0

“Your cell phone is not a god, so don’t treat it that way.”

"You shall not make for yourself an idol"

(Ex. 20:4; Deut. 5:8).

2.0 Do not worship technology.

Period.

“With it, it’s not just that I remember people or

know more. I feel invincible, sociable,

better prepared. I am naked without it. With it, I’m a better person” Alone Together, p. 152

"You shall not make wrongful use of the

name of the Lord your God."

(Ex. 20:7; Deut. 5:11)

2.0When you make a comment

online, do not do so unless it’s grace-filled and charitable.

"Remember the Sabbath Day, and keep it holy" (Ex. 20:8;

Deut. 5:12)

“I would no more make a new-agey call to find inner peace than I would

encourage a return to the mimeograph. But I do believe that there

has to be a way to regularly impose some thoughtfulness, or at least calm,

into modern life – or at least my version. Once I moved beyond the fear of being unavailable and what it might cost me, I experienced what, if I wasn’t such a skeptic, I would call a lightness of being. I felt connected to myself rather than my computer. I had time to think, and distance from normal demands. I

got to stop.”

-Mark Bittman, NY Times, “I need a virtual break. no really!”

2.0"Remember sabbath extends to

digital life as well; keep it holy.” (Ex. 20:8; Deut. 5:12)

"Honor your father and your mother" (Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16).

2.0Before posting or reposting

online, double-check and think twice hereby making your father, mother, and all in authority very happy.

ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS of your cell are now on facebook!

Go to the top right of the screen, click on ACCOUNT,

click on EDIT FRIENDS, left side of screen and click

CONTACTS. You will see ALL phone numbers from your cell phone (FB friends or not) are published that you have stored

in your mobile phone. TO REMOVE, go to the right...

"You shall not murder" (Ex. 20:13; Deut. 5:17).

2.0 Use technology for peace.

"You shall not commit adultery" (Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18).

2.0 You shall not multi-life without

reflection.

“Second Life gives me a better relationship that I have in real life. This is where I feel most myself. Jade accepts who I am. My relationship with Jade makes it possible for me to stay in my marriage,

with my family.” -Alone Together

"You shall not steal" (Ex. 20:15; Deut. 5:19).

2.0 Consider your time spent on

digital life; use it wisely to glorify and enjoy God.

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex.

20:16; Deut. 5:20)

2.0You shall have access to the

most recent (and correct) ideas, information, and sources while also helping others gain equal

access.

"You shall not covet what is your neighbor's"

(Ex. 20:17; Deut. 5:21)

2.0You shall use technology to

love--and not covet--love all...yes even those people.

Final ThoughtsWorship & Technology