World Wide Web of Sin

Our technologies are “nothing more or less than plain

expressions of our human nature.”

Frederick Allen“When Sex Drives Technological Innovation”, p. 19

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1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

A culture obsessed with technology will come to value personal convenience above almost all else, and our does.

Robert H. BorkSlouching Towards Gomorrah, p. 9

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“Every new information technology since the printing press has spawned pornography. By the early 1500s, half a century after Gutenberg, an Italian named Pietro Aretino was making his living in the business. Almost as soon as there were photographs, there were dirty photographs, and on a very large scale: A London pornographer busted in 1874 possessed 130,000 of them. As soon as there were movies, there were dirty movies.”

Frederick Allen“When Sex Drives Technological Innovation”, 19

SINS OF THE FLESHGal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5; Col. 3:5

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• Sexually explicit material designed to promote sexual arousal• Pornography “depicts erotic behavior in order to induce sexual excitement”

(Halbrook, “The Threat of Pornography: Making Sex an Idol”, p. 4)

SINS OF THE FLESHGal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5; Col. 3:5

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• Driven by fantasy and fed by lust, it objectifies women• Makes an idol of sex, Matthew 5:28• “Pornography is basically propaganda for

fornication.” (Maggie Gallagher, cited by Bork)

• Accessibility, Affordability, Anonymity, Addiction• Resist: Walk in love of Christ, Ephesians 5:1-2• Overcome: Repent, reform, refresh, Psalm 119:9-11

Psalm 27:13-14;

57:1

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• Young males most likely to engage in online gambling• 2010: $29.3 billion in online gambling• Three states have legalized it (NV, NJ, DE)• About 1700 offshore gambling websites• Goal: Deprive others of their money• Driven by greed, it feeds on lack of self-control and

loss of kindness and love• Violates the principle of stewardship

SINS OF THE FLESH1 Timothy 6:6-10; Luke 12:15

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• Gossip, backbiting, rumor mongering, evil suspicions, Proverbs 11:13; 26:20

• Mindless chatter, Proverbs 13:3; 18:21– Harshness, rudeness, character assassination– Ridicule (arrogant, unloving); Profanity and coarse

joking (vulgar), Ephesians 4:29; 5:3-4–Posting gossip, etc. crosses the line of love into the

land of bitterness and malice, Ephesians 4:31-32

SOCIAL MEDIAProverbs 14:29; 15:21

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• Unrighteous judgments, John 7:24; Proverbs 18:13; 15:28–RASH JUDGMENTS RATHER THAN READY

RESOLUTION, Proverbs 25:8-10; Matthew 5:23-26; 18:15

–APPEARANCE-BASED JUDGMENTS, John 7:24; Matthew 7:12

–MISINFORMATION (SNOPES.COM)• Self-destructive trends, 1 Corinthians 15:33-34

–THE “FIRE CHALLENGE”–LGBT / SEXUAL IDENTITY EXPERIMENTATION &

ACTIVISM

SOCIAL MEDIAProverbs 14:29; 15:21

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• Hinders effective communication, Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:6– Now, 140 character strokes pass for communication– Communication skills are being severely harmed– cf. Helping with spiritual troubles, Gal. 6:1-2; Jas. 5:19-20– Value of face-to-face communication, Proverbs 27:17

SOCIAL MEDIAProverbs 14:29; 15:21

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• Discern and test with Scripture, 1 Peter 4:11; 1 John 4:1, 6

• Human wisdom disguised as Bible teaching, Colossians 2:8–Blogs, social commentators–Bible commentaries, articles, scholarly papers…–Examine the Scriptures, Acts 17:11

HUMAN WISDOM1 Timothy 6:20-21

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• Time spent on the Internet can easily be misused

• Use your time wisely because you cannot get it back, James 4:14-15

• “Take time to be holy”

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