12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

By: Tony Reinke

Narrated by: Tom Parks

When the smartphone was introduced, many of us quickly adopted it into our lives - too quickly to stop and think about the future costs we were unboxing along with the device. Now blessed with this revolutionary piece of handheld technology, we try to wield it with wisdom, fending off anxieties about how our digital habits impact our spiritual health.

Drawing on the insights of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, writer Tony Reinke identifies 12 potent ways our smartphones have changed our lives - for good and ill. Reinke calls us to cultivate healthy habits for smartphone use in the digital age, encouraging us to be grateful for technological advance, develop skills aimed at maximizing the blessing that we (and others) can receive through our phones, and grow in the wisdom we need to avoid the many pitfalls that exist with such a powerful tool.

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Required reading for all Christians!

I loved this book!! More enlightening than convicting in discerning our own online habits & hearts. Every Christian should read this book. Technology changes all of us, but it doesn't have to be for the worse. As long as we alert ourselves to it's snags, we can learn to control it, not the other way around.

Better than I expected!

Rich with biblical wisdom and application—life changing; be ready to closely examine your motives for why you use your phone and take the next step.

makes you think

With the rapid rise of technology this book will really help you understand the impact on your life and help you plan for the future.

Christian Perspective on Technology

As a tech leader I am always interested in perspective on technology from the average technology consumer. I found this book was frustrating but worthwhile.

It was frustrating because the author would not stop talking about Jesus. I wanted more discussion about technology but all this dude can talk about is God. But, that's the point. The author tends more towards Huxley's Brave New World than Orwell's 1984. And as such makes the case that technology should serve creation.

I was glad I took a break from the stuff I was consuming and dwelled on the larger picture for a time with Me Reinke.

Making our phones truly enhance our lives

Appreciated authors thoughtful look at the impact of our smartphone use on our happiness. Helps see how to use and how not to use phones to reach our goals. Helped put the phone in its powerful useful dangerous place.