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The Price of an iPhone Generation<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 I think they\u2019re on to something here.<\/p>\n

I have an iPhone myself, and I would encourage most people to embrace the technology (in a sense, we don\u2019t have much of a choice), but it\u2019s so important to think deeply and become aware of the dangers not only for the individual using this technology, but also for the culture who will collectively embrace this technology.<\/p>\n

There are many cultural pitfalls that secular culture will fall directly into without a second thought. My worry is that the church will be susceptible to the same pitfalls.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"