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Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland
Gospel Tech is a resource for parents who are feeling outpaced and overwhelmed as they raise children in a tech world.
Our goal: Equip parents with the tools, resources, and confidence they need to raise kids who love God and use tech.
Gospel Tech’s mission is to equip families to love God and use tech. We want to empower parents to:
Talk about healthy tech
Communicate the Gospel
Connect the hope of the Gospel to their everyday tech lives
Introduction to Gospel Tech
Three years ago I (Nathan)…
Episodes
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland129. Crash Course #6: RESET & RENEW
There's lots of good information out there on tech. You can watch a documentary, read a book, or review the research. But often ingesting that information…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland128. Crash Course #5: Smart Phones
There’s a really good chance your child has asked you to get them a smartphone. My first conversation was with my oldest child when he was in kindergarten. His…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland127. Crash Course #4: Social Media
Should my child be on social media? This question can feel loaded, but it doesn’t have to be. Social media conversations are fraught with strong opinions, a…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland126. Crash Course #3: Pornography
Pornography is real and it is hurting the minds of our children. 7/10 tweens and 8/10 teens will encounter nudity or content of a sexual nature online (Bark…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland125. Crash Course #2: Video Games
There is a lot of new tech out there. As parents, we often ask: Should my child use _________ (insert new amazing device)? To help us answer this question we…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland124. Crash Course #1: Gospel Foundation
Welcome to Week #1 of the Gospel Tech Crash Course! Each week this summer we’re going to address the most-asked questions from families, starting this week…
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123. Full Disclosure: The Sutherland Fam's Tech Plans
Over the last few weeks we’ve talked a lot about what we should do to have an intentional summer full of healthful fun and healthy tech. This week Anna and I…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland122. How Can We Disciple Our Children in a Tech World?
We are called to disciple our children in the way they should go, but how? Today we're going to address what discipleship looks like in a tech world, and how…
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121. Question From a Parent: How Can I Make the Internet Safe at Home?
This past week I received a message from a concerned parent: "How can I keep the internet safe for my children at home?" She shared that a family friend…
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120. Five Adventures for Summer
We’ve been talking deeply about what it looks like to prep for summer, to live life intentionally in light of the Gospel, and today we’re going to talk about…
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119. How Do We Handle Hard Times?
Today is a unique episode: I couldn’t fall asleep because this podcast was burning a hole in my brain. That’s never happened before. In fact, I had another…
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118. Tech Prep for Summer
Summer time is amazing because it’s a break from the norm. Even though workdays continue at the same old pace, the weather changes, our kiddos are out and…
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117. Let's Talk Safe Tech, a Conversation with Chris McKenna of Protect Young Eyes
Chris McKenna is a former CPA with Ernst and Young, turned youth pastor, turned family tech specialist and youth advocate. As you will hear in our conversation…
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116. Three Lessons From Our First Work Trip!
We are hot on the heels of our first-ever work trip. It involved five talks in three days, a pair of cross-country flights, and three lessons that are amazing…
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115. Conversation With a Gamer, an Interview With Micah Roberts
Today we get a special treat: A conversation with my friend and former student, Micah Roberts. Micah is an avid gamer, he's gamed since before he can remember…
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114. How To Have High Expectation For Our Children With Tech
Having high expectations doesn't mean being unreasonable or mean. It means knowing what our children are capable of, and acting towards that belief in hope not…
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113. Intentional Tech With Reilly Flynn, Co-Founder of Lome
Today we have a chance to talk with Reilly Flynn, Co-Founder of Lome and someone who has dedicated his life to pursuing Christ in all avenues, including…
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112. Porn Resilience, Healthy Youth, And Family Adventures With Greta Eskridge
Greta joins us again for another great conversation about raising healthy youth, porn resilience, and how adventure is an amazing vessel for relationship with…
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111. Five Reasons To Delay A Smartphone For Your Child
There’s a really good chance your child has asked you to get them a smartphone. My first conversation was with my oldest child when he was in kindergarten. His…
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110. Three Things Parents Need To Know About Tech
Tech can be a confusing topic for many parents, but not anymore! In today's conversation we're going to tackle the three things every parent needs to know when…
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109. Practical Steps To Tech Freedom, An Interview With Josh Ramsey Co-founder Of Be In Touch
Josh is co-founder of Be In Touch, an organization focused on educating families about digital wellness. In today's conversation we get to hear how God set…
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108. Friends In A Digital World
Our kids are going to ask us, at some point, to use tech and their argument will sound something like: "All of my friends are on there!" So what do we do? As…
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107. Talking Through Our Family’s Tech Journey
Today Anna and Nathan assess the tech use of their own family using the resources of RESET and RENEW. They talk Tool & Drool Tech, and Nathan gets one…
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106. RESET & RENEW: How Can We Take Charge Of Tech Today?
There's lots of good information out there on tech. You can watch a documentary, read a book, or review the research. But often ingesting that information…
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105. Healthy Tech: An Interview With Doug Smith, Author of [Un]Intentional
Doug is a computer programmer, speaker on tech health, and author of the book [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires And How You Can Break…
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104. Parenting With Curiosity In A Tech World
Today's conversation builds on the last two, and can be summed up simply as: Being humble & kind will make us curious. When I’m humble enough to realize I have…
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103. Parenting With Kindness In A Tech World
The second attribute we need as parents when raising healthy youth in a tech world is Kindness. It’s going to impact our tech parenting in three ways. Kindness…
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102. Parenting With Humility In A Tech World
Parenting healthy youth in a tech world is about more than just the right rules. It requires humility, which allows us to make two key realizations: Our…
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101. What The Tech?! With Justin Pavey
22 months ago Justin Pavey and I took to the microphones to talk all things tech, nerd, and adulting. Today we continue that conversation, discussing…
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100. The Three Healthy-Tech Steps We Hope Every Family Takes
We made it to episode 100! We are so excited to share this episode with you, so grateful for the fact that we have the chance, and we look forward to seeing…
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99. Tech, Quarantine, and Autism: A Conversation With Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician Brandon Cole
The changes to daily life have impacted all of us, but how have they impacted our children with special needs? Specifically, if I have a child with…
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98. Three Tech Resolutions For 2022
We've all got one resolution for this year: Win at tech. It's been two straight years of bad tech habits and feeling like we "should" do better, and now we're…
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97. Three Advents
This Christmas I (Nathan) am picking up a tradition passed along by my papa Pete: Every Christmas Eve Papa would sit us down and read the Christmas story from…
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96. Anna's Back! Christmas Edition.
Anna's back! It has been a LONG time, 48 episodes to be exact, since we were last graced by Anna's presence on this podcast. We get an update, talk tech, kids…
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95. Game Like You Love Your Life
There is a lot of new tech coming out for Christmas, and the Q is asked: Should I get get my child (insert new amazing tech) device? To help, we want reviews…
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94. Permission To Parent
Sometimes I feel like I need permission to parent. It's not that I feel I'm doing a bad job, but I just feel like I'm in over my head. In business, teaching…
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93. Shepherding A Child's Tech
There’s a solid book on parenting written by Ted Tripp called Shephering Your Child’s Heart. It’s worth a read. I just reread it and realized there isn’t…
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92. We All Need A Little More Romans 8:1 In Our Lives
We are all experts at judging ourselves. We are incredibly critical of our flaws, mistakes, and shortcomings. One reaction to these harsh critiques is to make…
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91. Why Is The Gospel Our Standard For Tech?
I often get asked “But why is it Gospel Tech?” Why not just something like ‘Healthy Tech’ or something that focuses on making good tech decisions? The answer…
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90. How to Make An Awesome Analog Christmas
Christmas is coming and, given the oddities with logistics and shipping in this 2021 Covid year, I decided to address healthy-tech Christmas choices early…
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89. Three Encouragements For Parents
Parenting can be tough! In this digital world it's easy to feel like you're constantly one step behind. There are just so many apps, games, websites, videos…
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88. We Were Made For Adventure!
We were made for adventure. The God of the universe saw all he made and said "Let's make men and women in our image" (Gen. 1:27), and in the process we bring…
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87. How Do We Talk With Our Kids About Tech?
Digital tech is everywhere, and it can be an amazing blessing. But how do we know when it's a blessing and when it's a distraction? Even more importantly, how…
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86. What Can We Do About Pornography?
Pornography is real and it is hurting our children's minds. 7/10 tweens and 8/10 teens will encounter nudity or content of a sexual nature online (Bark…
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85. Seven Small Bytes For Healthy Tech
What can we do with the Gospel when it comes to tech? What can we do, starting today, to apply the tech to our lives in faith? Today's conversation gives seven…
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84. A Great Reminder For Back To School: An Interview with Roger Smith
Roger Smith is a 30+ year educator, the VP of a national sports camp, a parent of two young adults, and a major advocate for young people growing up in a tech…
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83. Why Do We Need Transparent Tech?
We need to have transparent tech. Many of our digital devices are branded with the idea of freedom, privacy, and personal exultation: Our shows are selected…
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82. Back To School! How Can We Keep Our Tech Healthy?
It’s back to school time! So how do we keep our technology safe? Or, for many of us, how do we push tech back into the normal little box we used to keep it in?…
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81. Social Media, Comparison, And The Lie Of Pastor Porn
We have a problem with comparison. We are constantly trying to decide if we’re good enough for God, as parents, as citizens, based on how we perceive we rank…
Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland80. How Can We Create Amazing Analog Adventures?
It can be easy to tell when our children are unhealthy with their tech (check out episodes, 71, 54, 53, 49 and many others!), but what should we do about it?…
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79. Should My Child Use Social Media?
Should our children be on social media? This conversation can feel loaded. Kids often believe it includes a request for a smartphone (because which kid…
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78. Should My Child Play Video Games?
Should our children play video games? More than 2/3 of Americans play video games, and it's a fairly even split between males and females (although mays tend…
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77. What Are You Living For?
What gets you out of bed every morning? There is a difference between making through today, and living with the legacy God has given us. Legacy is a word…
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76. One Thing Every Family Can Do To Have Healthier Tech
Healthy tech doesn't have to be elusive or overwhelming. In fact, it can be practical, accessible, and something you can begin to live out today. With our…
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75. Do Screens Rot Our Brains?
We’ve all seen it: someone we know uses a screen and comes away distracted, moody, forgetful, or just a little bit off: broken commitments, dropping friends…
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74. What Can We Do Instead Of Unhealthy Tech?
Healthy tech takes work. It requires we remove the unhealthy and replace it with _________, what? Alternatives seem daunting when we're talking about replacing…
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73. Is All Tech The Same?
It's important to understand what we mean when we say "tech". Is it anything that plugs into a wall? Anything with a screen? Our answer will determine how we…
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72. How Do We Make Safe Tech Homes?
Safe tech is about more than simply having good rules. We need to get beyond good guidelines and talk about the basis of making our homes safe from the inside…
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71. Is My Child's Tech Use Healthy?
We hear lots of scary stuff about tech: unhealthy screen time addiction to tech dopamine triggers increasing depression and anxiety lurking bullies and…
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70. Gaming And The Gospel
How does the Gospel effect our entertainment? Specifically, how does the good news of Jesus Christ impact our gaming? This is more than simply knowing the…