Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
TECHNOLOGY ANXIETY
Disconnect Anxiety Solutions Research Group claims 27% of the population suffers increased levels of anxiety when separated from their cell phones or the Internet, and that a further 41% suffer
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 14, 2012
RELYING ON TECHNOLOGY
The following two news stories come from Reuters:
"A Ukraine businessman who bought a pager for each member of his staff as a New Year gift was so alarmed when all 50 of them went off at the same time that he drove his car into a lamp post. The unnamed businessman was
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 15, 2006
Spy Badges Technology now offers employee ID badges that are read by computer-based mapping programs that track employees within a building or business campus every second. Hospitals use them to quickly locate doctors, but they can also reveal who spends too
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Automation is a technological process that does all the work while you just sit there. When you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Technology is the science that produces more and more inventions and less and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
The Carnegie Technological Institute has stated that 90% of all people who fail in their life’s vocation fail
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2001
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Apollo 11 was a tribute to modern technology: No foul ups; no glitches. Man had accomplished the impossible without a hitch. In fact Apollo missions 11 and 12 were so error-free they seemed almost routine. The world resumed breathing. The television ratings for moonwalks began to decline. When
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 17, 2012
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MORE FROM TECHNOLOGY, LESS FROM ONE ANOTHER
Sherry Turkle, a professor at M.I.T. and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, has spent the last 15 years studying how our "plugged-in lives" have changed who we are. She claims that all of our
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Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
Love/Hate Technology: An annual MIT survey found that among adults asked what invention they hate most but can’t live without, 30% said the cell phone. Alarm clocks were a close second at 25%, followed by the television at 23% and razors at 14%. Microwave ovens, computers, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Called Pay By Touch, a new technology lets consumers pay for purchases with a finger scan linked to their financial accounts. The technology eliminates the need to carry credit or loyalty cards, checks or cash for purchase. A few southern Piggly Wiggly stores are already using
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
Coming Change: 56% of technology experts agree that as telecommuting and home-schooling expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish and family dynamics will change. There is notable agreement among the experts that in the next 10 years the internet will be more deeply integrated in
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
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-When we rely upon education, we get what education can do;
-When we rely upon skill, we get what skill can do;
-When we rely upon technology, we get what technology can do;
-When we rely upon organization, we get
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Denomination:
Congregational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Video Church- About 1,000 churches, mostly evangelical, use remote feeds, live or via DVD. In ‘05, 91% of mega-churches used the technology, up from 65% in ‘00, states a Hartford Seminary survey. Many Christians have taken to “godcasts” through video churches. Video technology allows leaders of
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 17, 2009
INTELLIGENCE ISN'T ALWAYS SMART
A French nuclear submarine and an English nuclear submarine ran into each other without knowing it this week. Clearly, having modern technology and intelligence does not mean you are smart. You would think with all the technology and intelligence in the world, our
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Denomination:
Pentecostal