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Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland — 346 episodes

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Our Students Are More Capable Than They Think

2

The Pope, AI, and the Discipline of Boredom

3

Stop the Summer Slip

4

AI, the Supreme Court, and Peter's Rebuke (Part 2)

5

AI, the Supreme Court, and Peter's Rebuke (Part 1)

6

Meta, Adding Boredom, and Protecting our Hearts

7

AI Boundaries, Phone Free Rooms, and Tech at Sporting Events

8

Of Mice & Owls, Ed Tech, and Tech Time Limits

9

Child Safety Online

10

Justice, Phone Free Friends, And What To Do If They Google Something Naughty

11

Space, Senility, and Hedges for Social Media

12

Every Day is Easter (Reboot)

13

The Three Best (And Worst) Uses of AI (Reboot)

14

Giving Good Adventures

15

Choosing the Right Tech for Your Child

16

Notes from the Classroom: Three Ways We Can Parent Well

17

Encore: Parenting P*rnography

18

Encore: Porn is a Lie (Newly Relevant for 2026)

19

Parenting AI: Deepfakes and S**tortion (Part 2)

20

Parenting AI: Relational AI (Part 1)

21

Parenting Video Games Well (START HERE)

22

Three Mistakes We Make Parenting Video Games (START HERE)

23

Parenting Smartphones (START HERE)

24

Following God's Call in 2026

25

Nathan's Hot Take & 2025 Year-in-Review

26

Three Advents

27

Grace & Tech

28

Tech Prodigals

29

New Creations with Tech

30

How the Gospel Overcomes Neglect

31

Parenting as New Creations

32

An Anlalog Adventure Christmas (Part 2)

33

An Analog Adventure Christmas (Part 1)

34

Where Nerds Struggle

35

Where Nerds Thrive

36

Too Much Screen Time

37

Don't Stop Praying

38

The Problem of AI and Social Media

39

Mean People Online Part 2

40

Mean People Online Part 1

41

Being a Good Friend Online

42

Using Social Media for Ministry

43

Biblical Boundaries for Social Media

44

Is My Child Ready for Social Media?

45

Social Media Safety

46

A High-Quality Tech Diet

47

Slow Down This Summer

48

Living as Pro Abundant Life (a conversation w/ Roland Warren)

49

Analog Adventure Time!

50

Setting Summer Priorities

51

Stop the Summer Slip

52

Raising Faithful Creators: Wisdom for Parents of Young Artists (w/ Master Penman Jake Weidmann)

53

Live in Victory (Walking in Freedom, Part 5)

54

Parenting in a World of P*rn (Walking in Freedom, Part 4)

55

The Good News (Walking in Freedom, Part 3)

56

Porn is Bad for Everyone (Walking in Freedom, Part 2)

57

Porn is a Lie (Walking in Freedom, Part 1)

58

Show Up

59

A Time for Everything Under the Sun

60

The Three Best (And Worst) Uses of AI

61

Every Day is Easter

62

Five Signs of Screen Overload (And What To Do)

63

Living Well in an Overstimulated World

64

Protecting Our Children Online

65

Using Strengths (And Weaknesses) for the Lord

66

Five Priorities for Raising Healthy Youth

67

Five Ways to Keep Tech Healthy on Rainy Days

68

Parenting Pornography with John-Michael Bout (Into the Light Ministries)

69

How Can I Get My Husband to Quit Gaming?

70

Parenting Video Games

71

Tech is the New Cul de Sac. Right?

72

Raising Porn-Resilient Kids

73

Using the Best Tech Well

74

Five Ways to Assess Tech Health

75

Six Questions to Ask When Choosing Tech

76

Starting the New Year with Healthy Tech

77

Best of 2024: Little Choices Matter (Talk to Teens #1)

78

Best of 2024: Intentional Parenting

79

Thank You! (A 2024 Review)

80

Talk Tech This Christmas Break

81

Keeping Tech Safe at Family Holidays

82

Intentional Time This Season

83

Analog Adventures for Christmas!

84

Saved For More Than Freedom

85

Redeeming Tech at Home

86

What To Do When Tech Goes Wrong

87

Parenting Roblox, Minecraft, and YouTube

88

Use the Best Tech (Tech Boundaries #3)

89

Location Limits for Tech (Tech Boundaries #2)

90

Set Time Limits for Tech (Tech Boundaries #1)

91

Handling Hidden Sin

92

How Do We Balance Video Games?

93

Getting More Out of Life

94

Managing Tech Mistakes With Grace

95

Celebrating God's Work This Past Year

96

Talking Tech with Your Children

97

Should Your School Go Phone Free?

98

Gospel-Centered Tech

99

The Graceful Disconnect (Author Interview with Anna Sutherland)

100

Keeping Tech Safe This Summer (Five Tech Fixes #3)

101

Making Summer Fun (Five Tech Fixes #2)

102

How Do I Manage Tech This Summer? (Five Tech Fixes, #1)

103

Sutherland Family Tech Check-In

104

What Will You Be When You Grow Up? (Talking with Teens #5)

105

Which Tech Can I Use? (Talking to Teens #4)

106

Love, Dating, and Tech (Talking to Teens #3)

107

Loving Parents Give Good Gifts (Talking to Teens #2)

108

Little Choices Matter (Talking to Teens #1)

109

Being Intentional Parents

110

Five Fixes for Unhealthy Tech

111

Helping Our Children Experience Awe (Justin Pavey Interview, 2024)

112

Our Children Need Relationships

113

What is the Good Life? (Can We Talk Series)

114

Drool Tech Makes Children Brittle

115

How Do We Know Our Identity In Christ? (Can We Talk Series)

116

We Can No Longer Say We Didn't Know

117

How Can We Know God? (Can We Talk Series)

118

The World and The Devil (Three Temptations of Tech, Part 2)

119

Three Temptations of Tech (Part 1)

120

Why is God Relevant? (Can We Talk Series)

121

My Kid Is Ready For Tech. Now What?

122

Tech and Our Children (Can We Talk Series)

123

Keeping Tech Healthy

124

Our Strange Cultural Moment (Can We Talk Series)

125

Tech is Awesome. Right?

126

CAN WE TALK: Welcome to the Conversation

127

Installing Covenant Eyes

128

Godly Manhood in a Digital Age

129

How Do I Make An iPhone Safe?

130

How to Assess and Overcome Tech Addiction

131

How Do We Talk About Pornography? (START HERE, #5)

132

When Should My Child Get a Smartphone? (START HERE, #4)

133

Which Tech Should My Child Use? (START HERE, #3)

134

How to Build a Hedge (START HERE, #2)

135

How To Know if Your Tech is Healthy (START HERE #1)

136

Preview 2024: Workshops, Books, and the Gospel

137

Thank You! (A 2023 Review)

138

204. We Need Advent

139

203. Nerd Dad Series: Part 5

140

202. Nerd Dad Series: Part 4

141

201. Nerd Dad Series: Part 3

142

200. Nerd Dad Series: Part 2

143

199. Nerd Dad Series: Part 1

144

198. Parent Questions

145

197. Raising Children in a Low-Tech Home (An Interview With My Dad)

146

196. How Can We Make Outdoors Fun? (Analog Adventures #3)

147

195. Play Something, Make Something (Analog Adventures #2)

148

194. How Can We Use Reading As An Adventure? (Analog Adventures #1)

149

193. Take a Tech Sabbath

150

192. Taking a Break from Tech

151

191. How To Talk With Our Children About Pornography

152

190. Why Your Child Doesn't Need a Phone at School

153

189. Use Tech on Purpose (Prep Tech for School #3)

154

188. Build a Hedge (Prep Tech for School #2)

155

187. The Gospel Tech Update: 2023

156

186. Assess Your Tech (Prep Tech for School #1)

157

185. Thriving in a Tech World

158

184. Summer Tech Check-In

159

183. Creating Games that Share the Gospel (Brent Dusing, TruPlay Games)

160

182. Gaining Victory over Pornography (Sam Black, The Healing Church)

161

181. Living Intentionally with Tech (Heath Wilson, Aro)

162

180. Make Space for People

163

179. Set Our Minds on the Spirit

164

178. Take Time Back from Tech

165

177. Three Benefits & Cautions of AI

166

176. Graduates in a Tech World

167

175. How Do We Abide in A Tech World?

168

174. Making Summer Fun

169

173. Prep Tech For Summer

170

172. Five Parent Questions

171

171. Three Types of Helpful Tech

172

170. Does Tech Help Us Love God Well?

173

169. Nerd Dads Raising Kids (An Interview With Justin Pavey)

174

168. What Tech Will Be Here When Jesus Returns?

175

167. What If The Hedge Isn't Enough?

176

166. Making School Devices Safe

177

165. Should My Child Use TikTok?

178

164. Can I Glorify God in Tech?

179

163. Should My Child Play Roblox?

180

162. Habit-Building Tech: Gamification with Yu-kai Chou (CEO of The Octalysis Group)

181

161. Christian Video Games (with Brent Dusing, CEO of Tru Play Games)

182

160. START HERE: Smartphones

183

159. START HERE: Pornography

184

What The Tech Series #4: Let’s Talk about The Best and Worst of Video Games

185

What The Tech Series #3: Let’s Talk Games as Service

186

What The Tech Series #2: Let’s Talk about e-Sports

187

What The Tech Series #1: Let’s Talk Gamer Rage

188

158. START HERE: Video Games

189

157. START HERE: Building Tech Trust

190

156. START HERE: Adopting New Tech

191

155. START HERE: How Do We Know If Our Tech Is Healthy?

192

154. Happy 2023! A Year of Hope

193

153. Best of 2022: Finding a Balance with Video Games

194

152. Living In Light Of The Three Advents

195

151. Analog Adventures Made Easy This Christmas

196

150. What To Do With Tech When Family Visits

197

149. Making Tech Safe for Christmas

198

148. Let's Talk Tech & Christmas (with Anna!)

199

147. Thankfulness in a Digital World

200

146. Wonder in a Digital World

201

145. Hope in a Digital World

202

144. Our Daughters, Social Media, and Comparison. An interview with Kristen Clark, Girl Defined

203

143. Building Tech Trust (Part 2)

204

142. Building Tech Trust (Part 1)

205

141. Back to School #7: Analog Adventures

206

140. (BONUS) Back to School Review: Anna Edition

207

139. Back to School #6: How Do We Keep the Internet Safe at Home?

208

138. (Bonus) Back to School #5 (Part 2): How to Know if Gaming is Healthy

209

137. Back to School #5: Finding Balance with Video Games

210

136. (Bonus) Back to School #4 (part 2): Being a Friend Means Being Present

211

135. Back to School #4: Making Friends in a Social Media World

212

134. (Bonus) Back to School #3 (Part 2): Three Examples of New Tech Conversations

213

133. Back to School #3: What to do When Your Child Asks for New Tech

214

132. Back to School #2: Three Steps to Healthy Tech

215

131. Back to School: RESET Healthy Tech

216

130. Crash Course #7: Back to School with Roger Smith

217

129. Crash Course #6: RESET & RENEW

218

128. Crash Course #5: Smart Phones

219

127. Crash Course #4: Social Media

220

126. Crash Course #3: Pornography

221

125. Crash Course #2: Video Games

222

124. Crash Course #1: Gospel Foundation

223

123. Full Disclosure: The Sutherland Fam's Tech Plans

224

122. How Can We Disciple Our Children in a Tech World?

225

121. Question From a Parent: How Can I Make the Internet Safe at Home?

226

120. Five Adventures for Summer

227

119. How Do We Handle Hard Times?

228

118. Tech Prep for Summer

229

117. Let's Talk Safe Tech, a Conversation with Chris McKenna of Protect Young Eyes

230

116. Three Lessons From Our First Work Trip!

231

115. Conversation With a Gamer, an Interview With Micah Roberts

232

114. How To Have High Expectation For Our Children With Tech

233

113. Intentional Tech With Reilly Flynn, Co-Founder of Lome

234

112. Porn Resilience, Healthy Youth, And Family Adventures With Greta Eskridge

235

111. Five Reasons To Delay A Smartphone For Your Child

236

110. Three Things Parents Need To Know About Tech

237

109. Practical Steps To Tech Freedom, An Interview With Josh Ramsey Co-founder Of Be In Touch

238

108. Friends In A Digital World

239

107. Talking Through Our Family’s Tech Journey

240

106. RESET & RENEW: How Can We Take Charge Of Tech Today?

241

105. Healthy Tech: An Interview With Doug Smith, Author of [Un]Intentional

242

104. Parenting With Curiosity In A Tech World

243

103. Parenting With Kindness In A Tech World

244

102. Parenting With Humility In A Tech World

245

101. What The Tech?! With Justin Pavey

246

100. The Three Healthy-Tech Steps We Hope Every Family Takes

247

99. Tech, Quarantine, and Autism: A Conversation With Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician Brandon Cole

248

98. Three Tech Resolutions For 2022

249

97. Three Advents

250

96. Anna's Back! Christmas Edition.

251

95. Game Like You Love Your Life

252

94. Permission To Parent

253

93. Shepherding A Child's Tech

254

92. We All Need A Little More Romans 8:1 In Our Lives

255

91. Why Is The Gospel Our Standard For Tech?

256

90. How to Make An Awesome Analog Christmas

257

89. Three Encouragements For Parents

258

88. We Were Made For Adventure!

259

87. How Do We Talk With Our Kids About Tech?

260

86. What Can We Do About Pornography?

261

85. Seven Small Bytes For Healthy Tech

262

84. A Great Reminder For Back To School: An Interview with Roger Smith

263

83. Why Do We Need Transparent Tech?

264

82. Back To School! How Can We Keep Our Tech Healthy?

265

81. Social Media, Comparison, And The Lie Of Pastor Porn

266

80. How Can We Create Amazing Analog Adventures?

267

79. Should My Child Use Social Media?

268

78. Should My Child Play Video Games?

269

77. What Are You Living For?

270

76. One Thing Every Family Can Do To Have Healthier Tech

271

75. Do Screens Rot Our Brains?

272

74. What Can We Do Instead Of Unhealthy Tech?

273

73. Is All Tech The Same?

274

72. How Do We Make Safe Tech Homes?

275

71. Is My Child's Tech Use Healthy?

276

70. Gaming And The Gospel

277

69. Why Should We Connect The Gospel To Our Tech?

278

68. "I sure wish...", setting tech standards for our families

279

67. Three Steps Every Parent Can Take With Tech

280

66. How To Spot An Addictive Video Game.

281

65. Three Ways Your Family Can Have Healthier Tech

282

64. We Must Engage News With The Gospel

283

63. Are Video Games Addictive?

284

62. When Should My Child Get A Smartphone?

285

61. What Do We Do With Tech Prodigals?

286

60. The Art of the Dumb Phone: An interview with Chris Kaspar of Techless

287

59. How Should The Gospel Impact Our Social Media?

288

58. "You Love Your Tech More Than You Love Me".

289

57. How Do I Keep The Internet Safe For My Child?

290

56. Parents: Let's Make Time For God's Word

291

55. The First Anniversary Episode!

292

54. Seven Steps To Healthy Tech (Part 2)

293

53. Seven Steps To Healthy Tech (Part 1)

294

52. How Can We Find Ways To Say Yes To Analog Adventures?

295

51. We Got Rid Of Our TV!

296

50. What Can I Do If My Tech Isn't Healthy?

297

49. How Do I Know If My Tech Use Is Healthy?

298

48. The Gospel Tech Handbook (Part 2)

299

47. The Gospel Tech Handbook (Part 1)

300

46. Connecting Our Tech To Advent

301

45. Interview with David Murrow: Drowning In Screen Time

302

44. The Second Conversation Every Parent Must Have With Their Child

303

43. Re-Establish Fun: Reading Books

304

42. Re-Establishing Fun: Board Game Edition

305

41. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries for Sleep

306

40. Interview with Dina Alexander: Educate and Empower Kids

307

39. So You Already Gave Your Child a Smartphone...What Now?

308

38. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries: Accountability vs. Control

309

37. The Social Dilemma

310

36. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries With Others

311

35. What Should We Do Instead of Drool Tech?

312

34. A Step-by-Step Walkthrough: Making a Family Tech Framework

313

33. How To Make a Family Tech Policy

314

32. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries

315

31. Interview with Roger Smith

316

30. The Gospel Empowers Us

317

29. The Gospel Enables Optimism

318

28. The Gospel Establishes Truth

319

27. The Gospel Eradicates Passivity

320

26. The Gospel Eliminates Arrogance

321

25. The Introduction To A Gospel Filter

322

24. Why Your Child Doesn't Need a Smartphone

323

23. Recalling Parenting Truths

324

22. Rob Mayer - Connecting the Gospel

325

21. Seven Lies Tech Tells Us

326

20. How Do We Address Pornography With Our Kids? (with Greta Eskridge)

327

19. Pursuing Our Kids

328

18. The Lie of Anonymity

329

17. Make Your Smart Phone a Dumb Phone

330

16. How Do I Raise Kids Who Love God?

331

15. We Had To Make a Screentime Schedule!

332

14. Top 4 Questions Parents Ask About Tech

333

13. The Perks of Being Unavailable

334

12. Transparent Tech

335

11. Creating Analog Adventures

336

10. Tech Wins

337

9. The Importance of Boredom

338

8. Creating Rhythms of Intentional Tech Freedom

339

7. Four Encouragements Amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic

340

6. Three Tech Tools Every Family Should Have

341

5. What the Tech?! with Justin Pavey

342

4. Which Video Games Should My Child Play?

343

2. How Do I Know When Tech Is Healthy?

344

1. Tech Boundaries

345

3. Awesome Alternative Activities

346

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