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Gospel Tech with Nathan Sutherland — 358 episodes

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1

For Youth: Guarding and Building Up Our Tech

2

Using the Best Tech Well

3

Sleep, Screens, and Free Time (Back to School!)

4

Celebrating 10 Years of God Providing

5

A Simple Tech Standard: Is it Safe, Ready, Good?

6

A Gospel Standard for Our Tech

7

How Do We Raise Up Our Kids?

8

The Gospel in a Tech World

9

Talking About P*rn with Our Daughters, an Interview with Kristen Jenson - Part 2

10

Talking About P*rn with Our Daughters, an Interview with Kristen Jenson - Part 1

11

Our Kids Need Healthy Boundaries (Lessons from Teaching, Part 3)

12

Our Kids Love Real Life Adventures (Lessons from Teaching, Part 2)

13

Our Students Are More Capable Than They Think

14

The Pope, AI, and the Discipline of Boredom

15

Stop the Summer Slip

16

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

17

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

18

Meta, Adding Boredom, and Protecting our Hearts

19

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

20

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

21

Child Safety Online

22

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

23

Space, Senility, and Hedges for Social Media

24

Every Day is Easter (Reboot)

25

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

26

Giving Good Adventures

27

Choosing the Right Tech for Your Child

28

Notes from the Classroom: Three Ways We Can Parent Well

29

Encore: Parenting P*rnography

30

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

31

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

32

Parenting AI: Relational AI (Part 1)

33

Parenting Video Games Well (START HERE)

34

Three Mistakes We Make Parenting Video Games (START HERE)

35

Parenting Smartphones (START HERE)

36

Following God's Call in 2026

37

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

38

Three Advents

39

Grace & Tech

40

Tech Prodigals

41

New Creations with Tech

42

How the Gospel Overcomes Neglect

43

Parenting as New Creations

44

An Anlalog Adventure Christmas (Part 2)

45

An Analog Adventure Christmas (Part 1)

46

Where Nerds Struggle

47

Where Nerds Thrive

48

Too Much Screen Time

49

Don't Stop Praying

50

The Problem of AI and Social Media

51

Mean People Online Part 2

52

Mean People Online Part 1

53

Being a Good Friend Online

54

Using Social Media for Ministry

55

Biblical Boundaries for Social Media

56

Is My Child Ready for Social Media?

57

Social Media Safety

58

A High-Quality Tech Diet

59

Slow Down This Summer

60

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

61

Analog Adventure Time!

62

Setting Summer Priorities

63

Stop the Summer Slip

64

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

65

Live in Victory (Walking in Freedom, Part 5)

66

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

67

The Good News (Walking in Freedom, Part 3)

68

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

69

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

70

Show Up

71

A Time for Everything Under the Sun

72

The Three Best (And Worst) Uses of AI

73

Every Day is Easter

74

Five Signs of Screen Overload (And What To Do)

75

Living Well in an Overstimulated World

76

Protecting Our Children Online

77

Using Strengths (And Weaknesses) for the Lord

78

Five Priorities for Raising Healthy Youth

79

Five Ways to Keep Tech Healthy on Rainy Days

80

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

81

How Can I Get My Husband to Quit Gaming?

82

Parenting Video Games

83

Tech is the New Cul de Sac. Right?

84

Raising Porn-Resilient Kids

85

Using the Best Tech Well

86

Five Ways to Assess Tech Health

87

Six Questions to Ask When Choosing Tech

88

Starting the New Year with Healthy Tech

89

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

90

Best of 2024: Intentional Parenting

91

Thank You! (A 2024 Review)

92

Talk Tech This Christmas Break

93

Keeping Tech Safe at Family Holidays

94

Intentional Time This Season

95

Analog Adventures for Christmas!

96

Saved For More Than Freedom

97

Redeeming Tech at Home

98

What To Do When Tech Goes Wrong

99

Parenting Roblox, Minecraft, and YouTube

100

Use the Best Tech (Tech Boundaries #3)

101

Location Limits for Tech (Tech Boundaries #2)

102

Set Time Limits for Tech (Tech Boundaries #1)

103

Handling Hidden Sin

104

How Do We Balance Video Games?

105

Getting More Out of Life

106

Managing Tech Mistakes With Grace

107

Celebrating God's Work This Past Year

108

Talking Tech with Your Children

109

Should Your School Go Phone Free?

110

Gospel-Centered Tech

111

The Graceful Disconnect (Author Interview with Anna Sutherland)

112

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

113

Making Summer Fun (Five Tech Fixes #2)

114

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

115

Sutherland Family Tech Check-In

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

Little Choices Matter (Talking to Teens #1)

121

Being Intentional Parents

122

Five Fixes for Unhealthy Tech

123

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

124

Our Children Need Relationships

125

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

126

Drool Tech Makes Children Brittle

127

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

128

We Can No Longer Say We Didn't Know

129

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

130

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

131

Three Temptations of Tech (Part 1)

132

Why is God Relevant? (Can We Talk Series)

133

My Kid Is Ready For Tech. Now What?

134

Tech and Our Children (Can We Talk Series)

135

Keeping Tech Healthy

136

Our Strange Cultural Moment (Can We Talk Series)

137

Tech is Awesome. Right?

138

CAN WE TALK: Welcome to the Conversation

139

Installing Covenant Eyes

140

Godly Manhood in a Digital Age

141

How Do I Make An iPhone Safe?

142

How to Assess and Overcome Tech Addiction

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

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

147

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

148

Preview 2024: Workshops, Books, and the Gospel

149

Thank You! (A 2023 Review)

150

204. We Need Advent

151

203. Nerd Dad Series: Part 5

152

202. Nerd Dad Series: Part 4

153

201. Nerd Dad Series: Part 3

154

200. Nerd Dad Series: Part 2

155

199. Nerd Dad Series: Part 1

156

198. Parent Questions

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

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

161

193. Take a Tech Sabbath

162

192. Taking a Break from Tech

163

191. How To Talk With Our Children About Pornography

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

187. The Gospel Tech Update: 2023

168

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

169

185. Thriving in a Tech World

170

184. Summer Tech Check-In

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

180. Make Space for People

175

179. Set Our Minds on the Spirit

176

178. Take Time Back from Tech

177

177. Three Benefits & Cautions of AI

178

176. Graduates in a Tech World

179

175. How Do We Abide in A Tech World?

180

174. Making Summer Fun

181

173. Prep Tech For Summer

182

172. Five Parent Questions

183

171. Three Types of Helpful Tech

184

170. Does Tech Help Us Love God Well?

185

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

186

168. What Tech Will Be Here When Jesus Returns?

187

167. What If The Hedge Isn't Enough?

188

166. Making School Devices Safe

189

165. Should My Child Use TikTok?

190

164. Can I Glorify God in Tech?

191

163. Should My Child Play Roblox?

192

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

193

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

194

160. START HERE: Smartphones

195

159. START HERE: Pornography

196

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

197

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

198

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

199

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

200

158. START HERE: Video Games

201

157. START HERE: Building Tech Trust

202

156. START HERE: Adopting New Tech

203

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

204

154. Happy 2023! A Year of Hope

205

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

206

152. Living In Light Of The Three Advents

207

151. Analog Adventures Made Easy This Christmas

208

150. What To Do With Tech When Family Visits

209

149. Making Tech Safe for Christmas

210

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

211

147. Thankfulness in a Digital World

212

146. Wonder in a Digital World

213

145. Hope in a Digital World

214

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

215

143. Building Tech Trust (Part 2)

216

142. Building Tech Trust (Part 1)

217

141. Back to School #7: Analog Adventures

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

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

225

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

226

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

227

131. Back to School: RESET Healthy Tech

228

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

229

129. Crash Course #6: RESET & RENEW

230

128. Crash Course #5: Smart Phones

231

127. Crash Course #4: Social Media

232

126. Crash Course #3: Pornography

233

125. Crash Course #2: Video Games

234

124. Crash Course #1: Gospel Foundation

235

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

236

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

237

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

238

120. Five Adventures for Summer

239

119. How Do We Handle Hard Times?

240

118. Tech Prep for Summer

241

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

242

116. Three Lessons From Our First Work Trip!

243

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

244

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

245

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

246

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

247

111. Five Reasons To Delay A Smartphone For Your Child

248

110. Three Things Parents Need To Know About Tech

249

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

250

108. Friends In A Digital World

251

107. Talking Through Our Family’s Tech Journey

252

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

253

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

254

104. Parenting With Curiosity In A Tech World

255

103. Parenting With Kindness In A Tech World

256

102. Parenting With Humility In A Tech World

257

101. What The Tech?! With Justin Pavey

258

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

259

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

260

98. Three Tech Resolutions For 2022

261

97. Three Advents

262

96. Anna's Back! Christmas Edition.

263

95. Game Like You Love Your Life

264

94. Permission To Parent

265

93. Shepherding A Child's Tech

266

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

267

91. Why Is The Gospel Our Standard For Tech?

268

90. How to Make An Awesome Analog Christmas

269

89. Three Encouragements For Parents

270

88. We Were Made For Adventure!

271

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

272

86. What Can We Do About Pornography?

273

85. Seven Small Bytes For Healthy Tech

274

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

275

83. Why Do We Need Transparent Tech?

276

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

277

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

278

80. How Can We Create Amazing Analog Adventures?

279

79. Should My Child Use Social Media?

280

78. Should My Child Play Video Games?

281

77. What Are You Living For?

282

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

283

75. Do Screens Rot Our Brains?

284

74. What Can We Do Instead Of Unhealthy Tech?

285

73. Is All Tech The Same?

286

72. How Do We Make Safe Tech Homes?

287

71. Is My Child's Tech Use Healthy?

288

70. Gaming And The Gospel

289

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

290

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

291

67. Three Steps Every Parent Can Take With Tech

292

66. How To Spot An Addictive Video Game.

293

65. Three Ways Your Family Can Have Healthier Tech

294

64. We Must Engage News With The Gospel

295

63. Are Video Games Addictive?

296

62. When Should My Child Get A Smartphone?

297

61. What Do We Do With Tech Prodigals?

298

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

299

59. How Should The Gospel Impact Our Social Media?

300

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

301

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

302

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

303

55. The First Anniversary Episode!

304

54. Seven Steps To Healthy Tech (Part 2)

305

53. Seven Steps To Healthy Tech (Part 1)

306

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

307

51. We Got Rid Of Our TV!

308

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

309

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

310

48. The Gospel Tech Handbook (Part 2)

311

47. The Gospel Tech Handbook (Part 1)

312

46. Connecting Our Tech To Advent

313

45. Interview with David Murrow: Drowning In Screen Time

314

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

315

43. Re-Establish Fun: Reading Books

316

42. Re-Establishing Fun: Board Game Edition

317

41. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries for Sleep

318

40. Interview with Dina Alexander: Educate and Empower Kids

319

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

320

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

321

37. The Social Dilemma

322

36. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries With Others

323

35. What Should We Do Instead of Drool Tech?

324

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

325

33. How To Make a Family Tech Policy

326

32. Re-Establishing Tech Boundaries

327

31. Interview with Roger Smith

328

30. The Gospel Empowers Us

329

29. The Gospel Enables Optimism

330

28. The Gospel Establishes Truth

331

27. The Gospel Eradicates Passivity

332

26. The Gospel Eliminates Arrogance

333

25. The Introduction To A Gospel Filter

334

24. Why Your Child Doesn't Need a Smartphone

335

23. Recalling Parenting Truths

336

22. Rob Mayer - Connecting the Gospel

337

21. Seven Lies Tech Tells Us

338

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

339

19. Pursuing Our Kids

340

18. The Lie of Anonymity

341

17. Make Your Smart Phone a Dumb Phone

342

16. How Do I Raise Kids Who Love God?

343

15. We Had To Make a Screentime Schedule!

344

14. Top 4 Questions Parents Ask About Tech

345

13. The Perks of Being Unavailable

346

12. Transparent Tech

347

11. Creating Analog Adventures

348

10. Tech Wins

349

9. The Importance of Boredom

350

8. Creating Rhythms of Intentional Tech Freedom

351

7. Four Encouragements Amidst the Covid 19 Pandemic

352

6. Three Tech Tools Every Family Should Have

353

5. What the Tech?! with Justin Pavey

354

4. Which Video Games Should My Child Play?

355

2. How Do I Know When Tech Is Healthy?

356

1. Tech Boundaries

357

3. Awesome Alternative Activities

358

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