Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God. This category is from an article about a decade of changes in American life. Most likely, it’s pretty much about life in any so-called developed country.
It wasn’t about God. It was just about changes, many related to technology. But as I was reading through them, I couldn’t help but notice that having God in our lives would / should change many of them.
Either the problems wouldn’t be there, or the impact would be lessened.
At the same time, as we fall deeper and deeper into this new way of life, many of them also take us away from God. Away from the solution that we so badly need.
Maybe it’s not intentional on our part. It just happens. And the next thing we know, it seems impossible to get out.
It’s also likely that none of the changes were introduced with the express intention of taking us away from God. However, it’s hard to imagine that some of them weren’t introduced with the full knowledge that they would make life more miserable for those who fall victim to those changes. After all, they do make a few people a whole lot richer.
In any case, we’ll go through a number of the 50 ways American life has changed in the last decade, to see the ultimate effect of those changes.
If you’d like to check out the original article, it’s at https://247tempo.com/50-ways-american-life-has-changed-in-the-last-decade-2/11/.
 

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People eat more meat that isn't meat

People eat more meat that isn’t meat – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

People eat more meat that isn’t meat

Nope – it’s definitely not meat.  But is it what you thought you were getting? 

And what does meat that isn’t meat have to do with Christianity?

Actually, quite a bit.  Paul, Peter and the author of Hebrews all wrote about it.I have to say, I’m not really surprised.  So much oil, genetically modified stuff and words too long to be anything other than highly processed “things”.  

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Obsession with celebrities is strong

Obsession with celebrities is strong – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

Obsession with celebrities is strong.  I’m not sure if this is really new or not.  247temp.com says it’s new in the last ten years.  I suspect what’s really new is that we have the ability to take the obsession to a whole new level.  Instead of having to wait for a news cycle like in years past, now it’s instant obsession.

thing about instant obsession is that it also increases the number of people who can now be counted as celebrities.

This obsession with celebrities thing isn’t really all that new. It goes all the way back to Biblical times.  I suppose even before that, but hey – this is a site about Christianity.

With that in mind, here’s one celebrity that people were obsessed with.

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Cell phone cameras have replaced portable cameras

Cell phone cameras have replaced portable cameras – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

Cell phone cameras have replaced portable cameras – a decade of changes taking us away from God.

The details are important.  The lack of them makes your cell phone picture different from what a good quality film camera will give you.  And maybe you’re OK with that.  But the lack of details can be the difference between these two sets of gates.

Mt 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

Question – are you OK with not getting enough details on how to walk the narrow path rather than the wide path?  Are you OK with walking to the devil, rather than to God?  And all because of a lack of details?

I’m not OK with that.   I pray you aren’t either.

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Skipping commercials is an option

Skipping commercials is an option – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

Why am I even writing about skipping commercials?  It’s not like there are commercials in the Bible. 

Here’s the thing.  Remember reading this – skipping the commercials, and even some if the intermission stuff is a good thing?  Yeah – not just the commercials.  I skip some other stuff too.  That’s why I’m writing about it.

For Christians, fast-forwarding through parts of the Bible that we’re just not “interested” in isn’t a really good idea.  Neither is skipping parts of the Bible entirely. 

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Binge-watching shows is the norm

Binge-watching shows is the norm – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

Is binge-watching bad?  It seems to be rather popular.  I can’t imagine sitting there watching an entire series of shows in one session.  I think I’d fall asleep.  Or more likely, do something else while the TV’s on for sound.  But that’s me.  My preference doesn’t make something good or bad.  

Since this is a site about God, let’s turn to the Bible.  See what it says about binge-watching.  I’m guessing there wasn’t a lot of it going on back in biblical times.  After all, there weren’t any TVs, let alone DVRs or the Internet.

But the word binge is in some modern translations.

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People text more than they talk

People text more than they talk – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

People text more than they talk. I’ve never liked talking on the phone.  Ever.  So maybe I was ahead of my time.  However, texting isn’t necessarily my preference either.  For short stuff – sure.  If I want a record of what’s going on – no.  Email is the way to go.  However, for personal matters, no amount of emojis will make up for face-to-face conversation.

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People don’t memorize anything

People don’t memorize anything – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

People don’t memorize anything anymore. But ultimately, not memorizing anything is a bad way to live life.  Some things are just too important to not memorize.  Because of the cost of remembering them wrong, or looking them up in the wrong place, is just too high.

No one who wants to be Christian should go through life without memorizing certain things.  Things Jesus taught.  Because the one thing we don’t want to hear is Jesus saying, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!

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never leave the office

We never leave the office – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

People never really leave the office.  That’s one of many things that have changed over the past decade.  At least according to 247temp.com.  I remember pretty much never leaving the office way more than ten years ago. 

But then, given that I worked in the technology field, maybe I was just in a position to do something that’s more common now.

The thing is, whether you were an early adopter like me, or someone who’s relatively recently earned the badge of never leaving the office, it has impacts.  And they aren’t good.

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We are basically online junkies

We are basically online junkies – a decade of changes

Ten years of life changes taking us away from God

If I could paraphrase the ending, flee from anything that will prevent you from living the life to the full that Jesus offers to us.  Skip the fantasy online world.  Skip the impersonal “friends” that we gather online, even though we’ve never met and know little to nothing about each other.  

Get to know Jesus.  Be able to recognize His voice, able to tell the difference between the offers from God and the temptations of the devil.  Don’t just play pretend games, when we’re already in the ultimate, real, struggle for our very souls!

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