12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Name: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
Brand: Christianaudio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Tony Reinke
ISBN: 9781683662648

Author: Tony Reinke

Narrator: Tony Reinke

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Christian Audio

Published: 04/30/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Living, Social Issues, Spiritual Growth

Synopsis

When the smartphone was introduced, many of us quickly adopted it into our lives—too quickly to stop and think about the future costs we were unboxing along with the device. Now blessed with this revolutionary piece of handheld technology, we try to wield it with wisdom, fending off anxieties about how our digital habits impact our spiritual health. Drawing on the insights of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, writer Tony Reinke identifies twelve potent ways our smartphones have changed our lives—for good and ill. Reinke calls us to cultivate healthy habits for smartphone use in the digital age, encouraging us to be grateful for technological advance, develop skills aimed at maximizing the blessing that we (and others) can receive through our phones, and grow in the wisdom we need to avoid the many pitfalls that exist with such a powerful tool.

About Tony Reinke

Tony Reinke is the communications director for desiringgod.org. He is the author of Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books, Newton on the Christian Life, and 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie on January 06, 2020

"What shall it profit a man if he gains all the latest digital devices and all of the techniques of touch-screen mastery but loses his own soul?” Wow, scary stuff. I'll definitely be making some changes. Having resisted the allurements of owning a Smartphone for several years, I succumbed about 1......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 21, 2020

Note: I listened to the audiobook version of this book on my iPhone -- an irony that is not lost on me. SUMMARY This is a book you will hate. One that you will love. One that you will love to hate. And one that you will hate to love. Why? Because this book is a mirror to your heart, and at some poi......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 31, 2017

The best way to summarize this book is probably to let the author do it. In the last twelve chapters, I have warned against twelve corresponding ways in which smartphones are changing us and undermining our spiritual health: - Our phones amplify our addiction to distractions (chapter 1), and thereby s......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on December 22, 2017

Excellent conversation on the pros and cons of smart-phones from a Christian point of view. I tend to be a highly suspicious technology geek. I am drawn to the latest technology while also sitting back and worrying about this is changing the world and me. I like how Mr. Reinke made the distinction t......more

Goodreads review by Lovely Day on April 17, 2024

5⭐️ This is definitely a book I will want to pick up again! 👏🏻 A very insightful look into the subtle (and obvious) ways our phones/technology/internet are impacting our day to day lives and habits, and how to be proactive about not being consumed by it, but giving it a back seat to our walk with Chri......more