RECOGNIZING WHAT'S COMING (1 OF 52)
Scripture: Luke 7:18-28
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Recognizing What's Coming (1 of 52)
Series: Discipleship Part Three
Christopher B. Harbin
Luke 7:18b-28
Imagination is a wonderful thing. It enables us to drive cars, talk with family at a distance, and download information off the internet. Imagination spurs innovation. It allows us to consider possibilities we have never experienced. On the other hand, the limitations of our imaginations can keep us from understanding the possibilities. Becoming captive to our imaginations, however, can at times impede us from recognizing what lies before us. We imagine possibilities, but when reality does not quite match up to our visions, we may miss the possibilities and opportunities around us. How can we move into a future that does not quite look like we imagined?
I grew up watching The Jetsons and The Six Million Dollar Man. They were supposed to project visions of the future technology held in store for us. How many of you have flying cars? Was anyone given full-time employment to press a single button a couple of times a day? Do any of you have androids that clean your house, pack your lunch, and send the kids off to school? Can anyone run 60mph on your knee replacements? Does anyone have telescopic vision after cataract surgery? Can your hearing aids pick up conversations a hundred yards away? Those promises have not quite materialized. On the other hand, I do have something similar to Star Trek technology that can talk to me, understand basic voice commands, and connect me with people far away.
We have learned over recent decades to imagine the fallout from potential nuclear disasters, but we still struggle to grasp the realities of computer warfare, implications of identity theft, and how social media can impact elections, national economics, and global politics. We struggle to imagine how our new technological age brings new possibilities for violence, manipulation, and threats from a few lines of computer code. Too often our imaginations are stuck in s ...
Series: Discipleship Part Three
Christopher B. Harbin
Luke 7:18b-28
Imagination is a wonderful thing. It enables us to drive cars, talk with family at a distance, and download information off the internet. Imagination spurs innovation. It allows us to consider possibilities we have never experienced. On the other hand, the limitations of our imaginations can keep us from understanding the possibilities. Becoming captive to our imaginations, however, can at times impede us from recognizing what lies before us. We imagine possibilities, but when reality does not quite match up to our visions, we may miss the possibilities and opportunities around us. How can we move into a future that does not quite look like we imagined?
I grew up watching The Jetsons and The Six Million Dollar Man. They were supposed to project visions of the future technology held in store for us. How many of you have flying cars? Was anyone given full-time employment to press a single button a couple of times a day? Do any of you have androids that clean your house, pack your lunch, and send the kids off to school? Can anyone run 60mph on your knee replacements? Does anyone have telescopic vision after cataract surgery? Can your hearing aids pick up conversations a hundred yards away? Those promises have not quite materialized. On the other hand, I do have something similar to Star Trek technology that can talk to me, understand basic voice commands, and connect me with people far away.
We have learned over recent decades to imagine the fallout from potential nuclear disasters, but we still struggle to grasp the realities of computer warfare, implications of identity theft, and how social media can impact elections, national economics, and global politics. We struggle to imagine how our new technological age brings new possibilities for violence, manipulation, and threats from a few lines of computer code. Too often our imaginations are stuck in s ...
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