Reid and Jesse discuss digital minimalism and a month long experiment of limiting, or attempting to limit, the use of social media and the smartphone.
CSB Bible - https://csbible.com
Kamala Harris Drops from the Race -https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/us/politics/kamala-harris-campaign-drops-out.html
Digital Minimalism https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/
Cal Newport’s Web Site - https://www.calnewport.com
Reid and Jesse discuss Christianity as a revolution and rebellion against a world dominated by the powers of darkness but being infiltrated by the Kingdom of God.
Kayne at Lakewood Church (link is not an endorsement)
1 Peter 2:12; Matthew 28:18-20, John 20:21; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 4:25-32; Ephesians 5; 1 Corinthians 16:1,2; Matthew 5:44
Romans 12:14-21 - 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." 20 To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
“How eagerly do wee seek the approval of this or that man of worldly reputation. How shamefully do we exploit the converted celebrity. Anyone will do to take away the reproach of obscurity from out publicity-hungry leaders: famous athletes, congressman, world travelers, rich industrialists; before such we bow with obsequious smiles and honor them in our public meetings and in the religious press. Thus we glorify men to enhance the standing of the Church of God, and the glory of the Prince of Life is made to hang upon the transient fame of a man who shall die.”
AW Tozer, The Pursuit of Man (Camp Hill: PA, Christian Publications Inc., 1950) 44.
“To the orthodox there must always be a case for revolution; for in the hearts of men God has been put under the feet of Satan. In the upper world hell once rebelled against heaven. But in this world heaven is rebelling against hell. For the orthodox there can always be a revolution; for a revolution is a restoration. At any instant you may strike a blow for the perfection which no man has seen since Adam.”
GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy, The Eternal Revolution
“I know this feeling fills our epoch, and I think it freezes our epoch. For our Titanic purposes of faith and revolution, what we need is not the cold acceptance of the world as a compromise, but some way in which we can heartily hate and heartily love it. We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surly contentment; we want a fiercer delight and a fiercer discontent. We have to feel the universe at once as an ogre's castle, to be stormed, and yet as our own cottage, to which we can return at evening. No one doubts that an ordinary man can get on with this world: but we demand not strength enough to get on with it, but strength enough to get it on. Can he hate it enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing? Can he look up at its colossal good without once feeling acquiescence? Can he look up at its colossal evil without once feeling despair? Can he, in short, be at once not only a pessimist and an optimist, but a fanatical pessimist and a fanatical optimist? Is he enough of a pagan to die for the world, and enough of a Christian to die to it? In this combination, I maintain, it is the rational optimist who fails, the irrational optimist optimist who succeeds. He is ready to smash the whole universe for the sake of itself.”
GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy, The Flag of the World
AirPods Pro - Great review on MacWorld
Casey Stoney Comments and Apology on The Telegraph
Proverbs 9:10; Matthew 10:16-21; Acts 18:9-11; Matthew 22:37-40
Reid and Jesse discuss personal and practical application of some of the ideas and concepts in Cal Newport’s book Deep Work
Episode 60 - Government Compulsion in Religion
AirPods Pro - A Review on The Verge
Most important Work Skill of the Future By Nir Eyal
True long-term career success depends on this most underrated aspect of talent by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- Galatians 5:22-24 ESV
Reid looks at some remarks made by presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke suggesting that religious groups who do not support same-sex “marriage” should lose tax exempt status.
Beto O’Rourke on Removing Tax Exemptions from Religious Groups - CNN Tweet
Walz vs City of New York (1970) Case Summary
Ben Sasse Statement on Beto O’Rourke’s comments
The First Amendment of the US Constitution (Link to a transcript of The Bill of Rights)
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Reid and Jesse look at how our digital age fragments, distracts and disjoints our ability to do deep work. Guided by the book, Deep Work, by Cal Newport, they discuss how being able to go deep is both a helpful and virtuous path.
Ridiculous - Banned Book Week! http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned
Beautiful - Meat is Good?
Article - Is Google Making us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr
Book - The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
Book - Deep Work by Cal Newport
Book - Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher
Book - Flow by Millay Csikszentmihalyi
Philippians 4:8, 9; Psalm 19:14
Church historian and Anglican minister Rhys Bezzant joins Reid and Jesse in the Shedquarters to discuss Jonathan Edwards as mentor in the modern era.
What is a Canon of the Cathedral?
Preparationism - Rhys appears in this Wiki
Book - Edwards the Mentor by Rhys Bezzant
The Works of Jonathan Edwards - Vol 16 - Letters and Personal Writings
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
Amazon Author Page - Rhys Bezzant
Leaders as Servants and Stewards - Matthew 25; Luke 16
Leaders as Ambassadors - 2 Corinthians 5
On Imitation - Ephesians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 11:1
Jesse Recommends - Goodr Sunglasses
Sean Carroll’s Mindscape Podcast - Episode 61 - Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices
“An open mind is really a mark of foolishness, like an open mouth. Mouths and minds were made to shut; they were made to open only in order to shut.” (Illustrated London News. October 10, 1908)
“The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” (Autobiography)
Ephesians 1:3-10; Colossians 1:11-14
All interest of my reason (the speculative as well as the practical) is united in the following three questions:
What can I know?
What should I do?
What may I hope?
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Reid and Jesse look at recent research on the effect of gratitude on the body and the mind and discuss how this makes the most sense in a theistic universe.
Brains Going into Drugs - https://youtu.be/LSFaDeRpSHA
Brains on Drugs - https://youtu.be/GOnENVylxPI
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; Job 1:21; James 1:16-18
Jesse leads us in a discussion about Virtue in life and as a follower of Jesus.
Apple Card Review - https://www.thebalance.com/apple-card-review-4767210
Carli Lloyd the Kicker? Yes Please. https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2019/08/21/carli-lloyd-uswnt-eagles-training-camp-field-goal-nfl-coy-wire-mxp-vpx.hln
A New Kind of Prosperity Gospel, Relevant Magazine https://relevantmagazine.com/life5/a-new-kind-of-prosperity-gospel/
The Psychological Toll of Becoming an Instagram Influencer on Medium https://elemental.medium.com/the-psychological-toll-of-becoming-an-instagram-influencer-5bbd1d9174c4
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00850REQA/
Bonhoeffer Haus Virtue Conference, September 28th, 2019 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtue-a-one-day-conference-tickets-65812742685
2 Peter 1:5; James 3:13; Proverbs 27:1, 2; Proverbs 30:32, 33
A look at the trends and concerns with current technological developments in our world
The Mikme - mikme.com
Mikme Review - https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/25/mikme-review/
YouTube Reviews
MrBobile - https://youtu.be/jEXsZnW6Jso
SomeGadgetGuy - https://youtu.be/vkTpELLHGhY
Twitter Thread about our Screens by Professor Paul Musgrave https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1155957537063096320?s=12
Microsoft HoloLens Translators - https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/17/microsoft-wows-inspire-crowd-with-language-translating-hololens-hologram/
DeepFakes and Video simulation - https://youtu.be/aJq6ygTWdao
The After-ON podcast https://after-on.com
This Cultural Moment https://thisculturalmoment.podbean.com/e/this-cultural-moment-live-at-wildfires-in-the-uk/
The work of Cal Newport - Digital Minimalism, Deep Work https://medium.com/@nina.semczuk/5-practices-from-deep-work-by-cal-newport-thatll-change-your-life-303847ec5f3c
Hong Protestors and Lasers - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/02/innovative-hong-kong-protesters-using-lasers-traffic-cones-parkour/
Reid interviews his teenage daughters about raising young women
Athletes in Action Soccer Tours Women’s soccer tours with Athletes in Action
How Dads Shape Daughters’ Relationships Psychology Today
How Dads Affect Their Daughters into Adulthood Institute for Family Studies
First Hero, First Love: A Dad’s Role for Sons and Daughters National Center for Fathering
Reid discusses how we might engage gender discussions today so that we expand the plausibility structures of our friends.
https://www.thermoworks.com/BlueDOT
Twitter Link - https://twitter.com/reidsmonaghan/status/1140325816234061825?s=21
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, - 2 Timothy 2:23-25
Love Thy Body by Nancy Pearcey
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Thy-Body-Answering-Questions/dp/0801075971/
God and the Transgender Debate By Andrew T. Walker
https://www.amazon.com/God-Transgender-Debate-Andrew-Walker/dp/1784981788/
Talking Points: Transgender by Vaughn Roberts
https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Points-Transgender-Vaughan-Roberts/dp/1784981958/
Is God Anti-Gay? By Sam Allberry
https://www.amazon.com/God-anti-gay-Questions-Christians-Ask/dp/1908762314/
Reid and Jesse engage modern men choosing to go their own way apart from marriage and family while exercising personal sovereignty over life.
Men Going Their Own Way, https://www.mgtow.com
The Old Spice Guy - I’m on a Horse, https://youtu.be/VX5au0LOJp8
Matthew 19:30
Mark 10:31, 35-45
Philippians 2:1-18
Psalm 100:2
Ephesians 5:18-33
Reid and Jesse discuss how technology, novelty and the immediacy of modern communications can lead us to neglect the wisdom gained by those who have gone before us in life.
Reviewish Song Recorded and Performed by Michael Bond, Words by Reid S. Monaghan. Check out Michael Bond at https://www.mikebondmusic.com
Can Science Answer Everything? By John C. Lennox https://www.thegoodbook.com/can-science-explain-everything
The Shoe Doctor https://shoedoctorva.com
Ageism: A ‘Prevalent and Insidious’ Health Threat by Paula Span https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/health/ageism-elderly-health.html
Leviticus 19:32; Proverbs 16:31; Proverbs 20:29; 1 Peter 5:5;
Psalm 49:12, 13; Proverbs 10:14, 12:15, 13:20.
Reid and Jesse discuss how technology, consumer choice and self-curation in life has fragmented communities and requires from us new ways of interacting with “the other” in our world.
Twitter Beefs and 2 Timothy 2:22-25
The Perfect Thing by Steven Levy
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Thing-Steven-Levy/dp/0091910102
The Chaos of Internet Culture
https://www.gospelunderground.org/podcast/2018/11/20/episode-34-the-chaos-of-internet-culture
Facebook bans Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/technology/facebook-alex-jones-louis-farrakhan-ban.html
Philippians 4:8
Psalm 19:14
2 Timothy 2:22-25
In a round about way, Reid discusses the importance of generations sharing life and wisdom with one another.
The Signal App - https://signal.org/
Windsor Knots? I think knot! https://www.gq.com/story/tie-knots-zegna-windsor
The Sweet Swine O’ Mine Red box smoker. https://youtu.be/UQyRwiyjGsc
Sweet Swine O’ Mine rubs and sauces. https://ssomd.com
Reid and Jesse discuss the religious dogma, priesthood, cathedrals, heretics and militants of western secularism.
Evangelicals and Politics
https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2019/4/24/18513213/trump-evangelicals-gop
“Evangelicals and Evangelical Beliefs”
https://lifewayresearch.com/2017/12/06/many-evangelicals-dont-hold-evangelical-beliefs/
Give Me That Old Time Secular Religion
You are what you Love by James KA Smith https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-What-Love-Spiritual/dp/158743380X
The Coddling of the American Mind - Book https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Gate-Habsburgs-Ottomans-Battle/dp/0465013740/
Empires of the Sea - The Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Sea-Battle-Lepanto-Contest-dp-0812977645/dp/0812977645/
The Intolerance of Tolerance by Greg Koukl https://www.str.org/articles/the-intolerance-of-tolerance
The Coddling of the American Mind - Essay https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
PZ Meyers on the New Atheism https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/25/the-train-wreck-that-was-the-new-atheism/
The Guardian on the New Atheism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/31/four-horsemen-review-what-happened-to-new-atheism-dawkins-hitchens
Reid encourages us towards both formal and informal paths for lifelong learning.
DA Carson, Christ and Culture Revisited http://www.powerofchange.org/blog/2019/4/9/christ-and-culture-revisited
New York Times Review of Books https://www.nytimes.com/section/books
Westminster Books https://www.wtsbooks.com
First Things Journal https://www.firstthings.com/
Brian Regan on Reading http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s6qsfe/reading-the-news
1 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. - 1 Corinthians 8:1-3
History of Welches Grape Choice and the Lord’s Table: http://www.umc.org/who-we-are/methodist-history-controversy-communion-and-welchs-grape-juice
