Author: Shalem John
Young adults “do have a desire for an unplugged life,” said Luke Simon, a youth codirector at The Crossing in Colombia, Missouri, as we spoke about his own generation—Gen Z—and Gen Alpha. “Technology is the way they’re viewing the world,” the 24-year-old said, so much so that choosing lower-tech options or going analog feels like the equivalent of going off grid. It’s an alternative lifestyle.But many young people are making such choices. The Wall Street Journal has reported a surge in flip phones, digital cameras, and CDs, alongside a growing interest in Luddite clubs and collective action groups like Time to Refuse, where Gen Zers…
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue 90 feet high and 9 feet wide and set it up on the Plain Dura, in the province of Babylon; 2 Then he sent messages to all the princes, governors, captains, judges, treasurers, counsellors, sheriffs, and rulers of all the provinces of his empire, to come to the dedication of his statue. 3 When they had all arrived and were standing before the monument, 4 A herald shouted out, “Oh people of all nations and languages, this is the king’s command: 5 When the band strikes up, you are to fall flat on the…
This is the proclamation of Nebuchadnezzar the king, which he sent to people of every language in every nation of the world: Greetings: 2 I want you all to know about the strange thing that the Most High God did to me. 3 It was incredible a mighty miracle! And now I know for sure that His kingdom is everlasting; He reigns forever and ever. 4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in peace and prosperity, 5 When one night I had a dream that greatly frightened me. 6 I called in all the wise men of Babylon to tell me the…