What Would Jesus Tech

Andrew Noble & Joel Jacob
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What Would Jesus Tech

Three friends embark on a journey to reconcile their love of tech with their love of Jesus. Join Joel Jacob (Product at Splunk), Austin Gravely (Socials at TGC), and Andrew Noble (Pastoral Ministry at Grandview Church) as they interview leading theologians and technology experts to grow in their ability to imitate Jesus in a digital age. Whether you're working in tech, addicted to tech, or just trying to use tech as Jesus would, we hope you'll learn along with us.

  1. Canadian Christian Technologists in Trump’s Economy?!?

    28 JAN

    Canadian Christian Technologists in Trump’s Economy?!?

    In this episode, our two Canadian Christian hosts, Andrew Noble (with a background more in AI and SaaS) and Joel Jacob (with a background more in IoT and robotics), talk through Trump's recent announcements that are pro-AI, pro-crypto, and anti-Canada. 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - CES Trends (Glasses and Robotics & Generalized Tech) 4:30 - 500 Billion for AI 7:46 - Ethical & Environmental Concerns of Massively Scaling AI 14:40 - Canada's Place In All This 21:55 - Tech Oligarchy? Regulation? Part Two is available for Patreon supporters, including: 27:25 - David Sacks, PayPal Mafia, and Cutting the Red Tape 33:59 - C.S. Lewis' N.I.C.E. Prediction, and How Should Christians Act? Thanks for your support! We'd love your feedback for future shows, episode feedback, potential guests, etc.. Reach out at whatwouldjesustech.com

    28 min
  2. Technology Literacy 101, with Keith Plummer

    23 JAN

    Technology Literacy 101, with Keith Plummer

    A Christian theology of technology sees both the good and bad in technology; the ways it creates blessings and instills burdens. The Bible has plenty to say about technology. In fact, the bible says that humanity has a technological impulse that began when we were created and will continue into eternity. To help us unpack Christian Technology Literacy 101, we're glad to be joined by Dr. Keith Plummer. He is the Yoda of Technology & Discipleship with the voice of Darth Vader. Podcast thumbnail co-created with ChatGPT. (Yes, it's uncanny. We know.) To learn more about What Would Jesus Tech and to support the show, visit whatwouldjesustech.com . To join our discord: https://discord.gg/HK2umKDd

    53 min
  3. 2025 Technology Predictions

    4 JAN

    2025 Technology Predictions

    AI Agents, Robotics, VR/AR, Crypto and more! While we don't discuss every potential technology shift that could happen in 2025 (Andrew regrets never mentioning self-driving cars and online sports betting), we do go through some of the expected changes that are coming to the world of technology, as well as how those shifts may impact Christians. 0:00 - Intro 2:29 - 2024 Predictions Recap 8:25 - Rise in AI Agents 13:28 - Increasing Tech Polarization 20:37 - Honey Scam and Changing Revenue Streams for Content Creators 24:48 - Crypto will Continue to Grow 34:03 - AGI gods by 2028 35:17 - Continued Growth in AR and VR Tech 41:57 - Impact of Haidt's Research/Book. Momentum in Anti Big Social Media Movement. 50:57 - Closing Thoughts Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/AhCyjHD8 Subscribe to Grandview Church's Thinking About It podcast going through the New City Catechism on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Support WWJT at https://www.patreon.com/WWJT

    55 min
  4. Words for Conviviality, with Jeffrey Bilbro

    17/12/2024

    Words for Conviviality, with Jeffrey Bilbro

    The digital age isn't that new, argues Jeff Bilbro in his latest book, Words for Conviviality: Media Technologies and Practices of Hope. In this episode of What Would Jesus Tech, we ask him about the book, its thesis, the value of metaphors, the potential pushback from Barba-Kay, how the printed word is not necessarily the more moral medium and more. 0:00 - Intro 5:15 - Print to Digital Thesis 13:30 - Media Metaphors 22:50 - Walking 31:21 - Is Digital Different? 36:09 - Not Nostalgia. Postman Was Wrong (sometimes). 42:57 - Conviviality, Friendship, and Podcasting You can get a copy of Words For Conviviality, and potentially even a discount code, through Jeff's website here: https://jeffbilbro.com/books/words-for-conviviality/ You can join the WWJT Discord here (invite expires in seven days): https://discord.gg/mrA3W6Jm WWJT is a listener-supported production. We'd love your support. Sign up here: https://www.whatwouldjesustech.com/

    52 min
  5. Gardens of Love and Digital Dopamine, with Matthew LaPine

    10/12/2024

    Gardens of Love and Digital Dopamine, with Matthew LaPine

    How might we be misunderstanding anxiety and mental health? Is it really an addiction crisis rather than a mental health crisis? This episode is a far-ranging conversation with WWJT co-host Andrew Noble (PhD Candidate, Nottingham University) and Matthew LaPine, author of The Logic of the Body (PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School). We dive into different visions for viewing human persons, how science might inform our understanding, and Matt's own growth and challenges amidst his work. 0:00 - Intro 05:35 - Undoing the "anxiety as sin" paradigm and The Logic of the Body 15:30 - Is the mental health crisis really a digital addiction crisis? 20:05 - Embodiment and Neuroplasticity 27:10 - Loneliness 30:15 - PhD Experience and Challenges Matthew LaPine (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the Christian Education Director at Citylight Omaha. His book, The Logic of the Body, was a finalist for Christianity Today's book of the year in 2022. Andrew briefly references a tiered Thomistic Anthropology: https://www.whatwouldjesustech.com/all-episodes/a-thomistic-case-for-ai-souls (see links in that episode) To learn more about What Would Jesus Tech and to support the show visit whatwouldjesustech.com

    44 min
  6. God's Preferred Medium, with Alastair Roberts

    29/11/2024

    God's Preferred Medium, with Alastair Roberts

    The God of the Scriptures has revealed himself in various ways, but which way does He prefer? In this episode, we have a far-ranging conversation with an expert in Scripture who has also studied media ecology. We dive into why God might prefer some mediums over others, tech criticism and wise adoption, tech in worship, the technology of the book, and even Andrew's new favorite subject, technology and idolatry! Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham University) works for both the Theopolis Institute and the Davenant Institute. He participates in the Mere Fidelity and Theopolis podcasts, writes at The Anchored Argosy, tweets at @zugzwanged, and sails the blue sky at zugzwanged.bsky.social. 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - God's Preferred Medium 33:50 - How Should Christians Adopt Technology? New Mediums? 39:24 - Is there a "Christian" tech criticism? 52:32 - Idolatry and Technology Similarities We reference John Dyer's People of the Screen a few times. We recorded an episode with John discussing his book here. Read Meditations On Moloch here.

    1h 4m
  7. Grounding the Bluesky Hype

    20/11/2024

    Grounding the Bluesky Hype

    Within the last week, Bluesky has grown in popularity with many Christian authors and pastors announcing that they are moving to the new platform. Some have even considered deleting Twitter altogether. We hope this episode helps Christian leaders consider whether or not to use Bluesky, as well as better consider how the social internet is changing overall. In this episode we discuss: What is Bluesky? Why did it grow now? We discuss how the idea of link impression isn't new. It's the new ecosystem of the internet. Bluesky may buck the trend of that ecosystem, but that won't change the internet. Or will it? Is decentralized social media the solution to billionaire control? Or is just another media fad? Thanks for listening. Note: ChatGPT was used to create one of the background images for the YouTube thumbnail. Support us at whatwouldjesustech.com

    46 min
  8. Trump's Win, Christians, and Technology

    11/11/2024

    Trump's Win, Christians, and Technology

    We discuss the results of the election as Christians and technologists. How impactful were podcasts in this election? Is society moving on from woke rhetoric? What will happen to Elon Musk? To Bitcoin and associated companies? To Christians? To Canadians? This is a wide-ranging conversation between three Christians: Andrew Noble (Technology and Theology PhD Student), Austin Gravely (Social Media Guru), and Joel Jacob (Tech Futurist). 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Surprised? 3:04 - Voting, Social Media, Podcasts Making The Difference 18:12 - Bitcoin, Regulation, and Internet Culture IS THE CULTURE 26:08 - Tired Woke Rhetoric and Young Men 36:39 - Build Things 39:23 - Impact on Canada Previous Episode: Internet Culture Is Culture White Horse Inn's breakdown of Elon Musk's ideology. Jake Meador's article on The Doug Election and America After the Great Dechurching. Link to join our Discord. Note: link will expire after 7 days. Cohosted by Andrew Noble, Joel Jacob, and Austin Gravley. Original Music by Abigail Neale. To learn more about What Would Jesus Tech and to support the show visit whatwouldjesustech.com

    47 min
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Three friends embark on a journey to reconcile their love of tech with their love of Jesus. Join Joel Jacob (Product at Splunk), Austin Gravely (Socials at TGC), and Andrew Noble (Pastoral Ministry at Grandview Church) as they interview leading theologians and technology experts to grow in their ability to imitate Jesus in a digital age. Whether you're working in tech, addicted to tech, or just trying to use tech as Jesus would, we hope you'll learn along with us.

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  • Creator
    Andrew Noble & Joel Jacob
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    69
  • Rating
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