15. Parents: How is Social Media Affecting Your Teen?
Teens, Tech & God
In this episode, Dr. John offers insights on the use of social media among teens in an effort to help parents understand the current situation and what to do to guide their teens.
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14. Why Is Teen Suicide on the Rise?
Teens, Tech & God
In this episode, Dr. John addresses the rise in teen suicide and shares an important message to help parents understand the current situation and what to do to help their teens. Plus: 10 ways to help your teen if they are dealing with possible suicidal ideation.
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13. What can I do if my teen is struggling with depression?
Teens, Tech & God
What can parents do if they think their teen is struggling with depression? Dr. John builds on content from the previous episode and offers 15 suggestions for parents to consider.
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12. Dealing with Teen Depression
Teens, Tech & God
In this episode, Dr. John addresses the growing problem of teen depression, which is being exasperated by the prevalence of and exposure to pornography. Dr. John will help parents identify if their teen could be suffering from depression.
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11. What Teens Need to Know About Sex from the Church
Teens, Tech & God
In this episode, Dr. John addresses the need for the church to speak to teens about sexuality as a part of a teen’s discipleship and within the context of the gospel narrative. You’ll also learn about 6 crucial ways the church can support parents in this effort.
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Part 3: A Digital Protection Plan for Parents | Episode 10
Teens, Tech & God
Dr. John shares an important message for parents: If you want to protect your children from developing an addiction to the computer, Internet, smartphone, or other digital influences, you need to have a clear plan of action.
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Part 2: Don't waste your real life on a virtual life
Teens, Tech & God
In this episode, we continue the conversation about digital technology themes found in the book “The Digital Invasion” by Dr. Archibald Hart and Dr. Sylvia Hart Frejd. Specifically, we’re going to look at how the digital invasion has reduced our capacity to live a “real life” and has robbed us of true meaning, pleasure, and fulfillment.
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Part 1: Four areas being affected by the digital invasion
Teens, Tech & God
The purpose of this broadcast is to share critical insights from The Digital Invasion, written by Dr. Archibald Hart and Dr. Sylvia Hart Frejd. In part 1 of this three-part series, Dr. John will share how the wave of digital technology is changing us from within, physically, mentally, and especially spiritually, and he will offer some biblical strategies to become good stewards of our digital lives.
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How to Help Your Teen Find Their Identity in Christ
Teens, Tech & God
The purpose of this broadcast is to share helpful insights in how to nurture and teach your teen about their spiritual identity. We will offer some biblical strategies to help teens become established in their identity in Christ.
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Help! I just discovered my teen has been looking at pornography.
Teens, Tech & God
What should parents do when they have just learned that their teen is viewing pornography? Are there some things not to do? What is the best way to initially respond? In this episode, Dr. John helps parents to know how to respond when they find out that their teen is viewing pornography. We will also address some of the most frequently asked questions from parents when they make this shocking and disturbing discovery.
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We must be clearly aware that there is a spiritual battle going on around us. We can better preserve the reality of holy sexuality if we realize that it is under attack in the spiritual realms. As Christians, we engage in the battle to help people because we care for them. This is not really a battle between political parties or cultural interest groups. It’s a battle for God to be lifted high and win the hearts of people for whom He died.
What we talked about
[3:15] Juli Slattery states, “It’s not enough to be vaguely aware of some spiritual battle in the ‘heavenly realms’ (Ephesians 6:12). How can we fight what we have not acknowledged? How can we stand against an enemy if we don’t recognize his impact in our lives?” Dr. John weighs in.
[5:23] How does Jesus describe the enemy?
[6:28] Dr. John relates stories of clients who were exposed to pornography at around age 8 and talks about how that effects the mind.
[7:43] When Jesus began his public ministry, he read from Isaiah 61:1: “He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” What does his statement tell us about the world we live?
[8:33] John Eldredge commented in his book Waking the Dead, “If we are in an epic battle, then the language of the Bible fits perfectly. Things are not what they seem. We are at war. The war is against your heart, your glory.” God created us for greatness.
[11:47] Juli Slattery wrote, “Satan has convinced us that sex can be separated from its inherent spiritual and relational significance. We buy his lies when we say, ‘sex is just sex.’” Do you think that a current example is sexting?
[13:15] The four different kinds of love.
[17:05] What are some of the other strategies used by Satan? Russell Moore explains how the devil works: “The devil works in two ways: by deception, ‘You will not surely die’ (Genesis 3:4), and by accusation, ‘who accuses them day and night before our God’” (Revelation 12:10).
[21:09] What insights might Daniel’s life offer us some understanding on this topic of how we live between two worlds? Daniel offers us insight into the struggle of living in the world as a follower of Jesus in three areas: our worldview, our appetites, and our identity.
[24:48] Insight on this comment from Juli Slattery: “We fight the spiritual battle around sexuality because we care about God and about people. We are fighting for people, not against them.”
ACTION ITEM: How can we help people come out of the dark shadows of their secrecy and shame?
Books mentioned this episode
Rethinking Sexuality by Dr. Juli Slattery (https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Sexuality-Gods-Design-Matters/dp/0735291470/)
Waking the Dead by John Eldredge (https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Dead-Glory-Heart-Fully/dp/0785288295/)
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis (https://www.amazon.com/Four-Loves-C-S-Lewis/dp/0062565397/)