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John Dyer (PhD, Durham University) is VP for enrollment and educational technology and professor of theology and sociology at Dallas Theological Seminary. He has also been a technology creator for more than 20 years, building tools used by Facebook, Google, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, the Department of Defense, and the Digital Bible Society, and his open source code is used on more than 40% of all websites. Dr. Dyer speaks and writes on technology, faith, and education for several publications including Gizmodo, Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, and in books such as From the Garden to the City, Ecclesiology for a Digital Church, and People of the Screen.

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	From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology 4.09 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People of the Screen: How Evangelicals Created the Digital Bible and How It Shapes Their Reading of Scripture 3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal by Heidi A Campbell (Editor), John Dyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One of the most dangerous things you can believe in this world is that technology is neutral.”
― John Dyer, From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology

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“And when we run into technology failures and problems—dropped calls, the Blue Screen of Death, smog, and so on—let’s not curse our tools like fools do. Instead, when the medicine no longer works, let us redirect our hope away from our tools and to the one who will restore all human things, human souls, human bodies, and human creations.”
― John Dyer, From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology

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“Although God is restricting the use of a particular medium—carved images—he does so for a very important reason. It’s not that God thinks images themselves are inherently evil. It’s because he recognizes that tools of technology never function as neutral, inert instruments. Instead the tools we use always bring with them values that shape the culture that uses them. If God had allowed the Israelites to make images of him, it might have appeared that he was like every other god, or a god among gods. Instead, by forbidding images of himself, God reinforced his identity as wholly other. He is not an idol among idols or an image among images—he is the one true God. Therefore, God decreed that the people of Israel were to approach him exclusively through the names, metaphors, and ideas found in the permanent, authoritative words of Scripture. The medium was the message.”
― John Dyer, From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology

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