The Bible as (More Than) an Internet Hobby w/ Matt Whitman S4.E9

Part 1 - “I find myself spacing off or getting bored… and I want to read the Bible because it’s interesting and my brain keeps going there. It’s so different from the transactional interest I used to have. It’s just this unending delight.”

[1:10] Introducing Matt Whitman

• https://www.patreon.com/TMBH
• Popular Content - The Ten Minute Bible Hour
• No Dumb Questions: The Anatomy of a Good Prank
• No Dumb Questions: Why to you does this title sound wrong?
• No Dumb Questions: Is Tipping Getting Weird?
• https://www.youtube.com/@MattWhitmanTMBH
• https://www.ironwoodrhino.com/

[3:50] The Golden Age of family life involves Ice Cream: https://armadillosicecreamshoppe.com/

[4:45] The goal of the Bible is to figure out what other people should be doing. Really?

[10:40] Being like a child discovering the Bible for the first time.

[12:15] Adult friendships are hard to come by. Why?

• Friendship Recession (New York Times)
• The Real Reason Men Struggle With Friendship (Fatherly)

[16:50] Men are made to take risks; society prizes safety. A tame and predictable world isn’t always a thriving environment.

[20:32] How does working with the internet workspace affect your soul?

[22:20] Dealing with and exploiting the YouTube Algorithm: the unseen force that moves invisibly to bless and punish people on the internet.

[27:30] Andor Deep-Dive Conversation with Bob from I Like to Make Stuff

[28:07] Talking about the Bible in a normal way.

Next Episode

• Into the Ministry and Out of the Faith
• Are we getting church unity wrong?

Mighty Refuge (Guard my Heart) by Aaron Strumpel

[recorded: February 20, 2023]

A podcast from Netzer.org with Tim Doering (vision+networking) and Justin Ryan Boyer (producer) podcast@netzer.org