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Mike van Goch @mikevangoch.bsky.social · May 13
Hi!

I write mostly about how the Church uses and missuses tech.
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New book out today.

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A Technological Survey And Commentary Of The New Testament
A Technological Survey And Commentary Of The New Testament - Kindle edition by van Goch, Mike. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Technological Survey And Commentary Of The New Testament.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Every Verse In The New Testament About Technology
Some of you might know that for the last couple of years I have been working on and off on a survey and commentary of the New Testament. Spe...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Dad Tax, And The Ghost
It can feel like speaking to a brick wall, which I've been assured by the internet is better for the average man than letting a woman know a...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Present Need For Theology Punks
I've been vocal about my loss of faith in theological academia. But I wanted to straighten out a misconception before it happens. What I'm n...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Green Light Districts And The Law And Prophets Of The Internet.
Earlier in the week OpenAI let the congregation know that it’s going to put all the force of it’s due diligence behind the concept of age ga...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Of The Finer Things And Details We Miss When Reading About Them
“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the m...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The A.I. Wrappers Of Servant Leadership And Egalitarianism
You often hear the terms ChatGPT wrapper when new apps are pitched into the void of online discourse. That as long as we can conceal what th...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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What Is And Isn't Online Ministry
If you’ve enjoyed the condo you’ve made under that rock, you likely don’t know who Mike Winger is. But from the authoritative and godly judg...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Mic Check, Mark 2:1,2
You only ever get asked how far to go with your reforms by people with no category for what reformation looks like. Or maybe more famously p...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The Factory Farming Of Big Eva Christians
An anonymous friend sent me a text out of the blue and honour requires that they remain that way. Anonymous that is. In that text was a link...
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September 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Grok And The Do's And Don'ts Of A.I. Wives For Christians, A Mike van Goch Blogpost
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August 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Grok And The Do's And Don'ts Of A.I. Wives For Christians
First the don’ts. That’s why you came here. Don’t be bashful. You wanna know how far you can go with this new tech. Youth group taught you w...
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August 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Technology As Talisman
Ever meet someone who has all the gadgets he's been told to buy? Thoroughly discipled by the marketing departments of anything LED and Lithi...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A Deacon Of The Internet, Part 2
Now that we know what this mythical creature would have looked like in the past and know what it could function like in the future. What are...
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August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Some Alberta Football News, And Where A.I. Pictures Are Headed.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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When I Was Naked, You Pixelated Me.
You can't clothe the least of these my brothers, online. You can organize the clothing of the less than via online. But when your church, pe...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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A Deacon Of The Internet, Part 1
I want to make a suggestion to the church in general about the installation of a new position in churches locally. This position doesn’t yet...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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My Personal Beefs With Theological Education
Pastors will hear guys like Vaynerchuk and Jobs tell you to not go to college and instead do “XYZ”. They’ll even back it up with success to ...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Paperback for my recent re-write of "Online as it is in Heaven" is now available.

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Online As It Is In Heaven: Theology For The Internet, Second Edition
Online As It Is In Heaven: Theology For The Internet, Second Edition [van Goch, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Online As It Is In Heaven: Theology For The Internet, Second Edition
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July 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Hiding Behind The Cool Idols, A Mike van Goch Blogpost
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June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Hiding Behind The Cool Idols, A Response To Austin Gravely's "What Churches Need to Know About Smart Glasses"
Austin Gravely wrote a great little piece a while back on the new landscape of church security and media privacy, in the age of the Meta Ray...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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June 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The Spellcheck Whomst Thou Gavest Me...
Cowardice and complicity go hand in hand like Jack and Jill, and the current mood of A.I. in the church always seems to follow a script. As ...
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June 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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On The Treatment Of Labor Replacements As Christians.
How we treat slaves after we stop using them will be important a few years. Because at the rate things are going now, we’ll be importing mor...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The Current 5G Hostage Situation
Cell phones often get marketed as a great collector of other technologies. Because no one wants to use them as just a phone. Not when there'...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM