I’m a child of my age when it comes to technology … always fascinated with what’s just around the corner. I’m a combination of a very technically minded father and an extremely imaginative mother. Even so, I never dreamt of the kind of technology contained in my cellphone. I never would have believed that computers would exist that could pick my face out of crowd or listen to and translate what I’m saying into another language.
Or what about this? A neuroscientist and biomedical engineer (Theodore Berger) at the University of Southern California in LA has designed silicon chips that mimic the signal processing that neurons use to create memories. He and his research team have proven that “silicon chips externally connected to rat and monkey brains can process information just like actual neurons.” That’s the plot for a Saturday Sci-fi flick right?
How about this one? “General Electric is making a radical departure from the way it has traditionally manufactured things. Its aviation division is preparing to produce a fuel nozzle for a new aircraft engine using a sophisticated printer.” You’ll excuse me if I don’t want to be on the test flight.
So … what’s new? Is it even possible to keep up with the answer to the question? But ask me about the most extraordinary, shocking, revolutionary news I’ve ever heard … and I have to look backward, not into the future. Two-thousand plus years ago, God became man, lived among us and died in our place to remove the sin-guilt of all humanity. How could any news be more radical? And … for all the hype we give to the latest results of human intelligence, it will never produce better news!
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)
