Faith and Family: Why Christian Parents Should Think Twice About iPhones

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Lately, I’ve been feeling this heavy burden on my soul about the world our children are growing up in — especially when it comes to technology. As a 24-year-old Christian woman, and someone who hopes to be a mom one day, I can’t help but wonder: Are we really protecting our kids by giving them iPhones? Or are we handing them a door to temptation that can easily pull them away from God?

The temptation I’m most concerned about is pornography. It’s heartbreaking how this evil has crept into the lives of so many young people, and smartphones make it so accessible. I’ve been reading and listening to youth leaders talk about how this addiction is corrupting the hearts and minds of America’s youth. It’s so damaging because it distorts God’s beautiful design for sexuality and love.

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The Bible warns us clearly about guarding our hearts: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23). I feel like handing a child an iPhone without serious safeguards can open their hearts to things they aren’t ready for — things that can cause deep spiritual harm.

I know many parents believe that giving kids phones helps them stay connected and safe. They rely on filters and monitoring apps. But no filter is perfect. The enemy is crafty, and kids can find ways around controls. And even with protections, the very presence of a smartphone tempts their curiosity and distracts their focus from God and real life.

Love sometimes means saying no, even when it’s hard or unpopular. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” That means teaching them God’s ways and protecting them until they are strong enough to walk that path themselves. It’s about setting boundaries, not just freedoms.

It’s especially painful to think of Christian children who want to honor God but end up caught in the trap of pornography. The Bible reminds us in 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out.” But sometimes, the best “way out” is keeping them from being exposed to the temptation in the first place.

I pray for parents today who feel overwhelmed. I know this isn’t easy. The culture is pushing technology into our kids’ hands earlier and earlier. But I believe faith calls us to be different. To be a light in this dark world. To protect our children’s minds, hearts, and souls from what can destroy them.

Ephesians 6:12 tells us, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Pornography and digital temptation are part of this spiritual battle. We can’t afford to be naïve.

I want to raise children who know their worth comes from Christ alone — not from likes, followers, or what they see on a screen. Psalm 139:14 says, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful.” I want my future kids to know this deep truth, to walk in purity and confidence rooted in God’s love.

So maybe the loving choice for Christian parents is to delay giving iPhones, or to choose strict rules about their use. It might mean uncomfortable conversations and extra effort. But isn’t that what love calls us to? Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 that love is patient and kind, it does not envy or boast, it is not proud or rude. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. That sounds like what parenting should be.

10 iPhone Deeds that Lead You to The Devil

While the iPhone itself isn’t evil, the way we use it can either draw us closer to God or lead us away. It’s a tool that demands wisdom, discipline, and prayerful boundaries. May we seek God’s guidance daily to use technology in ways that honor Him, not open doors to the devil.

  1. Temptation Through Easy Access to Sin
    The iPhone gives instant access to pornography, inappropriate content, and worldly influences that can corrupt our hearts (James 1:14-15).
  2. Distracts From Prayer and Bible Study
    It’s easy to waste precious time scrolling, which steals moments that could be spent growing closer to God (Psalm 119:105).
  3. Feeds Pride and Comparison
    Social media often stokes envy and pride as we compare ourselves to others, tempting us to forget our identity in Christ (Galatians 6:4-5).
  4. Encourages Gossip and Judgment
    Texting and social media can spread harmful words, breaking the command to build others up (Ephesians 4:29).
  5. Promotes Instant Gratification
    The iPhone trains us to want everything quickly, which can fuel impatience and lack of self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).
  6. Erodes Real Relationships
    Face-to-face connection suffers, weakening God’s design for community and fellowship (Hebrews 10:24-25).
  7. Increases Anxiety and Fear
    Constant notifications can lead to worry and fear, distracting us from trusting God’s peace (Philippians 4:6-7).
  8. Blocks God’s Voice
    Noise from the phone drowns out God’s still, small voice when we fail to unplug and listen (1 Kings 19:11-12).
  9. Invites Idolatry
    When we depend more on our phones than on God, it becomes a form of idolatry (Exodus 20:3).
  10. Hinders Spiritual Growth
    Overuse can stunt our spiritual maturity by replacing God’s Word and fellowship with screens (2 Peter 3:18).

This isn’t about fear, but about faith. Faith that God’s ways are best, even when the world pulls us toward convenience or popularity. Faith that He will help us protect our children’s hearts.

I pray God will give parents courage to say no to the world’s temptations and yes to His holy path. That families will pray together, talk openly, and build strong foundations on Christ.

In the end, I trust God’s perfect design for family and love. The road may be hard, but His grace is sufficient. “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me” (Psalm 28:7).

I want to be a mom who walks in that trust — who makes choices based on faith, not fear or cultural pressure. Who shields her children from what can destroy, while leading them to the One who saves.

Thank you, God, for your wisdom and mercy. Please help me prepare well for the day I get to raise children in your truth.

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22 year old college student! 100% Christian,! Will ALWAYS be a woman of FAITH. And my friends call me the "The Christian Tech Nerd" because I was hired by a very successful tech company in Silicon Valley, and I turned them down to be close to my family!

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  2. Good questions. Our daughter grew up as a polyglot without TV. We still don’t have TV, and she didn’t get a cell phone until she moved out on her own when she was 18. She had to read and play outside for entertainment. We allowed her to use the computer for writing, programming, and games.

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  3. I recently learned that another phone challenge for teens and their parents are apps that guide young people to Muslim teachings that supposedly are better in every way than Christianity. Another wise reason for parents to guide and limit access to smart phones.

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  5. I was adamant with my ex wife about giving our sons phones too early. She disagreed. The younger of the two (now almost 18), has had to take summer school every year of high school to pass. Despite parental controls, he found a way to search pornography and other abominations. We used to do Bible studies together, and I truly believed he had a love for the Lord. Recently, he informed me that he “had done some reading” and is no longer sure what to believe. He then told us that he believes he is either nonbinary (whatever that really means) or bisexual. His mother informed me that she found things in his room that I won’t even mention here. When I call him, he rarely answers. He ignores texts. But he is always on his phone or computer playing video games that I disapprove of. Your points are well taken and agree with you 100%. Technology has more influence on kids than people think!

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  6. Dear friend

    The truth about Salvation is in the Church’s history and nowhere else.  Church history begins when Paul comes to Cyprus and becomes the disciple of Barnabas. Barnabas is the Saint who created the Church of Cyprus. Lazarus, the beloved resurrected friend of Jesus, became the first Bishop of Cyprus for 30 years before dying a second time                                                                                                                                                  

     

    The True Story of Lazarus                                                                       

    https://wordpress.com/post/jameswiliamsblog.wordpress.com/1894  

     

    All the Apostles became Bishops for the Salvation of man.                                                                                       

    https://www.byzcath.org/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/54493/apostles-were-the-first-bishops

     

    During Baptism, all sins are redeemed and man united with God!  

    Through Baptism, Jesus Christ reshapes and makes man a partaker of a divine nature. It signifies the beginning of a potential dynamic process in one’s path toward the Kingdom of God. Baptism introduces people to the place of their Salvation, the Ecclesia (Church), and grants them the right to participate in all the other Holy Sacraments. The Holy Baptism is also known as the Holy Sacrament of Rebirth. A Christian person becomes “a god by the Grace of God” because man partakes with the Holy Spirit! The purpose of Holy Baptism is to remove the consequences of the original sin, is to allow a person to become a vessel of the Holy Spirit (Saint) to become a member of His Holy Body. This is why during Baptism the priest calls upon the sponsor to renounce the devil and all of his works. Baptism described in the Holy Bible cannot take place without Lord Jesus (God Logos) partaking as High Priest and Mediator to His Father with His Holy Sacraments.

     

    If all of the above sound of Divine origin they are. The Church was created the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was seem as tongs descending on the Apostles. The Holy Spirit delivers 85 Holy Apostolic Cannons by which Lord Jesus wanted to create His Church for the Salvation of man 

     

    Cannons of the Apostles 

    http://www.holytrinitymission.org/books/english/cannons_apostles_rudder.htm

     

    Holy Baptism

    The universal meaning of baptism is that of “starting a new,” of “dying to an old”, “a way of life and being born again into a new way of life”. Thus, baptism was always connected with repentance, which means “a moral conversion”, a “change of mind,” “a change in living “from something old to something new and good.

     

    Lord Jesus came to teach therapeutically not philosophically                                                                                                  http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2013/03/the-foundations-of-orthodox.html 

           

     

    God is Light and His Saints are light    

    Elder Sophrony of Essex – Image and likeness of God 

     

    The schism in 1054 AC 

    The church was always producing Saints and salvation. Why did the Church of Rome want to leave the Church?  

    Answer =Expansionism. They lost their Holy Sacraments where the Lord is High Priest for the Salvation of man because they wanted world domination, they went to crusades, they killed and robed and became slaves to the devil.

     

    What is Diakonia?                   

    https://wordpress.com/post/jameswiliamsblog.wordpress.com/5312

    Remember me in your prayers 

    The correct choice means Life (eternal life) and the reading of the Bible for self-interpretation means death, the eternal separation of man from God! 

    God bless

     

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  7. There are so many voices in this world. They all claim to have answers. They claim to walk the true path in life. Yes Iphones open up the devil’s messages and the evil in this world. Yes there is much temptation. I think it is too much temptation by far for any man or woman to resist. So how much more for our children? I was a sex addict all of my life. I was on again and off again as far as pornography went. Yes the internet provided easy and instant access to it. Today I live in the cyber world most of my waking hours. Pornography is never a temptation for me now. My body is dead as far as sex goes. I am single so there is no wife. So no sex is the only holy and pure way to live until I do have a wife. It is not even on my radar as far as serious temptation goes. Sex and pornography are simply not a part of my life any more. Yet I live in the world of computers and I have 3 android phones. Never are these tools now used to look for sex, pornography, or other wicked things. Complete control is exercised over them. I am even free now from the desires of movies, TV shows, or reading novels. None of this new life is because of me. I take not any claim for doing any of it, because I did not. Jesus has a simple solution to all of life’s problems. He kills the human and gives birth to a god. Jesus quoted Psalm 86 ” I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.” Jesus told the Pharisees in John chapter 10, “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?” So here is found the secret to what has happened to me. The word of God Jesus Christ came to me back in January 1st, 2025. He killed me, the human man that I was. In the very same moment I was born again as a god. He immediately brought me into the Kingdom of God to live. This is the home on earth for the gods, the sons and daughters of Father God. I now have the true conversion experience so clear and concise given in 1 John 3:1-10. I no longer commit sins. Sins are what fallen humans do. The daughters of God and the sons of God never do them. They are not yet perfect and have flaws, but the sins of the flesh are not any of the flaws that they have. Now who the Son of God has set free is free indeed. This is my reality in life now. Thank you for the wonderful post. You have again touched a topic that is of such great concern and importance to people today. God bless you. Your messages are so very wonderful to read and to think about.

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  10. Amen 🙏. A powerful and much-needed reminder. Love protects, even when it’s unpopular. Thank you for speaking truth with courage. 🙏

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