{"id":34397,"date":"2025-01-02T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/double-clicking-on-obedience\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T17:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:19:00","slug":"double-clicking-on-obedience","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/double-clicking-on-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"Double-Clicking on Obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ruben Roy is a managing director at Stifel Financial. He dialed in to hear the chief executive of a healthcare company discuss its latest results. During the Q&amp;A, Roy asked the speaker to elaborate on his remarks by saying, &ldquo;I wanted to double-click a bit on some of the commentary you had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>&ldquo;Double-click&rdquo; is one of the fastest-spreading corporate buzzwords in recent years. As a figure of speech, it is now being used as a shorthand for examining something more fully, akin to double-clicking to see a computer folder&rsquo;s contents. Some say &ldquo;the phrase encourages deeper thinking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>Reuben Linder, owner of a small video production business, says, &ldquo;These days, with the rise of technology and a more hectic corporate life, people need reminders to stop and examine what matters&mdash;to double-click, if you will. The term is simple, but it&rsquo;s really profound.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>Reuben tries to carve out time to go to a caf&eacute; twice monthly with a notebook and engage in reflection. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll double-click on my business, double-click on my life&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I double-click on everything now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead2\">Possible Preaching Angle:<\/h2>\n\n<p><em>In our daily lives as believers, we might apply this idea to things such as obedience, love for God, Bible reading, and prayer. 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