In the wake of the release of artificial intelligence, questions about the nature of technology, its impact on our daily lives, and our role in its uses and abuses have become a more pressing question than perhaps ever before. At the root of these discussions is a more fundamental question: What is technology? In this first lecture in a two-part series, originally delivered in front of a live audience at L'Abri Fellowship in England, Andy Patton offers insights towards a Christian perspective on technology.