Our on-line world brings all kinds of new issues (which I never have even thought about) like this one.
Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Being on line after you die?
Posted in technology on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sharing Bible verses on Twitter
Posted in technology on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phil Gons:
Logos Bible Software just launched a new website called ref.ly (think bit.ly). It allows you to share Bible verses as links via Twitter and other places where you have a limited number of characters and want to keep the URL as short as possible.
You can follow me on Twitter.
Don’t waste your facebook
Posted in technology, tagged facebook on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John Younts has some absolutely outstanding posts about using Facebook for the furthering of God’s reputation, not your or mine.
Great stuff! If you blog, use facebook or Twitter or something else, and want to think biblically about these, please take the time to read them! And do it before you check out whose on-line or [...]
Viewer Discernment advised #3
Posted in discernment, technology, tagged discernment, worldliness on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last of the posts on questions by Craig Cabiness in Worldliness (edited by C. J. Mahaney).
He writes, “After reading these questions, you may get the feeling that practicing discernment is a lot of work. It can be, but it’s worth the careful deliberation because the goal is lofty: discerning what pleases the Lord!” We have [...]
Viewer Discernment Advised #2
Posted in Christian life, discernment, technology on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor Craig Cabiness in Worldiness (edited by C. J. Mahaney) offers the following heart questions to ask as we consider our daily media intake. He says, “We need more than a rating if we’re to honor God through our viewing. We need an evalution process that takes into account our time and our motive, as [...]
Viewer discernment advised #1
Posted in discernment, technology on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor Craig Cabiness serves the church well by providing a series of questions that will help us be discerning regarding what we watch on our TVs, DVDs and movies. I will post three separate categories of questions he suggests we ask:
Time Questions
Am I skipping or delaying something important in order to watch this now?
What are [...]
On-line integrity
Posted in technology on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tim reminds us all, “The internet is a minefield—there is no doubt about it. For every blessing it brings (and there are many) there seem to be innumerable dangers. For every relationship forged and strengthened, there is another damaged or destroyed. For every minute of time saved through some great technological advance, there are hours [...]