Tag Archives: mobile computing
Texting and Driving – A Deadly Combination
Taylor Sauer’s last text message will never be forgotten: “I can’t discuss this now. Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha.” Seconds later Taylor was dead. Late at night she was driving home from college on Idaho’s I-84 in excess of 80 MPH… to pass the time she was facebooking a friend about the Denver [...]
Alert! Free iPad App for Preaching
In an earlier post, Preaching with an iPad Part 7: Tips and Tools for Preaching, I recommended the $2.99 Podium Cue App. The developers of Podium Cue are temporarily offering the app for FREE! However, this offer will expire in about 36 hours so head on over to your iPad’s app store and grab it [...]
Preaching with an iPad Part 8: Putting it All Together
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation…” Mark 16:15 ESV We have reached the final post in our iPad preaching series. Wow! I hope you have enjoyed reading this series as much as I’ve had writing it– but more importantly I pray that the [...]
Preaching with an iPad Part 4: Best eBook Apps for Preaching
“Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” Ecclesiastes 12:12b ESV Preaching requires a significant amount time dedicated to preparation, and much of that time is spent reading. This is yet another area where the iPad can play a signification role as an aide [...]
Preaching with an iPad Part 2: Best iPad Bible Apps for Preaching
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8 ESV This is the second article in a series of posts about using the iPad to preach. Last Wednesday in this series’ inaugural post, I addressed the question of why someone would even want to use an [...]
Preaching with an iPad Part 1: Why?
“When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.” 2 Timothy 4:13 ESV This is the first in a series of posts about using the iPad to preach. As an itinerant preacher and public speaker, I have found the iPad to [...]
Who Owns Who?
Mobile Relationship comic from Bonkers World
A Digital Bible Worth Considering
There is no lack of websites for reading the Bible. You can probably rattle off a half dozen or more– Bible Gateway, YouVersion, Blue Letter Bible, Bible.cc, and on and on. Recently I’ve started to use eBible.com. It might not boast all of the features nor as many translations as some of the other Bible [...]
God’s Fingerprints, Facebook, And The Unexpected
Yesterday was a very difficult day for my family and I. No, not because it was Election Day here in the United States– rather something of much greater significance happened. My mother experienced a medical emergency (I’m being intentionally vague to protect her privacy) that necessitated an emergency trip to the hospital. This morning, as [...]
Podcast: The Global Explosion
Scott and Crawford discuss the pace at which the internet and specifically mobile technology is impacting the church. They share unique experiences that have opened their understanding to the universal church and how technology has helped to build it.