2010-08-09T16:33:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/new/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1508 2010-08-09T16:33:10-05:00 Perhaps the biggest challenge to the western church today is the shift in the last 10+ years to a post-Christian context. And people are just not that much into us any more. Alan Hirsch is one of the key leaders helping us to understand this changing context and change our ministry approaches. http://internetevangelismday.com/creative-thinking.php 2010-08-07T18:09:50-05:00 A 30-second film shows six people playing basketball, three in white shirts and three in black. Volunteers are asked to count the number of times the white shirt team pass the ball. At the end of the film, they are asked if they saw anything unusual. Most do not. The unusual thing is: halfway through the film, a man wearing a gorilla suit walks through the players, beats his chest to the camera, then walks off. http://internetevangelismday.com/digital-communication-culture.php 2010-08-07T17:54:46-05:00 Computers and digital media are changing the world. We need to be like the men of Issachar, “.. who understood the times and knew what Israel should do...” – 1 Chronicles 12:32. There are now over 2 billion users around the world, and the majority of them are in non-Western nations, especially the hard-to-reach ‘10-40 Window’ region. Many people look to the Internet as their first port of call for help and information on virtually anything. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/evangelism-outside-the-box.php 2010-08-07T15:27:16-05:00 Within a rapidly-changing and secular culture, we need new ways of telling people the old, old story. Richardson explains how to get outside the box of ideas and practices that are sacred to us but not sacred to God. He provides fresh perspectives on relying on the Holy Spirit, awakening spiritual interest in others, and appealing to what they value (instead of what we think they should value). It is foundational to any type of evangelism in the modern world, and illuminates key strategies that are needed in web outreach. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/understanding-evangelical-media.php 2010-08-07T15:18:21-05:00 This is a valuable introduction to a whole range of communication media: radio, tv, movies, print and web, music, theater, gaming, advertising and ethics. Contributors are all experts in their fields, mainly college lecturers (though not one from outside USA, even Canada!). You may know Dr Q’s writing about the Web, including his 1996 Internet for Christians which gave many their introduction to what was then a strange new medium. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%205:17&version=NIV 2009-10-01T17:37:03-05:00 When our sins are forgiven, we're not just an "improved" versions of our old self--we're a completely new person! We're no longer bound to any of the guilt or shame that previously bound us; we are, spiritually speaking, a new creation. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Your-Recycling-Miracle-4181 2008-08-14T12:16:45-05:00 Actually, I believe that God invented recycling. See, He has this amazing ability to recycle the garbage of our lives into something beautiful, something useful, something that can really make a difference. It happens through a process that God describes in our word for today from the Word of God. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-View-From-The-Roller-coaster-8056 2008-07-24T15:38:57-05:00 You know, life is bound to be a roller-coaster if you keep looking back. A life that matters is focused on where you’re headed, not where you’ve already been. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/New-Episodes-of-Lost-8001 2008-07-21T10:30:07-05:00 For all of us who feel lost, there’s hope and a promise from Jesus Christ.