rebelbase Woodley

I came across this little baby on the internet and I thought it’s a sign of our times. These days in our technologically advanced world it makes absolute sense to carry your Bible around with you on a key chain that you can plug in while sipping your Starbucks.  As library cards and newspaper subscriptions have

lumbered toward extinction, the Gospel on disk is an obvious step.  It makes sense for us to have a new format.  We have seen the proliferation of new translations of God’s word into ‘modern’ language; I am actually surprised that this device is the King James Version of the Bible, one that most of us here in the States in 2007 find difficult to understand.  As the society that we serve has changed in regards to values and acceptable social norms the church has begun to change its presentation.  Media has become so prevalent in our lives that we now sit in church and don’t think twice as clips from the latest blockbuster illuminate a sermon series.  This is the way it should be.  We tend to look at things as either secular or religious and categorize them in these two ways; we shouldn’t.  We need to look at the things around us as a whole and apply God’s Word to it all.  I still feel a little weirded out by sitting in front of a computer screen to read my Bible.  I like to turn the pages instead of click the mouse.  But I envision a day when journals are kept as text messages and prayers are seen more like personal ‘chat rooms’ with God instead of truly verbal conversations.  As we change the ways that we communicate with each other our views on communicating with God change also.  The important thing is that we don’t forget that the purpose of talking with our Creator is to worship Him; however we chose to get the job done.