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Internet Evangelism

Internet yielding more opportunities to reach people lost in cyberspace By Lee Weeks WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–The statistics alone are enough to choke almost any computer’s hard drive. Currently, about 100 million people worldwide “surf the net.” More than 500,000 sites on the Internet’s World Wide Web offer everything from groceries to automobiles to mortgage […]

Good Lists

Why don’t we share some good ‘Net resources? I find this one a beauty: there’s a text from the NIV in my inbox every morning… “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where […]

Emoticons

🙂 smiley with a mustache 😀 big smile 😉 wink ; scream :X keeping mouth shut :-& tongue tied 😛 sticking out tongue or giving a raspberry :* kiss :**: returning kiss () hug (((())))lots of hugs :-)8 sharpley dressed person :-> hey hey |-) hee hee |-D ho ho :/) not funny :-} smirk […]

Acronyms And Emoticons

Acronyms Meaning ——– ——- $.02 – two cent's worth AC – Alexander Campbell ACU – Abilene Christian University AFAIK – as far as I know ASAP – as soon as possible AV – Authorized Version BBB – Batsell Barrett Baxter BBL – Be Back Later BCE – before the common era (aka BC) BCP – […]

Remember When

  A computer was something on TV from a science fiction show, A window was something you hated to clean… and Ram was the cousin of a goat..   A byte was something you took when you ate, Meg was the name of my honey…. Hardware was used to lock a door… Gig was a […]

Communicating Christ In Cyberspace

by Dr. Rev. Arne H. Fjeldstad I have made a number of new friends during the past years. In some strange way they have become part of my life. We have various interest in common. We spend quite a lot of time discussing and sharing information as well as engaging in much "small talk." Actually, […]

Commissioned To The Internet

Wanted: Internet evangelist by Rev. Dr. Arne H. Fjeldstad The Great Commission challenges us to serve the Lord Jesus in a new “reality”, the cyberspace. Also this new computer-based reality belongs to the Lord of all the Universe. The World Wide Web provides new, effective and strongly personal tools for evangelism through e-mail, news groups, […]

How To Make A Web Page

by Rev. Dr. Arne H. Fjeldstad A Web page for evangelism can be 1. just like any other web page presenting yourself, your family, work, hobbies, your cat or dog (or whatever pet you might have), your car, topics of special interest to you, in short: whatever you choose. You do not need to address […]

Christianity Online

by Tina Kirsch "Where is God online?" It’s a question I asked myself as I first discover-ed the wonders of the Internet in 1991, during my freshman year of college. I was amazed that I could send and receive letters from friends on other campuses, instantly! Soon I discovered the vast amounts of information on […]

Gospel And The Internet

YOU TOO COULD REACH A MILLION PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2000! A question in John Mark Ministries’ seminar on creativity asks: ‘If you were to reach more people in the world via one communications medium, what would you use?’ (Correct answer: Coca Cola containers – they’re in more places than radio!). What would your message […]