Merry Christmas: Please Choose a Free Book By BylineJohn Dyer on December 17, 2009March 5, 2020 I love books. I love them so much that I even created a site (www.bestcommentaries.com) to help people find good resources for Biblical studies. A cool part of that site isContinue readingMerry Christmas: Please Choose a Free Book
SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World by Douglas Estes (Review) By BylineJohn Dyer on November 2, 2009March 5, 2020 As an aside, I’ve just added a Books & Resources section that has a brief bibliography of books that address technology and faith. Recently, Douglas Estes posted on CT’s Out ofContinue readingSimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World by Douglas Estes (Review)
The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community (Review) By BylineJohn Dyer on October 30, 2009March 5, 2020 Jesse Rice is a former worship arts director from California, and he’s just released one of the first books that directly addresses Christian community and identity in the social networkingContinue readingThe Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community (Review)
Why We Can’t Stop Posting, Linking, and @Replying By BylineJohn Dyer on July 13, 2009March 5, 2020 My Son, the Social Genius My 8 months old son Benjamin is becoming quite a hilarious little character. Lately, when friends are visiting and we get into a good discussion,Continue readingWhy We Can’t Stop Posting, Linking, and @Replying
Learning about Reality and Information from a Coldplay Concert By BylineJohn Dyer on June 25, 2009March 5, 2020 What Is Information? My (awesome) brother recently took me to a Coldplay concert, and we had a blast together. But before we get to Coldplay (and Snow Patrol), let’s introduceContinue readingLearning about Reality and Information from a Coldplay Concert
Dostoevsky’s 1984 Saved Him from Our Brave New World By BylineJohn Dyer on June 2, 2009March 5, 2020 1984 vs. Brave New World In the introduction to Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman contrasts the worries about future technology by Aldous Huxley in Brave New World (1932) and George OrwellContinue readingDostoevsky’s 1984 Saved Him from Our Brave New World
Language Shapes Our Worldview By BylineJohn Dyer on April 14, 2009March 5, 2020 A psychology professor at Stanford University found that in languages with gender, the gender assigned to an objects tends to shape the way a speaker views that’s object. For example,Continue readingLanguage Shapes Our Worldview
BibleTech:2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith By BylineJohn Dyer on April 8, 2009March 5, 2020 The fine folks at Logos have posted the audio and slides of the BibleTech:2009 conference talks. Here is my presentation slides synced with the audio using slideshare.net. (note: the titleContinue readingBibleTech:2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith
Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Review) By BylineJohn Dyer on March 23, 2009March 5, 2020 The Question T. David Gordon believes that the majority of preaching today is rather poor, not so much in its content, but in its form as preaching. As a practitionerContinue readingWhy Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (Review)
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology By BylineJohn Dyer on March 14, 2009March 5, 2020 Better Off (2005, Harper Perennial) is probably the most clever title of any technology book I’ve read. The book is Eric Brende’s retelling of his 18 months living with aContinue readingBetter Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology