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God Does Not Post to YouTube? Dr. Read Schuchardt on the Morality of Media

By John Dyer on January 4, 2010March 5, 2020

A reader named Adam posted a few videos from Wheaton College of Professor Read Schuchardt’s chapel presentation in which he addresses several issues with our media and electronically saturated culture (seeContinue readingGod Does Not Post to YouTube? Dr. Read Schuchardt on the Morality of Media

Defining the Word “Technology” … Four Times

By John Dyer on December 27, 2009March 5, 2020

Technology, like “art,” is not a terribly easy word to define. It turns out that some philosophers have already done a decent job of parceling out categories, and I thinkContinue readingDefining the Word “Technology” … Four Times

Merry Christmas: Please Choose a Free Book

By John 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

Is Online Ministry ‘Incarnational’?

By John Dyer on December 12, 2009March 5, 2020

I feel like the luckiest guy in the world that something I really like to doing – coding websites – can be an important ministry. But it’s not all fun andContinue readingIs Online Ministry ‘Incarnational’?

Shane Hipps is Coming to My Conference: The Electronic Gospel

By John Dyer on December 7, 2009March 5, 2020

Just kidding. It’s the other way around. Dallas Theological Seminary‘s Center for Christian Leadership is hosting Shane Hipps, author of Flickering Pixels (my review), for a one day conference inContinue readingShane Hipps is Coming to My Conference: The Electronic Gospel

NT Wright on Blogging & Social Media

By John Dyer on December 1, 2009March 5, 2020

From Bill Kinnon: This is NT Wright’s response to my question on his opinion of blogging during Imbi Medri-Kinnon’s interview shoot with the Bishop of Durham in 2007. Portions ofContinue readingNT Wright on Blogging & Social Media

Every Reference to Technology in the Scriptures

By John Dyer on November 23, 2009March 5, 2020

Matthew Clarke (site | blog) contacted me to let me know that he’s been reading through the Bible to compile every reference which mentions some kind of technology. He listsContinue readingEvery Reference to Technology in the Scriptures

Refactoring the JavaScript Color Picker – Step 1: Clean up the HTML and CSS

By John Dyer on November 19, 2009March 5, 2020

On of the most popular posts on this blog was a color picker (demo) I created about 4 years ago and then released 2 years ago. It was based onContinue readingRefactoring the JavaScript Color Picker – Step 1: Clean up the HTML and CSS

Four Questions for Technology from the Biblical Story

By John Dyer on November 13, 2009March 5, 2020

A few months ago, in a post called From the Garden to the City, I briefly mentioned four aspects of technology that show up in the redemptive narrative of Scripture,Continue readingFour Questions for Technology from the Biblical Story