Al Mohler calls this a “tragic announcement“: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday that it would no longer offer its venerable reference set in a printed edition. Western Civilization just took another hard blow to the chin. Mohler bemoans the fact that the experience of reading a physical book will soon be relegated to the sidelines of twenty-first [...]
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Goodbye Encyclopedia Britannica, Hello Exaggerated Crisis for Western Civilization
Posted: March 16, 2012 in books, current events, history, misc, technology2
Check out Reformed Theological Seminary’s iPhone app for memorizing the Westminster Shorter Catechism in 90 days! It’s simple to use and, best of all, free! HT: Justin Taylor
This is a truly amazing idea. Check out this video about the massive-scale online collaboration that we all (unknowingly) participate in and see how (in the near future) you may be able to learn a new language for free.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Online
Posted: September 26, 2011 in bible, current events, history, misc, old testament, technologyGoogle has just announced a partnership with The Israel Museum, Jerusalem to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls to the web, and thus to the fingertips of anyone who would like to take a look at these incredibly significant documents. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by a shepherd boy in 1947 and include some of [...]
Sproul Jr. on Multi-Site Churches
Posted: September 3, 2011 in church, controversy, ecclesiology, preaching, technologyRC Sproul Jr. has posted a short critique of the increasing prevalence of multi-site churches that stream one message to multiple venues: Here’s a brief and partial list of the ways this is bad: 1. It cultivates and encourages the cult of personality… 2. It cultivates and encourages a form of preaching that is anything but pastoral… [...]
Google Doesn’t Consider Churches to be “Non-Profit”
Posted: August 27, 2011 in church, current events, technologyChristianity Today: For years, the search and software giant individually offered some of its products—including its office software and popular Gmail—for free or discounted use to qualifying nonprofits. Eligibility requirements varied by product, but churches and faith-based groups were welcome to use some. All of that changed in mid-March when the company launched “Google for [...]
Justin Taylor: The ESV Student Study Bible was simultaneously published in print and online formats. The Online Student Study Bible is hosted through ESVBible.org and functions as a study module, similar to the formats of the ESV Online Study Bible and the Online Literary Study Bible. With notes, book introductions, maps, and specially written articles, it’s a portable, easy-to-use tool to compliment your free ESVBible.org [...]
I’m not sure why I am posting another video about the making of the newest Transformers movie, but I just couldn’t resist. This one is about how they created the sounds for the movie. It’s fascinating to think about the incredible amount of effort and time that must have gone into this one aspect of [...]
