Just got an email from iTunes. They are offering March Madness games for $1.99. Interesting development.
I'm not sure exactly where Apple is taking us, but I know the church needs to be blazing the technology trail. I'm pretty stoked about our theaterchurch.com video podcast. It is one way we do digital dischipleship and e-vangelism.
I continue to think that there are ways of preaching that no one has thought of yet. I think we'll see new genres of preaching evolve in the next decade that aren't even on the radar right now.
The message is sacred. The medium isn't.
The church needs to be redeeming technology and using it to serve God's purposes. I see the iPod as a tremendous evangelism tool and discipleship tool. That was really the driving motivation behind www.GodiPod.com.
I just did a magazine article last week that I titled iSermon. An iSermon is a sermon that utlizes the iPod medium. Podcasts and video podcasts fall into that category, but I'm guessing that sermon shorts and short films will grow in popularity. I can see five minute messages and five minutes films functioning as postmodern parables.
Just thinking out loud.
I'm not sure exactly where Apple is taking us, but I know the church needs to be blazing the technology trail. I'm pretty stoked about our theaterchurch.com video podcast. It is one way we do digital dischipleship and e-vangelism.
I continue to think that there are ways of preaching that no one has thought of yet. I think we'll see new genres of preaching evolve in the next decade that aren't even on the radar right now.
The message is sacred. The medium isn't.
The church needs to be redeeming technology and using it to serve God's purposes. I see the iPod as a tremendous evangelism tool and discipleship tool. That was really the driving motivation behind www.GodiPod.com.
I just did a magazine article last week that I titled iSermon. An iSermon is a sermon that utlizes the iPod medium. Podcasts and video podcasts fall into that category, but I'm guessing that sermon shorts and short films will grow in popularity. I can see five minute messages and five minutes films functioning as postmodern parables.
Just thinking out loud.
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I'm a big believer in the virtues of "Godcasting" (as well as a big fan of the word itself), but as video sermons become more widely available, do you ever worry that people may start to skip going to church thinking "I can catch the podcast"?
Ron,
That is the $64,000 question I'm asked in just about every interview I have on Godcasting. Here's my take. Godcasting is a great supplement but not a good substitute for church.
Will some people use a Godcast as a substitude? I suppose so. Just about anything can be misused. Does that mean we should stop podcasting? I don't think so.
I haven't done a quantitative study, but I honestly think the number of people who get plugged into a church via a podcast far outweighs the number of who disengage because of a podcast. If people use a podcast as a substitute then I question their level of spiritual maturity to begin with.
If they are really responding to the teaching content of the podcast it will always lead towards greater commitment to Christ and a church body.
My two cents.
PM
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