--do you use a computer in the pulpit?
--do you think using a computer in the pulpit is wrong since it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Bible? (sorta like "we speak where the Bible speaks and we are silent where the Bible is silent")
--do you use "overheads" in your teaching or preaching?
--do you sing "off the wall" songs?
--do you think using a computer in the pulpit is wrong since it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Bible? (sorta like "we speak where the Bible speaks and we are silent where the Bible is silent")
No.
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--do you use "overheads" in your teaching or preaching?
Yes.
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--do you sing "off the wall" songs?
Yes. All the time. They're my favorite kind of.... oh, wait. I think we're talking about different things!
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Having a computer available is helpful if you're doing something that involves swapping slides or other media. It's also great for looking things up on the fly - as long as you can do that without drawing your audience's attention away from the matter at hand and onto the fact that you're fumbling around trying to find something.
Similar issues can be found with 3x5 index cards that were all the rage when card stock was invented.
I have one for you though, and I was going to start a thread on this... but this is probably one of the greatest reasons "Why Revival Tarries!"
I was just following a link from a pastor to his web site. I don't really know the guy all that well, but he's apparently reaching out across the Interwebs and promoting his new work. I went to his site and what do I find? No address, no map and no location.
I haven't seen the guy in years and I really have no idea where he's at now-a-days. But here's a nice looking web site inviting me to a series of special services at some undisclosed location. Digging deeper into the site I did find a reference to the fact that they are "next to the U-Pump-It on Old Bridge."
That, and a telephone number that may or may not even be in the same state are the only clues I have to go on here. For the life of me, I can't think of anything within 500 miles of my home called "Old Bridge." I suppose I could just sort of "strike out" and "follow the spirit..." but the last thing I'd want is for my body to be found frozen in a snow drift somewhere clutching a piece of paper that said something like, "You Pump It on Old Bridge."
Why do people go to all of the trouble (and a small or even large expense) to put up what amounts to an anonymous web site inviting folks to visit you... no where?
--do you use a computer in the pulpit?
--do you think using a computer in the pulpit is wrong since it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Bible? (sorta like "we speak where the Bible speaks and we are silent where the Bible is silent")
--do you use "overheads" in your teaching or preaching?
--do you sing "off the wall" songs?
--do you use a computer in the pulpit?
••No. When guys do that, I always get the impression they're trying way too hard to be cool. Notes on one side of a 3x5 notecard and I'm good.
--do you think using a computer in the pulpit is wrong since it doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Bible? (sorta like "we speak where the Bible speaks and we are silent where the Bible is silent")
••Seriously?
--do you use "overheads" in your teaching or preaching?
••The verses I use I use (except those I use extemporaneously) at shown on a screen with a digital projector.
--do you sing "off the wall" songs?
••All the lyrics to all the songs we sing are shown on a screen with a digital projector.
I like the more hefty and bulky style pulpits. I need something to duck behind when the "deacons" and "elders" start throwing hymnals at me. There are few things worse than getting thwacked in the forehead by a hard bound copy of Sing Unto the Lord thrown frisbee style.
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