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July/August 2008

FRONTLINEMAGAZINE

VOLUME18 ? NUMBER 4

10 Technology: Slave

or Master? Shaun Walker Technology rightfully used is technology that serves.

12 A Biblical

Perspective on MySpace and Facebook Michael Gray We have become deluged with information, both good and bad, at the simple click of a mouse.

15 Ministry through

Church Websites David LaRocque A good church website is an electronic meeting hall for your church members to obtain information, view schedules, retrieve member information, and communicate with one another.

16 SermonAudio Gives

Local Churches a Global Voice Steven Lee SermonAudio has made it their business to help and promote the local church.

18 You Need to Project

If You Want to Be Heard Jonathan Stanley Investing in clarity-enhancing technology and techniques for your church may be well worth considering.

38 Ministry Resources

6 The Value of

Bible Software for Ministry Douglas Brown and Tim Little Bible software has greatly enhanced our ministries.

21 Tuning Out

Television Mark Herbster Though there is nothing wrong with having a television set, it can bring a great deal of evil into the home.

We are grateful to Dr. Michael Yarborough for his editorial assistance with this edition of FrontLine.

Departments

4 Mail Bag

5 On the Front Line

New Technology--Timeless Truth John C. Vaughn

20 On the Home Front

24 Cogitations

On the Bible Warren Vanhetloo

26 Ladies' Circle

Truth from a Teacup Debbie Garbutt

27 Wit & Wisdom

David Atkinson

28 Regional Report

29 The Evangelist's

Corner The Lord's Path for His People (Part 2) Jerry Sivnksty

30 At a Glance

Paul's Pastoral Epistles (2 Timothy): Not for Pastors Only (Part 3) Layton Talbert

33 Newsworthy

Robert Condict

35 Global Focus

The Need for Expansion in Ethnic Evangelism Pearson Johnson

37 Chaplain News

Operation Freedom Tony and Marcy Younce

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ANOTEFROMTHEPRESIDENT

New Technology--Timeless Truth

John C. Vaughn

A few months ago I used up the last of an old roll of film-- yes, film--by taking a picture of my grandchildren. When

prets Proverbs 18:24. His main point is illustrated by a preacher's passionate application of a misinterpreted verse. Maybe that preacher was you,

they said, "Let me see!" I but I have to wonder if it was me.

tried to explain there was nothing If so, it was a long time ago, and

to see yet. They couldn't understand thankfully my understanding of the

what was wrong with my camera. I verse has improved. Dr. Jaeggli was

have a digital camera now, but it's old kind not to have named whoever it

already. I watch hurried folks walk- was; many of us are thankful that

ing by with their thumbs

our early errors were not

in a blur as they send

published more widely.

text messages in airport concourses, but for me,

The front cover of this

His article also references the value of the Qumran

"instant message" is an magazine proclaims, manuscript 1QIs? which

oxymoron. Those of us "FrontLine: Bringing verified the reliability of

who are on the trailing edge of the leading edge of technology wonder if we will ever catch up. We

the Truth Home." New tools can help us do that.

the Masoretic Text. Now, here your humble editor is after three decades of preaching, and I can

mumble, "Well, I don't

honestly report to you a

actually have a website,"

remarkable occurrence

when asked for the link.

of three recent events related to Dr.

My peers and I poke fun at our- Jaeggli's article.

selves about our techno-limitations, The first is that through the marvel

but we are trying to learn. We honestly of modern publishing, I continue to

do appreciate those who are techno- benefit from the scholarship of oth-

savvy, and we are especially thankful ers--I even get to read the articles

for those with the patience to explain first! The second is that on a visit to

to us how to use our gadgets. We Israel in May, we followed President

know that there are easier and faster Bush through the Shrine of the Book

ways to do some of the tasks we do, by mere hours. Dr. Craig Hartman

but many of us are at the point in life and I laid eyes on a magnificent scroll

where we have so many obligations displayed for the president's visit.

and relationships to maintain that it Not the facsimile we had always seen

is a challenge to find the down time before, mind you, but the actual scroll!

to get up to speed. The front cover of Yes, right before us, in plain view, lay

this magazine proclaims, "FrontLine: the very thing: 1QIs?!

Bringing the Truth Home." New tools Thirty years ago, in my days of pas-

can help us do that.

sionate preaching based on the pas-

In this issue is an article by Dr. sionate preaching of others, I would

Randy Jaeggli that accurately inter- have had no idea what I was looking

at or what its significance was. When I finally saw it, I was prepared to appreciate it. But, the third event, and no small achievement this one, is that my daughter Becky showed me how to put the little "a" in 1QIs? so I could write it in this article. Without that "small step for a man," these comments on information technology's "giant leap for mankind" would be poorly illustrated.

Many of us remember hearing Neil Armstrong speak those words about "steps and leaps" on July 21, 1969, as he, the first man ever to do so, set foot on the moon. We had wondered for years, "Do you think man will ever go to the moon?" And then it happened! Advances since then have come at a staggering pace. The Lunar Module Computer is reported to have had 74kb of memory that had been literally hard wired, with about 4kb of something resembling RAM. Today, and I literally mean "today" because it could change tomorrow, there is a 6GB memory card available for a cell phone! Your search engine can find all these facts in seconds, of course.

Knowledge comes quickly, but wisdom usually takes time. Consider the wisdom in the verse that Dr. Jaeggli explains. "The man of casual friends is about to ruin himself," gives warning to the man who publishes his passionate views as widely as is possible today. We would be wise to remember that "there is a very close friend who manifests more loyalty than a brother." Let's not forget that it takes a lifetime to have a lifelong friend. We welcome new tools but we will always need timeless truth.

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