Technology
Viewsonic PJ551D Projector
How the video projector market has changed. Just 8 years ago I purchased a new Viewsonic projector (900 lumens / 800 x 600) for $3,100. Five years ago I replaced it with a Panasonic (1600 lumens / 1024 x 768 / smaller and lighter) purchased off eBay for $1,000; it was one year old.
In June [...]
Choosing a Video Projector
When I first entered ministry in the late 1960s, “multimedia” consisted of slide projectors, overhead projectors, cassette or LP record players, and reel to reel film projectors. Today the most popular multimedia device for teaching and preaching is the video projector. In my role as technology guy for the Sunset International Bible Institute, I am [...]
E-Sword Updates Worth Noting
Our favorite Bible study software continues to be upgraded. The current version of e-Sword is at 7.9.8. This update adds a few new features and includes better support for Windows Vista. One problem I had after upgrading from my 7.7.7 version was my NASB Bible module had to be downloaded and installed again. More exciting [...]
Free Clipart from Microsoft
No, this is not one of those “Bill Gates (Microsoft founder and one of the world’s richest men) is giving away $1,000 to everyone who forwards this e-mail” kind of thing. Instead, I want to let you know about a valuable, free resource available from Microsoft for users of their Microsoft Office line of products [...]
Classic Bible Art Sources
I can still remember as a child looking through our big family Bible at the color pictures. They were reproductions of famous paintings. I could “read” the pictures before I could read the words! I still have an affinity for those classic scenes, even when I know they may not closely represent the original event.
“www.Google.com”
I regret my absence of more than a month. The beginning of a new term at Sunset International Bible Institute, serious health problems with my wife, and other commitments have kept me away. I hope I am back; thank you for your patience.
A most useful web resource for Bible background research is an “internet search [...]
“www.SunsetOnline.org”
A website I can wholeheartedly recommend both to Bible students and truth seekers is the Online Courses website produced and supported by the school I work for. Sunset International Bible Institute (Sunset) is located in Lubbock, Texas, and has been training missionaries, ministers, and teachers for the churches of Christ around the world since 1962. [...]
Create Handouts & Attachments as PDF Files
P – D – F…Portable Document Format… a kind of document made popular by Adobe Software and their Acrobat and Acrobat Reader programs. Want to provide others with a file of a lesson or notes but want to make sure it won’t be changed or edited? Need to send a document to someone by e-mail, [...]
