For Bibliophiles - a great Firefox Plugin!

I love books. I also happen to love to not pay a lot for books. Enter Book Burro, a plugin for Firefox users which, when it senses you're looking at books, will pop up a little panel in the corner of your screen and it will work on finding the prices for the book you're looking at from various bookselling sources you choose, such as Amazon, Half.com, Buy.com, etc. You may even enter your zip code and Book Burro will check to see if any public or university libraries have the book available. Fantastic tool!

If you're not using Firefox as your browser, you should consider using it. I LOVE how it blocks popups, and the toolbar is fantastic. I can search Google, eBay, Wikipedia, and other sites from the toolbar itself. To get the Firefox browser (it's free) go to Firefox.

Are You a Techie Christian Needing Help With Bible Memorization?

If you've read my blog for a while, you know I love technology. Recently I discovered that I could sign up for a daily memory verse to be sent directly to my blog reader, Google Reader. I scan 25 different blogs daily, and Google Reader has saved me a ton of clicking time by letting me know when any of my fav. blog authors have posted anything new. Now I get a nifty weekly memory verse sent to my reader, too.

Here's where you can sign up for your any number of RSS feeds for the ESV bible, including weekly memory verses, devotionals, reading plans, etc. Have fun!

Got Teens? I Found The Perfect Alarm Clock

I am laughing so hard at the thought of using this, that I can barely type. It's a "Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker".

Brilliant!

As the mom of 3 ninjas, I'm thinking this little item could be really useful. Hopefully my next post will be something useful for parents of non-ninjas... oh, and I do think that this clock would work well for teens, whether ninja or not.

Some may be thinking, "But I thought this blog was that of a Christian woman!" True enough. As I sit here, laughing at the clock, may I gently remind you that A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Pv. 17:22

I know one thing for certain, anyone awakened by this clock will not be of a merry heart.

"I love technology..."

Kip, in the movie Napoleon Dynamite, sang this to his bride, LaFawnduh: "I love technology, but not as much as you, you see... But I STILL love technology... Always and forever."

OK, so this post isn't really about Kip. It's about technology and Dr. Wayne Grudem. I LOVE his teachings, especially in his book, "Systematic Theology". I am not trying to compare Kip to Dr. Grudem, either. Wayne is way cooler, as my teens would say.

All this to tell you that I was thrilled to find out that the church which Dr. Grudem attends, Scottsdale Bible Church, is offering teachings in mp3 format, some of which feature Dr. Grudem teaching a Christian Ethics class. Topics include:
Old Testament Canon
New Testament Canon
#1 - Authority (2 part series)
Inerrancy of Scripture (3 part series)
#2 - Clarity
How to Interpret the Bible (7 part series)
#3 - Necessity
#4 - Sufficiency (2 part series)
The Existence of God
"Incommunicable" Attributes (4 part series)
"Communicable" Attributes (5 part series)

To get the messages, go to this link and look along the left hand margin. In the "By Series" search field, choose "Christian Ethics Class" then click "Go". You may live stream the messages, or save them.

I sent this info. along to a bunch of people in our little church. One guy is already downloading the "Inerrency" teaching, and planning on listening to it as he travels to work.

I have been amazed at some of our people's desire to dig into the Word, but that's another post.

For now, be cool, love technology, and access some of the best theological teaching around.