Christian Chat Rooms: Computer help comes straight to your door
THERE ARE PARTS of the world where you stand in line for three hours just to buy a tomato, and then there's the good old USA, where just about anything will be delivered right to your door, including a geek to fix your computer.This is the thought that occurs to me in the living room of Iris and Jim Willett, a retired couple who live in Brooklyn Park, as we watch Chris Isham from the computer trouble-shooting service Geeks on Call geek around with their PC. "The...
Christian Chat Rooms: 'Why or why not' stage is the tricky part
It is OK to tell your children you are nervous about talking about sex. One study I read said about 19 percent of kids learn about sex at home; 81 percent learn from their friends. This is like giving a child a Rolls Royce and saying, "They can learn driving by having a few wrecks."We just got a new kitten, and that is how it learns. It just climbs on stuff and waits to fall on its head. At one point it leapt from the arm of the couch like some WWF wrestler and...
Christian Chat Rooms: Online church draws some 40,000 people to the flock
Critics say Web can't meet users' spiritual needs
A Dallas Internet entrepreneur is giving new meaning to Jesus' words in the Gospel of Matthew: Whenever his disciples come together in his name, Jesus is there among them. Even if it's in cyberspace.On Friday, Bruce Thompson opened the "virtual doors" to his new church, where computers and modems have replaced pews and kneelers. Thompson believes his 777live.com could become the primary source of biblical teaching and fellowship for tens of...
Christian Chat Rooms: QUESTIONS AND THE QUEST
Homosexuality isn't the problem; it's our own broken sexuality Charlie Farnum Maple United Methodist Church My son is moving to California later this month, and so I am learning about the world of "instant messaging" on the Internet.I found Christian chat rooms on the Web, where you can instantly talk with people around the world about Christianity.My first (and probably last) foray into "Christian chat"...
Christian Chat Rooms: CYBERCOM.NET OFFERS A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
There seems to be strength in numbers for nearly 100 different Evangelical Christian organizations that have ventured onto the World Wide Web together. Organizations, ranging from Billy Graham to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to the Radio Bible Class, have joined to share resources under a larger umbrella group, Gospel Communications International, a Michigan-based Christian ministry.The 4-year-old Web site was intended to provide the technical support and resources for Christian...