Easy Access to Christian Literature
We are a privileged generation! The things which yester year
were difficult, impossible, unavailable in our lives and environment are
today’s realities. It’s like people are increasingly being preoccupied with
their innovating, inverting and creating something that will enhance our
enjoyment, satisfaction, pleasure and ease our lives and improve our
comfort. Just like everything made
originating from human being is stained with sin, technological advancement is
no exception. This poses a challenge to the Christians to swift through in
isolating the wheat from the chaff. In this confusion, others are sailing at
the cutting edge of technological advancement while others have decided to shy
away and avoid it as much as possible and only when it is really, really
necessary.
How can we preserve, advance the good old gospel in today’s
technologically advanced world? We are indeed a privileged people who have so
many advantages over the previous generations. When referring to the previous
generations of Christians, the reformers and the puritans provides a shining
example of the what, how, who, why’s of Christianity. Today’s generation is far
more privileged than they were in terms of access to the means of grace. Below
are just some of the things are I can highlight:
- · Copyrights: All the books that were written before 1923 are not copyrighted- This means that you can reproduce reprint download etc without breaking the law. What a blessing to have free access to all the works of the puritans, reformers, Spurgeon, and many many others who lived after them etc.
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The audio books: Most books have been converted to audio and
therefore some of us with bad eyesight can easily have the books read to us.
There are tons and tons of Christian audio books available on the internet for
free. Imagine how wonderful it is to listen to John Owen’s book “The death of
death in the death of our Lord Jesus Christ” while stuck in traffic, or on a
queue waiting to be attended to.
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Ereaders- With the advent of technology, there are many Electronic
Readers that enable you to read documents, books electronically. My favorite is
ereaders is the Amazon Kindle. With access to about a 1 million books to choose
from, a battery that lasts for a month after charging, ability to buy and begin
reading a book in under a minute are enough reasons to have this gadget! It is
also not very expensive compared to the wealth books that you shall be able to access.
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The mobile phone- most mobile phones
will have internet, ebook reader and mp3 player. While a few years ago it was
considered as worldly to buy a smart phone just as it was considered worldly
for a Christian to wear Jeans and sneakers in some cultures. Now you can buy a
smart phone for godly reasons! Bibles, various books are all available for your
use.
Our generation surely has no
excuse for not utilising these means for our edification and the glory of our
God and Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ.
