Christian Podcast

High tech believers are taking advantage of the Christian podcast as a cutting edge way to build their faith and knowledge of the Bible. The wide array of video and audio media that is available to today's consumer is rapidly being embraced by the Christian world. Any thing from sermons, to contemporary Christian music videos to entire church services can be downloaded onto home computers, cell phones or mobile image or audio processors. As the phrase "on demand" becomes more and more prevalent in every day jargon, the idea of keeping spiritual content close at hand is growing as well. For this and other reasons, free Bible podcasts have become a popular spiritual growth tool among believers. It would seem that the number of groups and individuals who are signing on to this meeting of the Bible and the megabyte is growing every day. Churches across the country are now offering their services, sermons and Bible studies by this means and hungry believers are downloading them in droves.

The role that video media play in every day life is expanding at a rapid pace. Projections of what the future might hold range anywhere from video alarm clocks to catching streaming video of family events by cell phone while en route to the event. The benefits of the Christian podcast could include enjoying a service from the family church while away from home, keeping connected and growing in faith while serving in the military, squeezing that extra Bible study in while working out at the gym, not to mention the endless world wide missions opportunities afforded by this far reaching technology. While these video and audio services are never meant to function as a substitute for actual church attendance, many believers feel that they do serve as a means of spreading the Gospel and taking the Bible into new places. In addition, most of these free Bible podcasts are relatively easy to access and download.

Understanding the phenomenon of the Christian podcast does not require a degree in computer science. A podcast is simply a means of obtaining video and or audio files via the World Wide Web. The files can be enjoyed from a personal computer or from any kind of mobile media player. Within the believing world, the various types of programming that are available in this form include, devotionals, special programming or music for children, music, readings of scripture, sermons or expository teaching. Believers across the globe are finding these downloaded files to be a convenient and effective way to grow in faith. Some podcasts are downloadable audio files while others combine audio and video. The fact that these files can travel with the user has contributed to the popularity of these files. The simplest and fasted way to obtain these files is through the use of a broadband Internet connection. A podcast is not an example of streaming media. The term streaming media represents video or audio file that can be played on the personal computer, but is not saved to the computer's hard drive, it simply goes away as quickly as it comes. Podcasts are entire audio or audio and video files that are saved to a computer's hard drive and can be transferred to other mobile video or audio devices.

Locating free Bible podcasts is very simple given the number of directories that are available over the Internet. Each of these directories offers links to hundreds of different podcast files. Whether a user is in search of a good daily devotional or the latest video from a favorite musical artist, a wide variety of downloads are readily available. Anyone who is unfamiliar with this technology can generally find a number of online tutorials to get them started. Selecting a file to download is often made easier by a rating system that helps the user key into files that would best suit the user's own particular needs and tastes. In addition, a wide variety of software products are available that can help the consumer organize various media choices on the home computer or a mobile audio or video device. The Bible makes frequent mention of the importance of sharing God's praise. "Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious." (Psalm 66:2)

Various Christian individuals or organizations such as ministries, churches or Christian recording artists are taking advantage of the Christian podcast technology to spread the Word of God. There are several advantages of building an affiliation with a directory of Christian podcasts. One of these advantages is the assurance that all recommended files have been screened and no inappropriate content such as pornography or files with adult content will share a space in the directory. Another advantage might be the indexing features that are used by these web sites that allow Internet users to more quickly find what they are looking for. Most of these directories of free Bible podcasts require that all of the suppliers that are included on their site agree to a specific statement of basic beliefs and doctrine before they are included in the directory. These directories tend to make downloading links and files a relatively simple process for the supplier and include information about each church, ministry, speaker, or Christian artist that is represented. In addition to sermons, daily devotionals, church services, scripture readings, children's ministry programs, music in a variety of Christian genres, Christian music videos, expository teaching, Christian speakers, and children's worship music, popular figures in Christian radio are also increasingly offering podcast files for downloading. With such a wide array of media available, today's Christian has many sources to choose from in the area of spiritual growth and enrichment.

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