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Technology Marches On

With sadness I listened to the last radio broadcast of “Desiring God” with John Piper. (He was on locally at 7:30 am. If I was traveling at the time and didn’t need to hear the traffic reports I would click my radio to 980.) He was always passionate about something and always engaging, making it easy on the ears and easy to stay awake. I didn’t always agree with him, especially when he rattled on with his five-point Calvinistic stands on things or presented his view on gender roles in the church, but more often than not I found what he had to say helpful. He always passionately presented his points (poetically?). He does have a great command of the language and on most things, I think his heart is in the right place. He has a genuine concern for the poor and those who live without any hope. I’m going to miss hearing him on radio.

The reason he’s quitting radio, is to focus on distribution by podcast. I think his program ranks in the top three nationally for religious podcasts, and it makes great fiscal sense to not buy airtime. This is definitely a trend in our computer age. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to subscribe to his free podcasts.

Would my iPod fill up too fast? Would I have to delete some Weird Al to make room for preaching? That would be a dilemma. (And some of you didn’t think I could work Weird Al into three blogs in a row. Ha. Should I go for four?)