Some of my favorite links

Here's a few sites I enjoy...

• Church and/or Christian doctrine related sites
• Family resource sites
• Goofing around sites
• Sites to help you set up your own web page!
• Opportunities to be heard

• Church and/or Christian doctrine related sites
  • The prayer list for this site - it includes links to various other prayer request links following the prayer request listing.

  • Our Daily Bread - For those of you familiar with the daily devotional booklets, this is where you can get the readings on the Internet! You can click here to go directly to today's devotional notes. What I like about it is that they provide a hypertext link to the scripture passage (which can be displayed in a number of different translations).

  • Thru The Bible Radio - Hey! You've got to check this site out. It's worth the wait -- you can get the RealAudio playback of the daily broadcast. Now you can listen to one of the best teachers around on Thru The Bible Radio when you have a chance.

  • Calvary Chapel of Visalia's Homepage - the website of the church that I call home. If you live in Visalia or are just visiting the Gateway to the Sequoias, look at the map and stop by on Sunday for a time of fellowship, praise and Bible study.

  • Calvary Chapel of Westminster's homepage - This is the homepage of my friend's home church. A really slick site well worth looking at.

  • Calvary Chapel - includes Bible study helps (in their library), prayer lists, locations of the various Calvary Chapels, audio files of sermons, etc.

  • Servants Quarters - The website for Gayle Erwin's ministry. If you've never heard of Gayle Erwin, I highly recomend that you check out this site and look at the 'Contract'. An amazing ministry... Pastors! He has some parables and past articles that you may want to use in future sermons. Christians! If you need encouragement, go here!!!

  • GOSHEN.NET - a website with all sorts of stuff for Christians! Browse around and see what you like...I checked out their shareware section and got a cool Bible program for Windows 95 called SwordSearch ... very nice and it only costs $20 to register!

  • Michael Lindell's home page - A great site loaded with all sorts of neat-o links and articles!

  • The Expository Files - monthly articles devoted to Bible study. I may not agree with everything they say (on occasion), but it's wonderful fruit for discussion...

  • God Arose For You - a Christian ministry to homosexuals. They have a brief, well-written article entitled 'HOMOSEXUALITY: How Should the Church respond?'.

  

• Family resource sites
  • Family Life Today - the website for the Family Life Today radio program. Includes audio files of their daily broadcasts.

  • Guidlines International Ministries - From the people who bring you 'Guidelines for Family Living', a website that provides Dr. Harold Sala's daily 'Guidelines' broadcast in text form. Also included here are resources available on family issues and radio broadcast times and stations.

  • The prayer list for this site - It cannot be said enough: Prayer works! This web page includes links to various other prayer request links following the prayer request listing.

  

• Goofing around sites
  • JesuSeed - a band I help out, whenever I can, located in beautiful downtown Long Beach, CA, a city replete with those delightful odors!

  • KDUV 88.5 FM - this is the Christian radio station I tend to listen to the most. I enjoy it because they play some alternative stuff in their regular mix periodically. They've got concert listings for the Kern/Tulare/Fresno Counties area and other stuff (like links to Christian musicians' web sites)...
  • Jim Tunnicliffe's Homepage - a friend of mine who is super-intelligent and humble. I check out his family photos and periodically read his insights on coffee("You know you've had enough coffee when..."). He has a section that will generate anagrams from people's names (well, most of the time...)

  • The Sci Fi Channel's site - because I still enjoy science fiction, etc. I enjoy the Seeing Ear Theater the best! NOTE: This site may contain language not suitable for the youthful net surfers out there.

  • The Dilbert Zone - all sorts of fun besides the cartoons...check out their daily brain teasers!

  • Reverend Fun - a daily cartoon with a Biblical/Christian bent to it. Good clean fun!

  • The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Report - A "must see" site for those interested in the snack treat of the same name. WARNING: This site contains detailed instructions on how to light Twinkies(R) on fire and pictures of the resultant destroyed snack cake! (Also, in their Turing Test, the two gentlemen reveal the mind of an adolecent male...not a pretty thing, especially for younger viewers).

  • The Twinkie Torture Test - another site detailing another test performed on helpless snack cakes. (Perhaps the time has come for PETSC...People for the Ethical Treatment of Snack Cakes)

  • The prayer list for this site - If you've got nothing to do, take a minute or two to help out your bretheren. It costs you nothing, but the rewards are great! Includes links to various other prayer request links following the prayer request listing.

  

• Sites to help you set up your own web page!
  • For starters, get a free homepage...
    • Geocities' own homesteading site! - I whole heartedly encourage you to get your own free webpage and e-mail account here. Christians are allowed to be seen and heard, too! Even a nut like me! What you do is find a Neighborhood that most closely resembles your interests , not necessarily nearest to your geographical location. Then check out Geocities' help guide to getting your own web page FREE! and follow the step-by-step instructions. If you still need some help after reviewing the sign up help, send me an e-mail message. NOTE: I've found so far that the highest concentration of Christian web pages in Geocities can be found in the Heartland Neighborhood.

  • Next, learn about HTML (HyperText Markup Language)...
    • Annabella's HTML Help - a great site for helping you get a good start on your very own web page. I personally think this is the most useful site at Geocities for begining website builders. Follow Annabella's advice and you'll be up and running in no time...AND you'll have a pretty slick site, too! NOTE: I currently have this link pointing to the first article in the series. Use the links to other articles at the bottom of that page.

    • NCSA's Beginner's Guide to HTML - about 13 pages of helpful material on writing HTML. It looks like a DOS manual but is much more helpful.

    • WebMonkey's HTML Tutorial - An excellent reference loaded with tons of example code, illustrations, and a section to test yourself to see if you understand the concepts.

    • The HTML Writers Guild - You may find this site useful for learning about more than you could hope to do with HTML. Contains discussion groups, a section with frequently asked questions, etc. And they have a Basic membership package that costs nothing!

  • Now, you need tools to make things easier for you...
    • Netscape's Download page - If you're like I was when I first built my web page at Geocities, you probably think that FTP is a gasoline additive and can't figure out how that can help you send files to Geocities. The easiest way to send stuff you want to use on your web pages (including HTML files) is to use Geocities' EZ File Upload, but it requires that you use a Netscape browser. Well, here's where you can get a browser from Netscape relatively painlessly. REMEMBER: Even though Netscape will allow you to download a browser for purposes of a trial period, you still need to send them some cash to pay for it!

    • - This is a great site for getting what you need! You need a scanner? You can find one cheap here. You need a new modem? This is the place.

    • HTML Writer - I highly recommend this particular shareware program for those among us who really like to produce HTML code by themselves and not depend on WYSYPYG (What You See, You Pray You Get) programs for generating web pages. Wins my "Best Use of the Right Mouse Button" Award. The author of the program sugggests a donation of $10 for this great utility.

  • Places to help you spruce up your web pages...
    • Andy's Art Attack! - No web site is truly complete without a few buttons to push or a funky background to look at or a neat animated icon or...I think you get the idea. Anyhow, this is the place to get a lot of neat free stuff to put on your web pages. (It's where I got a lot of the stuff on my pages..)

    • IconBAZAAR - This is where I got most of the animated icons I use. Tons of good stuff, including separator bars...

    • The prayer list for this site - Perhaps you're having problems with your HTML coding or maybe you want tons of hits on your page so people can learn how to be saved and avoid the nastiness of eternal damnation...well, let's get people praying about it!

  • Places to help you advertise your website...
    • - "Submit your page to 34 popular sites for free, using one form!" It's a little more work than that, but you can get yourself into a heap of search engines for free...make sure you set aside about 45 minutes for the whole process.
  

• Opportunities to be heard
  • CyberDialogue - An opportunity to participate in surveys (primarily marketing-type stuff). Christians, rather than boycotting everything, you can talk to the source in business and marketing and make yourself heard! CyberDialogue will also pay you for your participation in these on-line surveys. NOTE: Joining doesn't guarantee that you will selected for participation in a survey, but you can't participate if you don't join.

  • Geocities' Free Home Pages - Do I seem pushy about this? If you have something to say, SAY IT TO THE WHOLE WORLD! These homepages are free and require as much or as little maintenance as you would like to dedicate to them. If you don't want to risk being ridiculed by small-minded people, you don't have to include your e-mail address... 'Nuff said, check out the Home Page sites I listed above for help getting started.

  • The prayer list for this site - Do you feel overwhelmed by the world's pollution? Do you need some encouragement? Are you wiped out by depression? Send a prayer request and get your brothers and sisters praying for you and working on your behalf. GOD WORKS THROUGH PRAYER!

If you have decided to set up your own homepage because of little ol' me, let me know! I'd love to check out your site, just send me an e-mail at ksiwek@geocities.com