In previous eras, broadcasting the Gospel of Jesus Christ was first accomplished through the written word, then radio and finally television.  But all these mediums had limited distribution capabilities.  Today, however, there is a new broadcast medium that has incredible broadcast capability through the use of MP3 audio files and RSS/XML directories and news feeders that have MP3 audio distribution capability.

The concept of blogging audio has been around for a few years, but has been made popular of late due to the IPOD from Mac, and it's ability directly download MP3 audio files from a blog.  The result is that the process of using audio-based blogs is now commonly called "PODCASTING".

However, you do not need an IPOD to listen to MP3's from an audio-blog.  You can use your own PC or Mac, or any number of other MP3 players on the market.

Below is a sample of a sermon from Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in MP3 format.  Chuck is teaching on the great love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13: