Links

Oasis Resources

 

Oasis Ministries Portal

This is the portal into the Oasis Ministries Network (currently 11 websites and growing.)  Descriptions and links are provided to all the websites, which cover a wide variety of topics and include a large collection of inspirational and educational materials useful for evangelism, discipleship, personal growth, and church planting.

 

http://www.youall.com/oasis/

 

 

Oasis7 Center

 

This is link specifically to the Oasis7 Online Center described elsewhere on this Church Encounters website.

 

http://youall.com/oasis7center

 

 

Sources for Graphics and Photos

 

The following two websites offer huge, free, searchable collections of hi-resolution photographs for use by anyone, for any project. You can find anything from a baby’s foot to an air balloon, a group of people studying to someone skiing, a pebble dropping in a pool to a fireplace glowing.

 

 

Morguefile

(a morguefile in print publishing is a collection of past articles and illustrations, such as in a newspaper office, for possible use in future projects)

 

http://morguefile.com/

 

 

Stock Exchange

(this site requires registration, but the process is quick, free, and painless, and gives you access to a wonderful collection of resources)

 

http://www.sxc.hu/

 

 

Reference works online

 

Biblegateway

An extensive online collection of searchable Bible translations, including KJV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, Amplified, New Living Translation, and more. Also includes online versions of many standard Bible reference works.

 

http://www.biblegateway.com/

 

 

E-Sword

Extensive Bible Study software program that can be downloaded for free. It is considered by many to be equal to programs costing hundreds of dollars. Digital version of Strong’s Concordance built in, many translations available, many reference works keyed to immediately pull up alongside the Bible version on your screen, and much more.

 

http://www.e-sword.net/

 

 

The Wayback Machine

Have you ever been searching for information, and come up with the dreaded "error, not found" message about a site that looked so interesting in its description on the search engine list? That often means that the site owners took the site down … or couldn't afford to pay their website server fees. But the site you were looking for may still be "out there" for your perusal! There is a unique "cyber gadget" called the "Wayback Machine" that may be able to come to your rescue. It is on the Internet Archive website.

 

The sponsors of the Internet Archive website, with the cooperation of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and other institutions, have done what is almost unimaginable. Starting in 1996, they "downloaded" virtually the WHOLE "internet" into massive archival files. And they did this periodically ever since. With the Wayback Machine, you can "surf the net" AS IT WAS at a "moment in time" in the past! IF the site you are looking for hasn't changed its URL, you just type in the webaddress you want to see in the Wayback's search box, and it will offer you choices for "when" you want to be taken back to. Graphics may be missing, but the text of what was there Way Back When will be displayed.

 

http://www.archive.org/

 

 

 

More to be added periodically