What's That???
Don't let all these abbreviations and technical terms fool you... These relatively new ways of web broadcasting are simply ways to download text, audio and video messages automatically.

The links in the center column are simply links to the daily text, audio and video devotionals that are also on our home page.


Daily Audio Podcast
One-minute messages from Max Lucado, available each weekday

Subscribe to the messages in iTunes
or subscribe by copying this link into your RSS podcast player
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MaxLucado


Daily Text Devotionals
From the book, Grace For The Moment: Volume 2, available for purchase online.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/MaxLucado_Everyday
Subscribe by copying this link into your RSS reader

Video Podcast
Periodic video messages from Max Lucado
View online at MaxLucado.com/video, or

Subscribe to the videos in iTunes
or subscribe by copying this link into your RSS podcast player
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MaxLucado_Video

What is a Podcast, RSS, XML...?
If you aren't sure, you're not alone. You may have heard of these terms but not know what they mean. The short answer is that they simple ways to get content to people across the internet. There are many sources out there that explain it in detail, so here are the short definitions and links to more info:

Podcast: a method of publishing sound files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new audio files automatically. The name comes from a combination of "iPod" and "Broadcasting," although you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast.
Read More: Wikipedia, iPodder.org,

XML: Extensible Markup Language - A type of programming language used in delivering content to web browsers, newsreaders, mobile phones and other digital devices.
Read More: Wikipedia (the online, user-updated encyclopedia),

RSS: is a family of XML file formats for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs.
Read More: Wikipedia,





How Do I Do This?

The easiest way to listen to podcasts and watch video podcasts is to subscribe to each feed using the free iTunes software.


The basic steps in making use of a podcast or RSS text feed are:

1. Get the software to read the feeds, such as
Google Reader.


2. Subscribe to a feed. (Just copy the links to the left).

3. Enjoy!


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