On the evening of October 5th, I came inside the house to check my email on my iPad after working late into the evening. I was working on a home project with my father-in-law. I turned on my iPad and a notification came up from USA Today reporting that Steve Jobs was dead at age 56. I was sad. Why?

I work in the technology field and I grew up using Apple computers and products since grade school. I still do some twenty plus years later. Apple was a company that was maligned during the mid-to-late 1990s. I rooted for Apple, like someone roots for their favorite sports team during that time.

Now after seeing this news, I was sad because I had a strong feeling that Steve Jobs had died without Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. For all the amazing things he had done in his life, without Christ, there would be no hope for him in the next.

A lot has been written since his death by other christian bloggers. Some posts have been judgmental and cold to a degree, while other posts have been accurate yet graceful. Since his death, the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson was released last week. I plan on reading it soon. Here is a review by Tim Challies of the book at his blog.

Anyone else read the book yet? If so, let me know what you think of it.