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Happy Birthday to the most distributed Bible app in the world! Can you believe it's been 10-years since YouVersion was first released? Do you remember the first time you downloaded it? Do you remember the first time you recommended it to someone? Can you imagine not having it anymore? ... Read More
The New Year is more than a date change for many people. It is also a time of recalibrating, setting resolutions and goals (I chose one word instead of a set of goals or resolutions.) At this time, people tend to commit to doing something about their spiritual formation also. They commit to attending church more often or being more active in small groups. Prayer and Bible reading are also included in some of these personal goals. For this post, I'd like us to focus on Bible Reading plans on ... Read More
On a recent discipleship course I was attending, there was a sentence in the material that struck me: The Bible and prayer are two ways to hear from God. It’s kind of an obvious thing, but the sort of stuff that we can not really apply in our lives. We know God speaks through the Bible, and we want to hear from God...but do we turn to his word? Well, there are various reasons why we don’t but easy of access can be a big one. For some people, reading just isn’t the easiest thing. It could be ... Read More
Streetlights Audio Bible's first publication was in 2012. The trio who met in the early 2000s wanted to create an engaging way to interact with Scriptures. Their desire has seen them publish an audio Bible with about twenty works published so far. It has been made available on free from their website, Soundcloud and for purchase via iTunes. They've recently launched an app. Because I haven't done a review on the audio Bible itself it might be worthwhile to do so first. Let's start by a general ... Read More
For many Christians, a Bible app is one of the first apps they go searching for once they've got their smartphone up and running. I was no exception when I got my first smartphone back in 2012 and I bet you weren't either. The extreme portability and decent reading experience makes them a great tool to help you get into God's word on the go. As long as you have your phone in your pocket (which, let's be honest, is probably 90% of the time) then you can access a Bible (and not just one ... Read More
A few weeks back I received an email from Chris Browler looking at Bible journaling. In the email, he briefly went into the advantages of keeping a Bible journal in general for our spiritual growth. However, the part that really got me was when he started looking at the pros of using a digital Bible journal, especially with the similarities with apps like Timehop. For the record, I'm a big proponent of using pen and paper. Like Ana recently noted, pen and paper offer some great advantages in ... Read More
During the month of September the largest Scripture-translation organization in the world, Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, has launched a campaign to “spark conversations about the Bible’s relevance to modern life.” It's called #WhyBible, and while they plan on doing this every September, this is clearly something we should consider all year long– especially when you consider these sobering statistics from the Barna Research Group (2016): 16% of Millennials believe the Bible is the ... Read More
First came the Bible Emoji Translator. Sure, translating Bible verses into a string of emojis is pretty cool – handy even. You can drop-in a cool verse you'd like to share, copy the emoji results, and then link to the full scripture text. It's a fun and creative way to engage with scripture and friends. But what about the other way around? ... Read More
If you search the Google Play Store for a Bible app, there will be hundreds of options to choose from. Some are for deep study with all of the bells and whistles you could ever imagine, and others are for the person who simply wants to read their Bible. With so many options already available, if a new app wants to have a chance, there must be something special to make it stand out above the rest or it will certainly be lost in the mix. The developers of Scriptura have realized that their app ... Read More
We all know that Android phones are great because of the variety they bring to the smartphone market. Well, that variety isn’t exclusive to the hardware itself, but also applies to the fast growing number of quality apps in the market. Among those apps are some pretty cool Bible study apps. With such a great variety of tools available at your fingertips, you’ll enjoy having the Word with you where ever you go. Check out these 6 that you definitely don’t want to miss: ... Read More
