Transcript Technology and Bible Study

Technology
and Bible Study
Phil Butler
2/9/11
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Two parts
S Website
S Bible study on the Computer
Hardin Valley Website
S www.hvcoc.org
S www.hardinvalleychurchofchrist.org
S Public area
S Member’s area
Public area – Today’s Verse
Public area – Calendar
Public area – Sermons
Public area – Links
Member’s area – Login
S Use your full email address.
S Problems with login – let me know.
S Guest access – guest / live4jesus
S Guest access does not have the member directory.
Member’s area –
Miscellaneous
S Connection - Can download current and back-issues
S Library – online listing of our growing print library
S Contacts – phone/email of all of our leaders
S Prayer List – recent items needing our prayers
S Worship assignments
S Calendar – same as public calendar but with more info
S Yellow Pages – do business with fellow members
Member’s area – Member
Directory
S For HV members only
S Use search box to filter
S Search on name, city, phone number, etc.
S Click on family name to get detailed info
S larger photo, address, phone numbers, email, birthdays, etc.
Member Directory
Bible Study on the Computer
S Websites
S Computers
S Desktop
S Laptop
S Phones, etc.
S iPhone
S iPad
S iPod Touch
S Blackberry
S Android
S E-Readers
S Kindle
S Nook
Why use a computer at all ?
S Searching
S Syncing – keep your notes and bookmarks in more than one
place
S Portable – dozens of translations and reference
What can be done ?
S Reading bible
S Translation selection
S Navigation
S Search
S Reference
S Commentary
S Personal notes/bookmarks
Requirements/Wish List
S Want to be able to read the bible on the computer, web, and/or smart
device
S Want multiple translations
S Audio bible
S Reference capabilities
S Want bookmark and notes capability
S Would like to sync between computer and smart device
S Ideally, be able to export raw data (bookmarks, notes, etc.)
S Able to print/share notes/bookmarks/highlights
Resource - Christian
Computing Magazine
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www.ccmag.com - back issues available free in PDF form.
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Jan 2011 – General discussion of Bible software
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Nov 2010 – Mac Bible software
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Oct 2010 – Logos
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Sept 2010 – e-sword
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June 2010 – iPad apps
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May 2010 – iPad apps
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Jan 2010 – Wordsearch
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Dec 2009 – Quickverse/BibleGlo
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Sept 2009 – iPhone
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Sept 2010 – Taking notes
Side note
S Haven’t found the ideal package yet
S Cross-platform with syncing
S NIV
S Commentaries / Dictionaries
S Free or cheap
S Easy to use
Websites
S BibleGateway.com
S Nice interface
S Used on the Bible Bowl site (web scraping)
S Audio
S Heartlight.org
S www.searchgodsword.org
S Used on the HV website
S Reference tools
S Biblia.com
S Companion to Logos software
S Others listed on the HV website (Links -> Online Study)
S If you have more, let’s add it
Logos (Dan Spann)
S www.logos.com
S Platforms: Windows/Mac/iOS/Android/Web
S Very powerful – probably the Cadillac of Bible study software
S Just about every word/name is hot-linked
S Commentaries / People / Places
S Web access - biblia.com
S Somewhat expensive to get NIV. Very expensive for a large
library.
WORDSearch (Bob Hunter)
S www.wordsearchbible.com
S Platforms: Windows / Mac
S “enormous resource for a very reasonable price”
S Commentaries, Dictionaries, etc.
S Price – about $40 + $30 for NIV
Glo
S www.bibleglo.com
S Platform: Windows
S Interactive, Immersive
S Virtual tours & video
Tecarta (Kathy Swallows)
S www.tecarta.com/bible
S Platforms: iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch), Android
S Nice and intuitive interface
S Notes, bookmarks, parallel translations
S Somewhat clunky (incomplete) web interface – but it does sync
S No native Windows/Mac software
S Price: Free – streaming, NIV offline version is $10
Tecarta
YouVersion (Keith Weber)
S www.youversion.com
S Platforms: iOS, Blackberry, Android, Mobile web, web
S Nice interface – notes, bookmarks, history, reading plans
S Web interface – no native software – but can sync with mobile
S NIV requires internet connection on mobile devices
S Affects speed and availability
S Price: Free
YouVersion
Just 1 Word
S www.just1word.com
S Platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry, web
S Nice interface – notes, bookmarks, history, reading plans
S Explore Bible books, keywords, stories, topics, devotions
S Nice book/chapter/verse navigation
S Nice verse highlighting
S What’s Happening
S Web and mobile interfaces are clean and complete – however cannot
sync between them.
S Price: Free – NIV offline version download is $7
Just 1 Word
Many more…
S Mantis
S Olive Tree
S Laridian
Summary and Warning
S There are a lot of good tools out there for Bible study using
today’s technology. We can hope that the tools will evolve –
knowing that the Word will always be the same.
S With Bibles on our computers and phones, it is possible to
read 5 minutes here and there while at work, while our car is
in the shop, or while at the hair salon. However, we should
not rely ONLY on this for study. We should have a time
for study and not only give God’s Word our left-over time.