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Each month the Glen Park Gospel Church produce a one page newsletter called the Green Leaf. It's available from the chapel each Sunday. Anything that may be of mild interest will be published here.

 

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My mobile phone is occasionally used to talk to people but mostly it is for reading; usually for things that are happening now and sometimes for reading downloaded information, either to be helpful or for enjoyment. Of downloaded things, the only one that doesn’t eventually get deleted is the Bible. The Bible is nicer to read on paper, but it is more convenient on the phone. My dad found the ESV Bible which is free from copyright restrictions, ideal for quoting in Green Leaf. So that’s what I use too. Here are some more.

Rich Tidwell is a pastor who teaches online using tools available for your phone. Here he presents his favourite Bible resources. (My notes below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j9OlFUL7e4
1 NIV 50th Anniversary Bible - Free and downloadable, easy to use, colouring text, exporting text. Good app for reading.
2 Literal Word - Free, NASB, built-in Abott Smith Concordance, word search in scripture. Generally agreed as best app for study.
3 Dwell - Audio Bible, some paid features, select passages as playlists for later listening.
4 Bible for Kids - Interactive Bible stories read out loud with animated pictures.

Techisode TV is all about a brand of phone but the presenter is a Christian and here presents his own list of favourite Bible resources, different from above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY8UdX9pRqQ
1 Bible Memory - You choose the verses, it prompts at least daily.
2 YouVersion - Colouring texts and adding notes to texts. Audio for bible reading. Search for online content related to a passage.
3 Blue Letter Bible - Dig into Strongs original language text definitions and parallel usages, includes commentaries, dictionaries, concordance.
4 Angel Studios - View episodes of The Chosen. Note: The Chosen includes back stories and conversations not from scripture that are only included to make the film flow better.

The Bible has never been so available to the world as it is today. While the internet contains a rich treasure it also offers many lies and enticements to distract us from a godly path. When you find something interesting, always look for confirmation in scripture or from someone away from the internet that you know is true to God’s will.

Here are another two review lists.
Ward on Words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iv9Gc5aiYg
Apps available for iOS
10. LifeBible - $60pa plus purchases. Missing serious commentaries.
9. E-Sword - only good if already using on desktop.
8. Olive Tree - Little baked in, glitchy interface.
7. YouVersion - Not for bible students, no commentaries.
6. Holy Bible - Cheap, easy to use, only free resources.
5. New Bible - Easy to use, 9 translations, no resources.
4. Accordance - Clumsy but deep for original languages.
3. ESV Bible - Elegant, can get resources and audio.
2. Literal Word - Easy to use, most resources, except original Greek/Hebrew bibles.
1. Logos - Good for digging deeper with #2.
Honourable mentions
Dwell App - For audio bible reading
Parallel Plus - Not easy but simple layout for comparing.
Bible Gateway - Includes many translations.
Bible Hub - Includes many translations, a bit clumsy.

A Nickels Worth Bible Reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUPfwGHREg
5 The Filament Bible - scan codes from print Tyndale Bibles for online resources.
4 Accordance - highlight scripture word for translation details, not so smooth on Android.
3 NET Bible - access all translator note for print version.
2 YouVersion - Lots of translations, includes prompts to read.
1 Literal Word - 4 translations, many resources.
Honourable mention
ESV Bible - Some paid features, all above are free.

Thought for the Month

"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement."

Saint Augustine 354–430 AD

 

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