I have seen at least bits and pieces of what I am looking for contained in various apps, but to fully examine them all would take a much more extensive amount of time than sending this out to tap into the knowledge of a great number of people with much more experience; I want to maximize my biblical learning and experience, not spend vast amounts of time trying to reinvent the wheel, or spending massive amounts of time having to copy, recopy, etc. every time I find a better app/system.
I am looking for a comprehensive digital Bible set-up. (i.e. ...
I want to be able to both read and study (and therefore to be able to find my references), regardless of where I am and whether I have my computer or phone. I don't have a good memory or much experience, so it would be a massive help to me, to be able to quickly/easily find all the/my relevant references to a topic, as well as my thoughts and explanations, especially when having a discussion or debate trying to show someone critical issues (i.e. to be "ready always to give an answer ..."). Also, I can work much faster on my computer, so it would be best for me if the resource was available online, so that I can work on my computer, but then to have all my work sync with my phone app. I assume that "reference" or "cross reference" Bibles, as I mentioned earlier, probably have some of this (topical studies / relevance), however, given how mainstream/nominal "Christian" theology often differs from God's biblical reality, and how personal insights relate to my personal experience/understanding, it would be much more ideal if I could create/modify references of my own.
I would appreciate if you have any suggestion(s) or info in regards to this matter, or if not, if you would not mind putting the request out there to your network of contacts, to see if anyone else has knowledge of such a system, or an interest in investigating for the greater good.
~ Michael
P.S.: If there is a better place (more appropriate or more effective) to post this, please let me know.
P.P.S.: Do tags need to be preceded by the hashtag symbol ("#")? Do they have to be "one-word" in form? (e.g. Does the tag for "Bible study app" need to be "Biblestudyapp" or "#Biblestudyapp?"
I am looking for a comprehensive digital Bible set-up. (i.e. ...
- Multi-platform-- across Android, the web, and hopefully also offline (syncing up when get back online)
- Able to take personal notes.
- Able to "mark up" (e.g. highlight, underline, bold, note, tag, etc. etc.).
- Syncing across all platforms (Android, web, hopefully offline too).
- Greek/Hebrew concordances [whether built-into the verses (clickable to open the Greek/Hebrew), or separate reference books.
- Commentaries, esp. Matthew Henry, Finney (not really familiar with these yet, but have heard MH used at church, and I think I remember you mentioning Finney in your documentary by OpenAirOutreach).
- Other books, references.
- Side-by-side, or some other GREATLY EASY-to-USE/READ method for displaying Bible, concordance/dictionary, commentary, etc.
- Preferably free, or very cheap [I have seen some "free" apps which seem to have a lot of the features which I desire, but then they charge for everything internally, like $19.99 for the KJV (my preferred translation)].
- Other translations/version available.
- Would greatly prefer to be able to create my own subject/linking:
- {i.e. be able to make notes, tags, etc. at one verse, and have it show a list of related verses [especially of my own creation, although having a list of references compiled by other "experts" would be very helpful as well (Is that called a "reference" or "cross reference" Bible? And if so, do you have any recommended versions for this, as well?)], and especially to be able to either directly show, or have clickable linking to the other verse(s) (the ones listed regarding the current verse being looked at}
- Another option, would be to be able to create "studies," in which any verses I list within the study {and it would be nice if it could automatically insert the actual verse text (e.g. I type "John 3:16" and the system automatically fills in "16 For God so loved the world ... ."), so that I don't have to continually copy/paste, or do "endless" clicking or looking up to keep checking what my/the other references actually say [especially if I can mark-up the verse within this "study" as well, ideally auto-transferring such mark-up (notes, highlighting, etc.) back to the original text as well.] In this way, it would be very easy for me to compile my thoughts and studies, as well as to see any thoughts and studies as I read through the Bible in the general reading, or when looking up a verse during a discussion and thereby, on the spot, giving myself other references and info as well (versus a topical study)}.
I want to be able to both read and study (and therefore to be able to find my references), regardless of where I am and whether I have my computer or phone. I don't have a good memory or much experience, so it would be a massive help to me, to be able to quickly/easily find all the/my relevant references to a topic, as well as my thoughts and explanations, especially when having a discussion or debate trying to show someone critical issues (i.e. to be "ready always to give an answer ..."). Also, I can work much faster on my computer, so it would be best for me if the resource was available online, so that I can work on my computer, but then to have all my work sync with my phone app. I assume that "reference" or "cross reference" Bibles, as I mentioned earlier, probably have some of this (topical studies / relevance), however, given how mainstream/nominal "Christian" theology often differs from God's biblical reality, and how personal insights relate to my personal experience/understanding, it would be much more ideal if I could create/modify references of my own.
I would appreciate if you have any suggestion(s) or info in regards to this matter, or if not, if you would not mind putting the request out there to your network of contacts, to see if anyone else has knowledge of such a system, or an interest in investigating for the greater good.
~ Michael
P.S.: If there is a better place (more appropriate or more effective) to post this, please let me know.
P.P.S.: Do tags need to be preceded by the hashtag symbol ("#")? Do they have to be "one-word" in form? (e.g. Does the tag for "Bible study app" need to be "Biblestudyapp" or "#Biblestudyapp?"
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