Comments on: Paid and Free Bible Softwares For Everybody http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/ making disciples... Sat, 19 May 2012 14:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: David Cox http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-6580 David Cox Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:45:08 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-6580 I develop modules for theWord, and we have about 1500 already up on the website (twmodules.com), and I am posting around 25 per week (probably will go back to that number after the holidays). I originally made modules for e-Sword (about 1800 of them in circulation). I am constantly making new modules, not just old out of copyright books, but I am actively writing to websites and authors asking permission and getting it many times. I have a blanket permission to convert the entire www.bible.org website with around 20,000 studies on it, and around 3000 books. In examining and comparing Bible software programs, theWord is more feature rich and powerful, and since I am now developing principally for theWord, we should have a really good library in a few years (well, we really already have a good library now!). January marks the 1 year mark for my website, so come visit us and download to your heart's content. At present I have around 12,000 books on my computer in PDF, HTML, etc. A lot of those (probably 25% to 40%) are under copyright, and I would have to get permission to use them before posting them. But the majority of them are available without problems. Please support our effort by talking up theWord. (Some of our theWord modules are requested for e-Sword, and went they are, I post them on my esword site, http://www.eswordlibrary.com.) I develop modules for theWord, and we have about 1500 already up on the website (twmodules.com), and I am posting around 25 per week (probably will go back to that number after the holidays). I originally made modules for e-Sword (about 1800 of them in circulation). I am constantly making new modules, not just old out of copyright books, but I am actively writing to websites and authors asking permission and getting it many times. I have a blanket permission to convert the entire http://www.bible.org website with around 20,000 studies on it, and around 3000 books. In examining and comparing Bible software programs, theWord is more feature rich and powerful, and since I am now developing principally for theWord, we should have a really good library in a few years (well, we really already have a good library now!). January marks the 1 year mark for my website, so come visit us and download to your heart’s content.
At present I have around 12,000 books on my computer in PDF, HTML, etc. A lot of those (probably 25% to 40%) are under copyright, and I would have to get permission to use them before posting them. But the majority of them are available without problems. Please support our effort by talking up theWord. (Some of our theWord modules are requested for e-Sword, and went they are, I post them on my esword site, http://www.eswordlibrary.com.)
David Cox´s last [type] ..Scroggie, W.G. – Is the Bible the Word of God? – A work on Inspiration

]]> By: Dr.Faren@validation http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-5483 Dr.Faren@validation Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:50:53 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-5483 That's looks like great. In today's world, governed by the Internet, everybody wants to build a website, If you're looking serious to the web design then HTML is a must. There are free services that allow you to check and fix the validity of your html codes That’s looks like great. In today’s world, governed by the Internet, everybody wants to build a website, If you’re looking serious to the web design then HTML is a must.
There are free services that allow you to check and fix the validity of your html codes
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]]> By: Ptr. Vince http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Ptr. Vince Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:41:29 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-923 I will love to try "the word". Will make a review of this once I have this downloaded and used.:) I already have checked it and it seems very interesting. Furthermore, this is the first time that I have heard of this FREE tool aside from what I have mentioned above.:) Thanks for the tip!!! I will love to try “the word”. Will make a review of this once I have this downloaded and used.:) I already have checked it and it seems very interesting. Furthermore, this is the first time that I have heard of this FREE tool aside from what I have mentioned above.:) Thanks for the tip!!!

]]> By: Dan http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Dan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:31:49 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-920 I think that the absolutely best free Bible software is The Word (www.theword.gr). It is way ahead of the ones being reviewed here. Give it a try! I think that the absolutely best free Bible software is The Word (www.theword.gr). It is way ahead of the ones being reviewed here. Give it a try!

]]> By: Ptr. Vince http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Ptr. Vince Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:34:07 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-739 Thank you for this very helpful information, and also thank you for helping the development of these Bible Resources. Concerning Bible Time and some errors, it is not actually a bug that bothers me, it is the errors in the text. When I tried to check it the KJV to the printed KJV, there are some typographical errors. I don't know why and how did it happen. About filing a report, I will try to file it next time so that I can help improve it. But as of now, I find myself so busy with many things. Well, I cannot say anything more but thank you for this useful info.:) Thank you for this very helpful information, and also thank you for helping the development of these Bible Resources.

Concerning Bible Time and some errors, it is not actually a bug that bothers me, it is the errors in the text. When I tried to check it the KJV to the printed KJV, there are some typographical errors. I don’t know why and how did it happen. About filing a report, I will try to file it next time so that I can help improve it. But as of now, I find myself so busy with many things.

Well, I cannot say anything more but thank you for this useful info.:)

]]> By: karl http://thedisciplers.com/paid-and-free-bible-softwares-for-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-738 karl Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:32:01 +0000 http://thedisciplers.com/?p=976#comment-738 A couple observations regarding your mentions of free software. BibleTime is developed under the umbrella of The Sword Project. It uses the same underlying programming libraries and the same modules. If you see errors or problems in the modules' presentation, please file bug reports. GnomeSword changed its name earlier this year, to Xiphos, one of several Greek words for "sword". The major cause for this name change is having produced our Win32 port. Even in Linux, many users are not aware that their desktop environment has a name ("GNOME"), and certainly the word has no meaning in Windows. The most odd point was made when someone mentioned having first thought that "gnomesword" was a dungeons & dragons game...which is kinda funny, but made the point all the more strongly that a name change was needed. Xiphos' 3.1.1 release was made about a week ago. Our feature set continues to be enhanced, bug reports continue to be addressed, and the available module set continues to grow. We move ever forward as a more professional environment. The lack of e.g. NIV and NKJV is due to difficulty of convincing publishers to work with The Sword Project. Internat'l Bible Society (holder of NIV copyright) actually has a policy forbidding release of their text to either Linux-based or generally open source efforts; effort is currently being expended to see if the gross misconceptions on which this policy is based (you can easily guess what sorts of misconceptions) can be corrected. Also, IBS has a specified, and very large, fee structure, in both up-front cost and per-unit royalty. Considering that The Sword Project, and CrossWire Bible Society generally, is a non-income environment, we are in no position to accommodate IBS at this time, unless we can convince them to change their policy. (Please see http://crosswire.org and take a look at the first paragraph.) Nonetheless, The Sword Project does have some major, modern translations, notably ESV and NET. ESV is distributed free; NET comes in 2 flavors, free with limited notes, or a "premium" module with full notes for a small cost, to be purchased at bible.org. Otherwise, with 250+ Bible translations in 100+ languages, plus dozens of commentaries, dictionaries, map- and image-based modules, and numerous general books available, our resource (esp. language) coverage is far wider than any other free Bible study software. We hope users will take a look and consider our benefits. Regards, Karl Kleinpaste Project admin http://xiphos.org A couple observations regarding your mentions of free software.

BibleTime is developed under the umbrella of The Sword Project. It uses the same underlying programming libraries and the same modules. If you see errors or problems in the modules’ presentation, please file bug reports.

GnomeSword changed its name earlier this year, to Xiphos, one of several Greek words for “sword”. The major cause for this name change is having produced our Win32 port. Even in Linux, many users are not aware that their desktop environment has a name (“GNOME”), and certainly the word has no meaning in Windows. The most odd point was made when someone mentioned having first thought that “gnomesword” was a dungeons & dragons game…which is kinda funny, but made the point all the more strongly that a name change was needed.

Xiphos’ 3.1.1 release was made about a week ago. Our feature set continues to be enhanced, bug reports continue to be addressed, and the available module set continues to grow. We move ever forward as a more professional environment.

The lack of e.g. NIV and NKJV is due to difficulty of convincing publishers to work with The Sword Project. Internat’l Bible Society (holder of NIV copyright) actually has a policy forbidding release of their text to either Linux-based or generally open source efforts; effort is currently being expended to see if the gross misconceptions on which this policy is based (you can easily guess what sorts of misconceptions) can be corrected. Also, IBS has a specified, and very large, fee structure, in both up-front cost and per-unit royalty. Considering that The Sword Project, and CrossWire Bible Society generally, is a non-income environment, we are in no position to accommodate IBS at this time, unless we can convince them to change their policy. (Please see http://crosswire.org and take a look at the first paragraph.)

Nonetheless, The Sword Project does have some major, modern translations, notably ESV and NET. ESV is distributed free; NET comes in 2 flavors, free with limited notes, or a “premium” module with full notes for a small cost, to be purchased at bible.org.

Otherwise, with 250+ Bible translations in 100+ languages, plus dozens of commentaries, dictionaries, map- and image-based modules, and numerous general books available, our resource (esp. language) coverage is far wider than any other free Bible study software. We hope users will take a look and consider our benefits.

Regards,
Karl Kleinpaste
Project admin
http://xiphos.org

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