Bible Stuff & Community

I love this. I love being here (in church). But it isn’t the same as it once was. Maybe it’s because I’ve changed. I hope that it isn’t just nostalgia or the wishful hope for something that has long past.

This past week I finally got around to look into bible software for my mac called Accordance. It was absolutely amazing the power that these little devices possess. Go to a bible verse, click on a word and up pops the original hebrew or greek. From the verse click a toolbar and up pops a map or timeline or commentary. Amazing. I could never imagine these tools back in the day… Alas, last year I bought a bunch of Windows bible software but never really got around to really using it. Ugh, it looks like another case of “over consuming” which is reminiscent of my book-buying days. Truthfully, the only bible-tech that I’ve really used since last February is the e-bible on my PDA. But even then there’s something about the feel of my old Thompson chain-reference (NIV) on my lap, easily flipping through the pages that I haven’t had sitting at my desk looking at computer screen. I was kind of hoping for that portability and power on my laptop but never quite got there.

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