| What Does a Bible Program Give
You? |
 | LOTS of Bible translations. |
| Topical Indexes, so you can readily find all
the Bible verses that deal with (for example) "salvation."
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| Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias, so you
can quickly look up complicated words like "propitiation."
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| Bible Commentaries, so you can read
explanations of those hard-to-understand verses. |
| Maps and (in some cases) pictures |
| And more -- most Bible programs include around
35 to 50 books. In fact, it would cost you several hundred dollars to
buy all the individual books that you get in a Bible program.
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| How Does a Bible Program Work? |
| Five really useful capabilities
that Bible programs provide are: (1) Multiple windows, (2) Linking, (3)
Click-on Links, (4) Searches, (5) Lexicons. |
| Multiple windows - Let's say you have
opened 4 windows. In window #1 you put your favorite Bible translation.
In #2 you put a Bible commentary. In #3 you put a cross-reference list,
such as Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. In #4 you put a Bible
dictionary. Thus, you can read any or all of these resources on one
screen of your computer. |
| Linking - If you jump to (say) John
3.16 in window #1, all the other windows will jump right along with you,
to that same verse. Thus, at any given time, you will have your Bible,
commentary, and cross-references all working together, no matter where
you go in your Bible. |
| Click-on Links - If you come across a
word that you don't understand, click on it and poof! -- the dictionary
in window 4 displays the definition. If you click on a cross-reference
in window 3 then poof! -- a new window opens up so you can read that
cross-reference verse. |
| Search capability enables you quickly
to find any word or phrase in any of the Bibles and reference books that
the Bible program provides. |
| Lexicons will quickly show you the
Greek or Hebrew word that underlies a word in your Bible translation, as
well as a definition of that word. |
Links to web sites that provide free Bible Study
Tools you can download to your computer include:
Additional Bible Study Tools you can purchase for
download to your computer include:
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