Best Bible | Translations Versions Software and Resources http://www.best-bible.org Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Logos Bible Software Launches Logos 4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/H7VN2nXmmis/ http://www.best-bible.org/logos-bible-software-launches-logos-4/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:16 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=380 Logos Bible Software today announced the release of the newest version of Logos Bible Software, Logos 4. Three years in development, Logos 4 is not simply an upgrade to the previous version of Logos, this is a complete re-imagining of what Bible study software ought to be. It is streamlined, powerful, and uncomplicated—it is the perfect tool for everyone from the seasoned scholar to the man or woman simply wanting to get more from his or her time in God’s word.

With far too many upgrades, features, and resources to cover in a single post, you can visit www.logos.com/4 to see what Logos 4 can do to take your study of the Bible to the next level.

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/logos-bible-software-launches-logos-4/feed/ 0 http://www.best-bible.org/logos-bible-software-launches-logos-4/ I love the Bible http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/GZFRS8gA2Do/ http://www.best-bible.org/i-love-the-bible/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:11:59 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=378 For those who are interested, here’s a cool site called I love the Bible. I’m particularly fond of John Piper reciting of Romans 8 and Ryan Fergusons reciting of Hebrews 9-10. Both are amazing!

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/i-love-the-bible/feed/ 0 http://www.best-bible.org/i-love-the-bible/ Great Bible Giveaway http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/chv3QTiCtDE/ http://www.best-bible.org/great-bible-giveaway/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:07:54 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=355 Logos Bible Software is celebrating the launch of their new online Bible by giving away 72 ultra-premium print Bibles at a rate of 12 per month for six months. The Bible giveaway is being held at Bible.Logos.com and you can get up to five different entries each month! After you enter, be sure to check out Logos and see how it can revolutionize your Bible study.

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/great-bible-giveaway/feed/ 0 http://www.best-bible.org/great-bible-giveaway/ iPhone App Reviewer Wanted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/vYbwLf28LzI/ http://www.best-bible.org/iphone-app-reviewer-wanted/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:00:33 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=346 I received an email today asking if I wanted to review a Bible application for iPhone.  Since I don’t have an iPhone, I thought I’d ask if someone else wanted to review it.  So, if you have an iPhone and you are willing to download an iPhone app (I’ll give you a code to get it for free) and write a review of it for Best-Bible.org, then leave a comment below.  I’ll pick a reviewer in the next couple days.

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/iphone-app-reviewer-wanted/feed/ 2 http://www.best-bible.org/iphone-app-reviewer-wanted/ Gideons Celebrate 100 Years http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/01VIP2FNDiM/ http://www.best-bible.org/gideons-celebrate-100-years/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:07:49 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=344 Congratulations to the Gideons:

NASHVILLE — Long before cable television, spa treatments and eco-friendly soaps and shampoos became staples in hotel rooms, there was the Bible — the Gideon Bible.

And the book with the familiar two-handled pitcher and torch on its cover that most guests find inside hotel nightstands doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon.

Gideons International is celebrating its 100th anniversary distributing Bibles and has begun efforts to hand out more Scriptures in the U.S. to boost a distribution rate that’s remained relatively flat in recent years.

Nearly 76.9 million Gideon Scriptures were given out in nearly 85 languages in 187 countries last year. Close to 1.5 billion Scriptures have been distributed since 1908, when the Gideons first began to place Bibles in hotel rooms.

Read the entire article

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/gideons-celebrate-100-years/feed/ 0 http://www.best-bible.org/gideons-celebrate-100-years/ Audio Bible Available in 333 Languages http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/5QAcL6igYU8/ http://www.best-bible.org/audio-bible-available-in-333-languages/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:07:07 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=342 Faith Comes By Hearing has released eight new recordings.  The ministry now has over 350 versions available representing 333 languages.  The newest recordings are:

The new recordings include:

• Dan, East – Cote d’Ivoire
• Garhwali – India
• Kimochi (Mochi) – Tanzania
• Koma (Konni) – Ghana
• Ndau – Mozambique
• Quechua, North Bolivia – Bolivia
• Mooré – Burkina Faso
• New American Bible – USA

Of the new language groups represented, the Koma language group in Ghana is the smallest with only 3,800 people. And with not a single Koma person believed to be literate, the newly released Audio Bible will finally provide a chance for the group to hear God’s Word in their own “heart language.”

“That’s why Faith Comes By Hearing records and uses audio Bibles to reach the world,” said Morgan Jackson, the ministry’s international director, in a report. “We believe God’s Word is for all people, especially those with the least access.”

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Bible Translations – Based on Dollar Sales

  1. New International Version various publishers
  2. New King James Version various publishers
  3. King James Version various publishers
  4. New Living Translation Tyndale
  5. English Standard Version Crossway
  6. Today’s New International Version Zondervan
  7. New Revised Standard Version various publishers
  8. New American Standard Bible update various publishers
  9. The Message Eugene Peterson, NavPress
  10. International Children’s Bible Thomas Nelson

Bible Translations – Based on Unit Sales

  1. New International Version various publishers
  2. New King James Version various publishers
  3. King James Version various publishers
  4. New Living Translation Tyndale
  5. English Standard Version Crossway
  6. New Revised Standard Version various publishers
  7. Reina Valera 1960 (Spanish) various publishers
  8. Holman Christian Standard Bible B&H Publishing Group
  9. International Children’s Bible Thomas Nelson
  10. The Message Eugene Peterson, NavPress

HT to Phil Gons for Pointing me to in Ephesus

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What's in Your Bible? Find out at BibleStudyMagazine.com

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/bible-canon-chart/feed/ 1 http://www.best-bible.org/bible-canon-chart/ Newsweek and Gay Marriage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/UeDrEkHW8IA/ http://www.best-bible.org/newsweek-and-gay-marriage/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:20:59 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=333 Newsweek’s cover story is, you may have heard, on the Bible and gay marriage.  While I haven’t read the article, I shall refer you to Al Mohler who has some good things to say about it.

After reading Mohler’s post I don’t even want to bother reading the article… alas, I probably should.  But why waste my time reading something from a publication that believes I am intellectually bankrupt.

“Given the history of the making of the Scriptures and the millennia of critical attention scholars and others have given to the stories and injunctions that come to us in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament, to argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt—it is unserious, and unworthy of the great Judeo-Christian tradition.” Newsweek editor Jon Meacham

]]> http://www.best-bible.org/newsweek-and-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.best-bible.org/newsweek-and-gay-marriage/ Logos for Mac is Now Shipping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BestBible/~3/iJ2WjUk4Ybo/ http://www.best-bible.org/logos-for-mac-is-now-shipping/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:35:38 +0000 W. Ryan Burns http://www.best-bible.org/?p=331 The highly popular Logos Bible Software is now shipping their Mac version.

Logos Bible Software began shipping the much anticipated Logos for Mac today to individuals who pre-ordered the program on www.MacBibleSoftware.com.

Not being satisfied to simply port their windows version over to Mac using an emulator, Logos Bible Software spent three-and-a-half years rebuilding their award-winning Bible software from the ground up for Mac.

“With more and more of our users switching to Mac, it just made sense for us to build Logos for Mac,” said Bob Pritchett, President of Logos Bible Software. “Many Mac users have been running Logos using Boot Camp or programs like Parallels.  We’re happy to announce they can now run Logos natively.”

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As a Mac and Logos user, I’m pretty excited… I’m also a Logos employee… but I was the first two before that. Oh, happy day!

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