Most of us have some sort of smart phone. No matter what type of smart phone you have, I have found one of the best Bible application out there on the market today. And the best part, it’s FREE!!
The application is called YouVersion. Over the last decade the Internet has brought about an information revolution. There is very little that you can’t find out there on the web on any manner of subject. Since it's start in 1996, LifeChurch.Tv’s purpose has been to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. They have concentrated their efforts to this end in technology.
There are three things that make this Bible application the best one out there.
- It's free. There is nothing more appealing about an App for your phone then the cost. If you can find a free App that will do the same thing as a App that you have to pay for, why would you do it?
- Easy to use. Of all the Bible applications that I tried (and paid a lot of money for) this application is very easy use. The speed at which you can look up the Bible verses is amazing. It is very intuitive as though you were actually using a real paper Bible. Not only that, there are hundreds of versions that you can use.
- Excellent features. When you get and App, you wanted to be packed lots of cool features. The You Version Bible App is no exception. They include
- Being able to highlight passages and take notes on them
- Being able to copy, cut, and paste Bible passages into word processing applications on your computer or device
- Being able e-mail specific Bible passages to friends
- Setting up a profile to connect with other YouVersion users
- Providing a live event where participants can take notes on a Bible study or sermon, this app has it all!!
If I were being completely honest it does have a few limitations. One of the biggest is that the most popular Bible version (NIV,NLT, NRSV, etc.) are only available through streaming. I'm pretty sure I know the reason. It's because they don't have the copyright on those versions to put them out there to download. That being said, there are plenty of other versions that you can download to your device.
All in all, I am very pleased with this app and highly recommend it!
I love YouVersion. The new Common English Bible CEB - which is a very credible collaborative translation, (c)2011 no less, is completely downloadable. I highly recommend it. I also love the fact that you can listen to many of the versions.
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