Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Using your iPad for Devotions

 I've set up my iPad to be very useful in my morning devotions. Mentioned below are a few free apps you can download and use for your own devotions.

 The Olive Tree Reader Bible App is very useful for reading and studying your bible. It has "In-App" purchasing, and there are many great bibles to download. I currently have the King James Version, Holman Christian Standard Bible (and I'm saving up for the Study Version of this same Bible), American Standard Bible, and several others. Other languages are available as well, I have the Romanian and Spanish translations. It includes wonderful study features such as highlighting, bookmarking, and notes.

  The Bible.is(also available on other iOS devices) app by Faith Comes by Hearing, is great for when you are doing activities in the morning, such as your routine exercise, or when you are showering, cooking, or whatever you wish. Simply download app, and listen to the Bible being read by several different voice options, including one with dramatic background + dramatized dialogue (word-for-word), and many different Bible versions(other languages available).

 I use the Ellen G. White Estate Complete Library app(also available on other iOS devices) to read the Spirit of Prophecy writings. This app was designed for Seventh-Day Adventists, but anyone is welcome to use it, and read the writings. It contains the complete EGW Estate Library, including the unpublished articles. This app is great for word, phrase, and topical search studying, as well as reference look up. You can browse through all the titles in the Library, and it also has the King James Version Bible, if you need to cross reference with the Bible. This app comes in English, French, Spanish, and more. Other languages are being developed as well.

 Also for Seventh-Day Adventists, the Sabbath School app is awesome! It has all the Sabbath School quarterlies published by the Review & Herald, and the Pacific Press, including the Youth divisions. It does not have the EGW Notes quarterly, sadly, but that is under construction as a separate app.

 For notes, journalism, and doodling, I just downloaded the Moleskine app, by moleskine.com. This is great for those of you who have an iPad stylus, available at most any store that sells iPad accessories. You can use your stylus to write, like on paper. The response isn't quite like real writing, but it works! You can also insert text, so you can type, and paste quotes you may have copied from the Bible or your EGW app. Here is a picture example of what it can do:

 Happy Studying! 

Seth Greve

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