I was one of those Geeks that watched and wondered as Steve Jobs announced the new Apple iPad (worst name of what looks to be a nice product ever). I am an early adopter Tech geek. So I will be wanting one of these devices as soon as they are released.
As I watched, the first thought that I had was what a valuable tool for Bible study out and around this will be. Currently, I have a very heavy HP laptop. It has a huge 12 cell batter which allows me to sit in a coffee shop or the bread place near me for five or more areas not tethered to the power company. It is nice, but also heavy. I’d love to go lighter and though about a netbook. But those tiny keyboards are horrible for a ham fisted guy like me. But an iPad (ugh! – I hate that name) might do the trick. I don’t know yet.
But while my favorite Bible study apps will run on it out of the box, there are going to have to be some improvements to allow me to do full-time Bible study on it. Maybe these will never take place. But here is what I see as the most important improvements needed.
Logos iPhone App Running in Ipad
Since there is no multi-tasking (the ability to switch from the Bible study app to a word processor and back without closing one to open the other) there needs to be two things. First, there needs to be a good word processor in the app. I’m not talk MS Word quality but MS Works quality or even less. Maybe something as good as Notes with formatting and styles and footnoting. I won’t likely leave my content there, but I want to be able to write my sermon or Bible study in the app. When I am done, I can export it or copy/paste it into something like Docs To Go or the word processor Apple has created for the iPad. Second, there must be the option to open the app exactly as I left it. This is not a big deal for most of the current Bible study apps for iPhone/iPod Touch. But one or two do not remember your lost location. The Logos iPhone app always loads to what I call there ad page. It contains your Reading Plan as well as announcements from the company. But if I am studying in a commentary and have to exit Logos to write in my word processor, I want to quickly go back to that spot I was studying before.
Split Screen view at least. With more screen real estate to work with, there is no good reason not to have a split screen view with one book open in one half and the other open in the other half. This is already possible in some apps, but not many.
I would love to hear other ideas. I will add good ones to this list.
Here is the stream of last Sunday’s worship service. The sermon was part of the series on David Jeremiah’s bookThe 12 Ways of Christmas. This week’s ways were Charity and Giving.
Here is Nov. 29, 2009 worship service stream from my church, High Peak Baptist Church. The sermon was the last in a four part sermon series entitled “The Christmases Before Christmas” about OT stories where God appeared in human form. This week was about Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32.
I have created a new forum just for pastors and preachers. This is a forum dedicated to helping the pastors and preachers who like to work together to study the Bible. We will study passages, topics and theology together to challenge each other and help each other learn, understand and communicate God’s word.
If you want to join us, click the link above and start posting!
Here are the next two sermons in the series on Revelation…
This is from Revelation 6-7 and is about the opening of the seven seals at the end of which the people who survive the ordeal ask, “Who can stand in the face of such judgment?” The answer is given in chapter 7 where God seals the saints and protects them from suffering.
This next sermon is from chapter 8-9 where the trumpets are blown and with each one there is further judgment. This shows us that even in the face of this amazing work of God, some will still not accept Him.
Continuing the series on the book of Revelation, here are the next five sermons. I got a little behind in posting them, so here they are all in one post.
This first one is part one of two parts on chapter four, which is John’s vision of the throne room of heaven. He sees a door and behind that door is the throne of God. The message is about heaven and what it is like as it relates to our being with God.
The next message is part two of chapter four about God. We look at the same passage only focusing this time on God instead of heaven in general. The goal is to paint a picture of how God is described in this passage.
Chapter 5 of Revelation introduces the scroll and its seven seals. But no one is worthy to open it. In this message I ask, “What if Jesus’ death was the end of the story; what if there was no resurrection?”
I will post the next two in another post. For now, enjoy these. And if you ever would like to talk to me about them, send me an email.
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