I must admit, I barely use my physical Bible any longer. By that, I mean the paper version that actually requires me to turn the pages. I still carry it to church with me (primarily to avoid distracting anyone from questioning whether I am actually playing with my phone in church), but beyond that, I typically do all of my reading now from the Olive Tree Bible Software on my iPod Touch. Given that, I thought it would be nice to share some of the benefits of this software.

Here is what I have found to be the key benefits:

  • First and foremost, I now have my Bible with me no matter where I am at. I literally have my Bible in my pocket with me wherever I go and can pull it out and read it whenever is convenient.
  • The software includes the ability to highlight versus and make notes on any verse. If you combine this function with an Evernote account, your notes can be automatically synced to Evernote for backup and access later from your home PC.
  • I can easily bounce between related verses, view study notes, and find verses. This becomes particularly useful if you combine it with a sermon on your iPod; you can easily follow along and navigate with ease to the verse the preacher is preaching on.
  • I can bookmark verses for memorization or to simply revisit at a later time.
  • The software is easy to use and completely configurable. It includes settings for the text size (and many more). While the display is not as nice perhaps as reading from an e-ink display on a Kindle or other e-reader, I have had no problems reading on my iPod. While I sometimes feel eye strain reading on a PC, that has not been a problem on my iPod because I have been able to adjust the text size and screen brightness as needed.
  • Finally, the software includes access not only to multiple Bibles at the same time, but also many books that are historically useful to our faith. For instance, I currently have a number of books from Spurgeon, Calvin, and others right there on my iPod along with my Bible.

In the end, I thought I would share this tool because it is a tremendous blessing in our modern age to have tools such as this and be able to study the Bible at will. When I think of the majority of people throughout the ages that had no access to the Bible and the fact that I have nearly unlimited access to it, I am thankful!

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