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Community Matters

IT’S TRUE—COMMUNITY MATTERS “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10:24-25 We, here at…

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New Testament

Life Lessons: Hebrews 8

Ready for a quick, short, applicable lesson from Hebrews 8? We’re pulling out some content from Max Lucado’s Life Lessons Study Bible. It’s full of easy-to-understand studies like this one. Check it out! SITUATION Hebrews 8: Jewish Christians struggled to understand the relationship between God’s free salvation and the Mosaic…

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App Tips

3 Highlights of the Android Update

Have you heard? We updated our Android app! This update wasn’t a little bug fix or adding one new feature. Hours and hours of hard work from our development team went into this update, and we couldn’t be more proud. Maybe you have already updated the app and seen the…

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Bible Study Tips

Read and Study the Bible in New Ways

The Bible is an ancient text. So, it isn’t surprising when we get a little bored while reading it—especially with our entertainment-saturated culture. The average person watches only 10-seconds of a video on Facebook! If our attention spans can only handle 10-seconds of a video, how can we possibly stay…

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Commentaries

Reading the Old & New Testament Commentary

Do you appreciate straightforwardness? Well, nothing is much more straightforward than a commentary set called Reading the Old Testament Commentary. They’ve made their point that if you’re reading the Old Testament, you should use this commentary. And what do you do if you’re reading the New Testament? They have a…

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Bible Study Tips

10 Books to Start Your Bible Education

So you want a Bible education without the classroom, tuition, and fees. No problem! We’ve got a list of 10 great books to kick off your personal, but in-depth, study. 1) The Moody Bible Commentary This single-volume commentary is perfect for the beginner Bible student. It is exclusively composed by…

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Bible Study Tips

Why Every Christian Should Study the Bible

This title might seem slightly redundant. Shouldn’t a Christian study the Bible because they are a Christian? If only that was enough to convince us. I graduated from a Bible college and work for a Bible software company—and yet I still find myself procrastinating on reading God’s Word. Somehow, I…

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Dictionaries

Look Inside: Mounce’s Expository Dictionary

It’s time for another Look Inside blog! Today we are looking at Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, which is a word study dictionary covering the entire Bible. Here are three tips for using Mounce’s Dictionary in our app to enrich your personal Bible study! ONE: RESOURCE GUIDE…

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Bible Study Tips

5 Books for Spiritual Growth

SPIRITUAL GROWTH BUNDLE (27 VOLS.) Our Spiritual Growth Bundle includes four Bible translations, five devotionals, and an array of books on spiritual growth. A few of those titles are The Power of Prayer, An Appeal to All That Doubt, and Holy in Christ. This is being discounted an incredible 81%…

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Significant Stories: Olive Tree Customers

In honor of our nine-year anniversary in the App Store and Customer Appreciation Week, we’ve asked for your significant stories—ways that reading God’s Word through our app has brought change in your life or others. We strongly believe that God’s Word brings restoration and transformation to people’s lives. So, we’re…

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