Mobile Ministry Magazine

As a Sunday school teacher I had tried for years to make sure I have all the recourses available to teach my students and also answer the questions they have at the moment they have them. The trouble is, it was getting harder to carry all those books. Each Sunday I was bringing 2 bibles, a concordance, dictionary and a few Christian books that helped me teach my class. These books all toted around in a bag got to be real heavy. I had to find a new way to do all this but with smaller books.

Talking to the pastor and a few members of my church I came across this company that offered me all I was asking for and the ability to carry all the books I was bringing each week, but this time they only weighed a few ounces. That right, I said ounces. The website was Olive Tree Bible Software (www.MyPDABible.com).

There are many advantages to this software verses the others out there. For one thing, it was a program that worked on my Palm OS smart phone. Olive Tree has the ability to work on palm, windows mobile, I phones, and even java enabled cell phones. The selection of books is amazing as well. You can find standard bibles, study bibles, even bibles in different languages there. In addition, they have concordances, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, and even a large selection of Christian eBooks? This software was what I was looking for.

Don't get me wrong, this is not the only software out there, but it is the only software for me. I find while I'm teaching a class I can look something up in my concordance, and then with a click of the stylus the program will open up my default bible right to the book, and verse I was looking for. In addition, when I'm in my personal bible study time, I can open up a bible and a commentary and view them both at the same time. As I scroll through the bible, the commentary will scroll along with me. That way I'm always on the correct section and I can help to find answers faster.

The ability to open up multiple things inside one program and look at them side by side is important, and the Olive Tree Bible program does it for you. Whether you are a laity in your church, a minister, or a bible student, you will get the most out of this program. If you are in the market for an electronic bible, I hope that you would check out Olive Tree Bible Software before you purchase any program. I'm sure you will be just as happy as I am.

This has been a contributed post by Fred J Claus. Direct any comments about this piece to this post. If you would like to contribute a note or two about how you are using mobile technology within ministry efforts, drop us a line via the contact page.

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