Advertise with Googlier.com Laridian https://blog.laridian.com/ Change the Way You Look at the Bible Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:06:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://blog.laridian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/favicon-whitebg-100x100.png Laridian https://blog.laridian.com/ 32 32 Your Security is Our Priority https://blog.laridian.com/2026/10/22/your-security-is-our-priority/ https://blog.laridian.com/2026/10/22/your-security-is-our-priority/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:35:53 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4603 Over the last few days, GoDaddy has been busy revoking over 400,000 SSL certificates. What does that mean to you? It means that nearly half a million web admins woke up this morning to discover nobody could access their websites. GoDaddy claims that they re-issued certificates and made those available to the affected sites. What …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2026/02/25/an-open-letter-to-yahoo-email-users/feed/ 2 PocketBible 3 for macOS Released https://blog.laridian.com/2026/01/21/pocketbible-3-for-macos-released/ https://blog.laridian.com/2026/01/21/pocketbible-3-for-macos-released/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:47:27 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4594 The latest version of PocketBible for macOS (version 3) is now available! This version requires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M-series or A-series processor). With Apple quickly abandoning Intel, it’s unlikely we’ll do a version of PocketBible 3 for Intel processors. Instead, we’ll continue to distribute version 1.4 for those who want to get the …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2026/01/21/pocketbible-3-for-macos-released/feed/ 0 PocketBible 3 for macOS Soft Launch https://blog.laridian.com/2025/12/16/pocketbible-3-for-macos-soft-launch/ https://blog.laridian.com/2025/12/16/pocketbible-3-for-macos-soft-launch/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:52:27 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4587 The latest version of PocketBible for macOS (version 3) is available for those who want to give it a try before we formally roll it out. Download link is below. But first, here are a few things you might want to know. Click here to download the DMG. Launch it and drag the app to …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/05/best-of-the-advanced-feature-in-pocketbible-3-for-windows/feed/ 4 Best of the Standard Features in PocketBible 3 for Windows https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/04/best-of-the-standard-features-in-pocketbible-3-for-windows/ https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/04/best-of-the-standard-features-in-pocketbible-3-for-windows/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:37:05 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4566 A quick overview of some of the basic features of PocketBible 3 as compared to earlier versions of PocketBible for Windows.

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/04/best-of-the-standard-features-in-pocketbible-3-for-windows/feed/ 1 PocketBible 3 for Windows is Now Live! https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/02/pocketbible-3-for-windows-is-now-live/ https://blog.laridian.com/2025/11/02/pocketbible-3-for-windows-is-now-live/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:31:49 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4563 Sunday, November 2, 2025 — Today we released the long-awaited PocketBible 3 for Windows. The new app is available for download from our website. Coincident with this release, the old Windows Desktop (version 1), Windows Store (version 2), and Windows Phone versions of PocketBible have been retired. How To Upgrade Current users of the Windows …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2024/12/17/pocketbible-for-android-and-google-play/feed/ 7 PocketBible 4.18.0 Uploaded to App Store https://blog.laridian.com/2024/11/09/pocketbible-4-18-0-uploaded-to-app-store/ https://blog.laridian.com/2024/11/09/pocketbible-4-18-0-uploaded-to-app-store/#comments Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:09:05 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4488 PocketBible for iOS has been updated to version 4.18.0. New features are primarily related to Autostudy, but a number of other issues have been addressed.

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2024/11/09/pocketbible-4-18-0-uploaded-to-app-store/feed/ 9 PocketBible 3 for Windows Progress Update #19 https://blog.laridian.com/2024/10/01/pocketbible-3-for-windows-progress-update-19/ https://blog.laridian.com/2024/10/01/pocketbible-3-for-windows-progress-update-19/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:46:04 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4473 This update has been a long time coming. It contains information about the Navigator and Library Search features, along with a full implementation of Autostudy — including new "AI Insights" features.

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2024/10/01/pocketbible-3-for-windows-progress-update-19/feed/ 32 Tech Talk: The Dingus and the Gooberizer https://blog.laridian.com/2024/07/30/tech-talk-the-dingus-and-the-gooberizer/ https://blog.laridian.com/2024/07/30/tech-talk-the-dingus-and-the-gooberizer/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:26:19 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4459 "It only *sounds* stupid. It's really kinda useful." Craig describes the Dingus and reveals the nature of the previously secret Gooberizer.

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2024/02/28/pocketbible-2024-user-survey/feed/ 3 Your Power Supply is Smarter than You Think https://blog.laridian.com/2024/02/19/your-power-supply-is-smarter-than-you-think/ https://blog.laridian.com/2024/02/19/your-power-supply-is-smarter-than-you-think/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:17:23 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4401 I recently purchased an Apple Vision Pro. I’ll eventually have some thoughts about this platform and its potential for Bible software, but right now I want to talk about that boring little brick you plug your iOS device into when you charge it. I’ve owned an iPhone since the day it was introduced, an iPad …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2024/01/14/my-favorites/feed/ 3 The Unattainable Quest for a Perfect Bible Translation https://blog.laridian.com/2023/10/26/the-unattainable-quest-for-a-perfect-bible-translation/ https://blog.laridian.com/2023/10/26/the-unattainable-quest-for-a-perfect-bible-translation/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:56:22 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4368 It is impossible to translate the Bible accurately. Your English Bible does not say what the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts said.

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2023/09/24/pocketbible-android-no-exit/feed/ 7 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #15 https://blog.laridian.com/2023/09/04/pocketbible-for-windows-update-15/ https://blog.laridian.com/2023/09/04/pocketbible-for-windows-update-15/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:06:06 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4318 Sometimes the things we think are obvious to the outside world aren’t. In our last update, we explained in detail a problem we had encountered in the way that we encode Bibles for use in PocketBible. The TL;DR version is that we found it necessary to update every version of PocketBible, plus update the BookBuilder …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/12/06/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-5/feed/ 4 What’s Your Excuse for Not Reading the Bible? #4 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/23/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-4/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/23/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-4/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:52:26 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4166 This is the fourth in a series of articles on common excuses for not reading through the Bible. I’ve spent the last 40+ years studying the Bible, but not necessarily trying to read each word from cover to cover. Several years ago I began setting aside time each day just to read the Bible, with …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/23/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-4/feed/ 6 What’s Your Excuse for Reading Bible the #3 Not? https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/10/whats-your-excuse-for-reading-bible-the-3-not/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/10/whats-your-excuse-for-reading-bible-the-3-not/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:02:05 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4159 This is the third in a series of articles on common excuses for not reading through the Bible. I’ve spent the last 40+ years studying the Bible, but not necessarily trying to read each word from cover to cover. Several years ago I began setting aside time each day just to read the Bible, with …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/10/whats-your-excuse-for-reading-bible-the-3-not/feed/ 1 What’s Your Excuse for Not Reading the Bible? #2 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/02/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-2/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/02/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-2/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:31:16 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4140 This is the second in a series of articles on common excuses for not reading through the Bible. I’ve spent the last 40+ years studying the Bible, but not necessarily trying to read each word from cover to cover. Several years ago I began setting aside time each day just to read the Bible, with …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/11/02/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-2/feed/ 1 What’s Your Excuse for Not Reading the Bible? #1 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/10/25/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-1/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/10/25/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-1/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:56:02 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4121 This is the first in a series of articles on common excuses for not reading through the Bible. I spent most of my Christian life studying the Bible as needed to teach a class, preach a sermon, or answer a question. I did some whole-book studies on my own or with friends. But other than …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/10/25/whats-your-excuse-for-not-reading-the-bible-1/feed/ 5 PocketBible 3 for Windows FAQ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/29/pocketbible-3-for-windows-faq/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/29/pocketbible-3-for-windows-faq/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:37:00 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4247 This isn’t an update on the new Windows project but rather we’re just moving the project FAQ here instead of having it be invisible as a dedicated page on our website. As we make updates to this FAQ we’ll bump its publication date so it ranks higher in the list of articles on our blog. …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/29/pocketbible-3-for-windows-faq/feed/ 1 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #12 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-12/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-12/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:56:53 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4097 Let’s just dive into what’s been done since I last posted an update…. Modal Dialog Component With this new-to-us technology stack, we continuously discover that a lot of what we expect to be already done for us has to be created ex nihilo. For example, while there is a “context menu” component available to us …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/09/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-12/feed/ 37 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #11 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/08/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-11/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/08/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-11/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2022 19:20:07 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4079 Running the Windows App on a Windows PC We spent some time this month bringing the program up on a Windows machine to see how it’s working. This may seem odd, since it is a Windows app, after all. But the fact is that we’ve been doing all our development and testing on our Macs. …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/08/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-11/feed/ 28 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #10 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/06/21/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-10/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/06/21/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-10/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:39:29 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4052 Since the last update we wrapped up work on managing bookmark categories (add, rename, delete, etc.). One of the things we’ve been working on are various display-related settings. “Settings” is not something you implement all at one time as a separate task. We have been doing them as we need them. One of the tasks …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/06/21/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-10/feed/ 16 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #9 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/05/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-9/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/05/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-9/#comments Tue, 03 May 2022 19:55:51 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4041 Note Editor We reported extensively on the note editor in progress update #8. We spent a little more time on that task, in particular as it relates to when we save the changes you make to a note. First, we wanted to make sure that your edits get saved when you exit the app, so …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/05/03/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-9/feed/ 16 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #8 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/03/09/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-8/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/03/09/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-8/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:46:01 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=4006 Quite a bit of progress since the last report. Some of it (note editor) was re-implementing something we thought was already done, but that has to happen every once in a while. Copy Passage One of the major accomplishments of the last month has been what we call the “Copy Passage” feature. It allows you …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/03/09/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-8/feed/ 11 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #7 https://blog.laridian.com/2022/01/27/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-7/ https://blog.laridian.com/2022/01/27/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-7/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:26:07 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3994 Christmas break and some changes in the availability of team members have taken a toll on productivity, but work continues on the app. Navigating: The Go To Tab A lot of time has been spent implementing what we call the Go To Tab in the Study Panel. It’s where you go to navigate through a …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2022/01/27/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-7/feed/ 23 Let’s Keep the “X” in “Xmas” https://blog.laridian.com/2021/12/20/lets-keep-the-x-in-xmas/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/12/20/lets-keep-the-x-in-xmas/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3758 From time to time, PocketBible users will complain about our use of XMAS in a promotional priority code in one of our marketing emails — hence this article. Christians and Christian values are under attack in America today. It’s nothing like what’s happening elsewhere in the world, of course, but given that this country was founded …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/12/20/lets-keep-the-x-in-xmas/feed/ 2 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #6 https://blog.laridian.com/2021/11/19/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-6/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/11/19/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-6/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:25:02 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3973 I was hoping to post a video update this time but if you’ve been following these updates over the last few months you know they’re doing construction right outside our windows. Today it’s especially noisy. So this is going to be a text-based update. In the last couple of months we’ve made significant progress in …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/11/19/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-6/feed/ 21 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #5 https://blog.laridian.com/2021/08/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-5/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/08/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-5/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:59:46 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3954 I’ve heard from a couple of you asking for an update. That usually means I haven’t taken the time to look up from my work and look at a calendar for a while. Since the last update, PocketBible can perform searches and show results. If you use any of the non-Windows versions of PocketBible, you …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/08/28/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-5/feed/ 11 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #4 https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-4/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-4/#comments Sat, 22 May 2021 14:47:26 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3933 I apologize for the delay getting an update out. We get busy and we are always thinking that after we implement the next big thing would be a good time for an update. Next thing you know several big things have been implemented and no update. Since the last time you heard from us: Notes …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-4/feed/ 19 “I heard that the author of that book eats babies. Are you going to drop their titles?” https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/i-heard-that-the-author-of-that-book-eats-babies-are-you-going-to-drop-their-titles/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/i-heard-that-the-author-of-that-book-eats-babies-are-you-going-to-drop-their-titles/#comments Sat, 22 May 2021 10:37:08 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3932 From time to time, some controversy will arise over something an author publishes with which some faction of Christianity disagrees. We’ll get emails from users requesting that we drop that author’s work from our product line. Often they point out that this author has previously been associated with some other Christian leader, whose work we …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/05/22/i-heard-that-the-author-of-that-book-eats-babies-are-you-going-to-drop-their-titles/feed/ 2 Trying Not to Panic Over Updates to the Bible https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/26/trying-not-to-panic-over-updates-to-the-bible/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/26/trying-not-to-panic-over-updates-to-the-bible/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:42:20 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3920 Recent updates to the New American Standard Bible, Christian Standard Bible, and, less recently, the New Internatlional Version, English Standard Version, and Amplified Bible have awakened discussion about the possibility of introducing error or succumbing to pressure to conform with the world when updating the English Bible. There is a lot of misinformation out there …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/26/trying-not-to-panic-over-updates-to-the-bible/feed/ 1 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #3 https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/12/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-3/ https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/12/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-3/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:54:23 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3911 Your browser does not support the video tag. Today we want to talk about our progress so far on PocketBible for Windows. At this point in the project, it’s difficult to show everything we’ve been working on because a lot of it is “under the hood” or “behind the scenes”. It’s related to how PocketBible …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2021/02/12/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-3/feed/ 10 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #2 https://blog.laridian.com/2020/12/06/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-2/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/12/06/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-2/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:42:01 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3902 More Rewards Distributed The 2021 editions of the PocketBible Library Collections are being released coincident with this status update. If your reward package included the Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum Library, you’ll find those books are now in your account. The special Diamond Edition for those at the higher contribution levels has also been distributed, …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/12/06/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-2/feed/ 8 Reading Through the Bible in 2021 https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/25/reading-through-the-bible-in-2020/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/25/reading-through-the-bible-in-2020/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3795 Every year, our church encourages members to start a program of Bible reading with the goal of reading the entire Bible by the end of the year. Each month we all exchange emails with progress reports and are encouraged to keep going. Despite the planning, the encouragement, and the reminders, about half of those who …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/25/reading-through-the-bible-in-2020/feed/ 1 PocketBible is on MeWe https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/21/pocketbible-is-on-mewe/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/21/pocketbible-is-on-mewe/#respond Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:00:32 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3897 With more PocketBible users making the move from Facebook to MeWe, we thought we should be there, too. We’re not leaving Facebook, just adding a MeWe page. You can click here or search for PocketBible on MeWe. When you find us, follow us. For those of you who have never heard of MeWe, it’s like …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/11/21/pocketbible-is-on-mewe/feed/ 0 PocketBible for Windows Progress Update #1 https://blog.laridian.com/2020/10/19/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-1/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/10/19/pocketbible-for-windows-progress-update-1/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:51:06 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3888 As you know, our crowd-funding campaign for PocketBible for Windows ended on September 15 so we’re about one month into the project. While I can’t demonstrate much for you at this point, I do want to fill you in on our progress and answer a few questions. Over the last couple of years we’ve experimented …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/09/19/pocketbible-4-14-for-ios-14/feed/ 2 We Reached Our Goal! https://blog.laridian.com/2020/09/18/we-reached-our-goal/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/09/18/we-reached-our-goal/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:05:28 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3876 Thanks to the kindness of 492 of our closest friends, we were able to reach our goal of raising $50,000 for the development of an all-new version of PocketBible for Windows! The final total came to exactly $53,000. If you contributed to the project, you’ll get an email from us letting you know how we’re …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/08/01/original-crowd-source-funding-campaign-for-pocketbible-3-for-windows/feed/ 0 Here We Go Again: Are Gay Satanists Rewriting the Bible? https://blog.laridian.com/2020/06/23/here-we-go-again-are-gay-satanists-rewriting-the-bible/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/06/23/here-we-go-again-are-gay-satanists-rewriting-the-bible/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:25:12 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3857 Translation is an art, not a science. It requires command of both the source and target languages. This is complicated by the fact that biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek are no longer spoken, so there are no native speakers from whom to learn the nuances of the language. Every translator differs in his or her …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/06/23/here-we-go-again-are-gay-satanists-rewriting-the-bible/feed/ 0 Americans Lack Basic Understanding of the God of the Bible https://blog.laridian.com/2020/04/27/americans-lack-basic-understanding-of-the-god-of-the-bible/ https://blog.laridian.com/2020/04/27/americans-lack-basic-understanding-of-the-god-of-the-bible/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:10:31 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3851 The Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University released a study last week showing that Americans demonstrate an increasing ignorance of God and in some cases hold self-contradicting views of God’s attributes and actions. The survey of 2000 adults was conducted in January, 2020 to determine the percentage of the country that holds a …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2020/01/08/laridian-account-security-updates/feed/ 0 Make Your Daily Bible Reading More Pleasant with “Autostudy Today” https://blog.laridian.com/2019/01/01/make-your-daily-bible-reading-more-pleasant-with-autostudy-today/ https://blog.laridian.com/2019/01/01/make-your-daily-bible-reading-more-pleasant-with-autostudy-today/#respond Tue, 01 Jan 2019 23:52:17 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3765 I have used the devotional features of PocketBible off and on over the last 20 years in my personal Bible reading. This year I’m using our free Old Testament in a Year and New Testament in a Year reading plans simultaneously to create a custom plan that will give me readings from both the Old and New …

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]]> When the Bible Becomes an App https://blog.laridian.com/2018/08/21/when-the-bible-becomes-an-app/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:02:40 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3743 You would think by 2018 we would be well beyond 20th-century thinking about the relative merits of printed vs. digital Bibles. But apparently not. Recently, a PocketBible user sent me this link and suggested I send the author a copy of our PocketBible app. The author (Trevin Wax, Bible and Reference Publisher at Lifeway Christian Resources) …

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]]> Shhh! The Blog is Sleeping https://blog.laridian.com/2018/02/01/shhh-the-blog-is-sleeping/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:00:15 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3708 We don’t really make use of this blog anymore. There are a few articles here for historical reference but that’s about it. Comments are disabled and/or ignored.

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]]> King James Version: Red Letters and Paragraphs https://blog.laridian.com/2015/07/23/king-james-version-red-letters-and-paragraphs/ https://blog.laridian.com/2015/07/23/king-james-version-red-letters-and-paragraphs/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:32:54 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3403 Back in October, 2014 we updated our King James Version text. We had taken some criticism for publishing a low-quality edition of the text which couldn’t seem to be traced back to any known edition of the KJV. Red Letters When we published that version, we intentionally left out the “words of Christ in red” …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2015/07/23/king-james-version-red-letters-and-paragraphs/feed/ 7 Does It Matter Where Your Bible App Comes From? https://blog.laridian.com/2015/02/05/does-it-matter-where-your-bible-app-comes-from/ https://blog.laridian.com/2015/02/05/does-it-matter-where-your-bible-app-comes-from/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:44:57 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=3016 Trevor McKendrick is an atheist who wrote one of the top-selling Bible apps for iOS. A former Mormon, McKendrick saw an unserved niche market on the App Store and created a Spanish audio Bible to fill it. Now he’s banking over $100,000 per year selling the app. He compares the Bible to Harry Potter and describes …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2015/01/13/is-your-bible-missing-verses/feed/ 22 Updated King James Version for PocketBible https://blog.laridian.com/2014/10/09/updated-king-james-version-for-pocketbible/ https://blog.laridian.com/2014/10/09/updated-king-james-version-for-pocketbible/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:15:54 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=2617 We’ve just updated the text of the King James Version we use in PocketBible. Whether you’re a devoted reader of the KJV or only have it installed because it came bundled with your copy of PocketBible, you should welcome this move to a more pedigreed version of the text. Laridian has long been criticized for …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2014/10/09/updated-king-james-version-for-pocketbible/feed/ 22 The Trail of Blood: Following the Christians Down Through the Centuries https://blog.laridian.com/2013/09/15/the-trail-of-blood-following-the-christians-down-through-the-centuries/ https://blog.laridian.com/2013/09/15/the-trail-of-blood-following-the-christians-down-through-the-centuries/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:30:20 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=2053 Back when I was at Parsons Technology in the late 80’s and 90’s I was attending a Baptist church. Somewhere along the way I picked up a copy of this little booklet — probably at a Jack Hyles or Curtis Hudson revival meeting. The Trail of Blood is a history of the church starting with …

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]]> https://blog.laridian.com/2011/07/29/laridian-president-inducted-into-christian-computing-hall-of-fame/feed/ 13 Laridian and the Better Business Bureau https://blog.laridian.com/2010/11/12/laridian-and-the-better-business-bureau/ https://blog.laridian.com/2010/11/12/laridian-and-the-better-business-bureau/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:51:21 +0000 https://blog.laridian.com/?p=242 About a year and a half ago we let our Better Business Bureau (BBB) membership expire. We had been members since 2000, and were some of the earliest members of their “BBBOnline” program that sought to separate the better businesses from the scams that are so much a part of online life. At the time …

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