Cherylyn
(32 comments, 57 posts)
Posts by Cherylyn
German Bible Society Turns 200
0September 11, 2012
by Cherylyn
in What's New?
It was 200 years ago today that Karl Friedrich Adolf Steinkopf founded a society to distribute the Luther Bible to the poor of Germany. Help us celebrate the German Bible Society’s 200th birthday!
Karl Steinkopf
The Beginnings of the German Bible Society
Steinkopf’s Bible Society, founded with help from the British and Foreign Bible Society, was active in the area of Württemberg, and received support from King Frederick I, as well as special privileges such as free postage. The Württemberg Bible Society, as it came to be called, became the basis of the German Bible Society, which came to exist in its present form in 1981. The German Bible Society today is still known for its work in providing a variety of Bible translations to the German-speaking world, as well as its editions of original language biblical texts such as the Nestle-Aland edition of the Greek New Testament, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, the Biblical Hebraica Quinta, and Rahlf’s Septuaginta. These texts have become the de facto scholarly standards and have made the German Bible Society known and loved worldwide.
Olive Tree and the German Bible Society
In 1999, Drew Haninger, President of Olive Tree, met with a representative of the German Bible Society over a couple of cokes. Since then, Olive Tree and the German Bible Society have had a great partnership, allowing Olive Tree to offer many great original language texts through our Bible study apps. Today we are celebrating the German Bible Society’s 200th anniversary with a huge, 24-hour sale on our website.
Check out our sale at OliveTree.com and browse the savings on the Greek New Testament NA-27 and UBS-4 as well as the LXX and BHS and more!
Around the Web
0September 7, 2012
by Cherylyn
in Inspiration
Happy Friday! Here are some things from around the web to keep you entertained this weekend.
Photo By loop_oh
Did you know there is a castle in Death Valley? Read about the best ‘middle of nowhere‘ places.
A call to read meaningful books that lead to deep, rich, robust and everlasting joy. The More Wood the Bigger the Fire.
How to Balance Work & Home Without Losing Your Mind from Andy Andrews
Can we stop flavoring everything with bacon, please? Bacon-flavored coffee to be sold in the US.
You waste a lot of time at work and how to remedy time wasted on checking your email.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Around the Web
0August 31, 2012
by Cherylyn
in Inspiration
The Olive Tree office is eerily quiet today with many people making their three-day weekend even longer. Here’s hoping that you are enjoying a long weekend too!
Here are some posts from around the web to add to your reading list this weekend:
A 10-year-old boy from Portland works to end hunger with PB&J.
Who are your heroes? Desiring God challenges us to re-define coolness.
How Blessed are the Poor? Questioning extreme poverty in Nicaragua.
Too many baby pictures in your Facebook Feed? There’s an app for that.
Michael Hyatt explains the Value of Working for a Bad Boss.
Anna Bartlett Warner, born this day in 1827, wrote the popular song Jesus Loves Me This I know.
Have a wonderful, extended weekend!
Ephesians 2:4-5 (ESV)
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved.
Inspiration for Today
0August 30, 2012
by Cherylyn
in Inspiration
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” – Matthew 17:14-20 (ESV)
Back to Basics: Using Tags on iPad
0Tags are one of Olive Tree Bible app’s most useful features. When you create a tag, you can add your notes, bookmarks, and highlights into this one top-level category. Any bookmark, highlighted word, phrase, or verse, and any note can be added to a single tag so that selecting the tag displays the list of all its annotations—the bookmarked verses, highlighted words and verses, and the notes that are tied to the tag. Thus using tags allows you to create custom topical studies. Here’s how this works.
How to Create a Tag
To create a tag, tap the My Stuff briefcase icon, make sure you are on the My Stuff main page, and scroll down so that the Tags option is displayed. Tap the Tags option to display the My Tags dialog. At the bottom of this dialog, tap the Create New Tag button to display the Create Tag dialog. In the Name field of this dialog, enter a name for the tag you wish to create, for example, Marriage.
Tap the Create button in the top right corner to create the tag. This takes you back to the My Tags dialog where you will see the new Marriage tag listed.
Adding a Tag to a Highlight or Bookmark
Having created the Marriage tag, we can now add stuff to that tag. To associate one of your existing highlights or bookmarks with the Marriage tag, tap the My Stuff briefcase icon, make sure you are on the My Stuff main page, and then select either Highlights or Bookmarks from the My Stuff menu. Find the highlight or bookmark that you would like to tag and tap the blue button to the right to edit the highlight for this verse.
In the dialog that pops up, tap the “Edit Tags” button to display the My Tags list. On that list, tap the Marriage tag. (Tapping the Marriage tag displays a check mark by it.)
Adding a Tag to a Note
To add a tag to one of your notes, go into the My Stuff folder and tap on the note you would like to edit. On the bottom of the edit note pop up, tap on the icon that looks like a sale tag, it should be the middle icon.
Tap on “Marriage” to add the tag to your note. You can also add a tag to a note at the time you are creating that note. Just make sure to hit “Save” before exiting the note you’ve just created.
I somehow managed to make this seem far more difficult than it really is. Follow along and try it for yourself to see how easy it is to use Tags to aid in your Bible study!
Around the Web
0August 24, 2012
by Cherylyn
in Inspiration
Happy Friday! Here are some fun finds from around the web to keep you entertained this weekend.
The women of Her.meneutics want to know what you’re reading this summer.
Michael Hyatt suggests ways to read the Bible and enjoy it.
The funny story of a boy on the road to manhood by way of milking a cow.
Have you asked Jesus into your heart more times than you can count? J.D. Greear talks about his struggle to feel secure in his salvation.
Amazing photograph of the sign of God’s promise to us.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Psalm 92: How Great Are Your WorksA SONG FOR THE SABBATH It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
(0 comments so far)