tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162731182009-03-01T11:03:55.940-08:00news of the PodBible project to podcast a reading of the whole Bible by over three hundred volunteers currently available in three formats: a chapter a day, the Bible in a year and select for yourself from the chapters already podcast.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-88453392691208167632009-01-04T12:53:00.000-08:002009-01-04T13:02:09.622-08:00Someone asked:<blockquote><br />Is there a listing of the order of the readings? Is it straight through, chronological, some kind of mix?</blockquote><br />These are good questions! Being "on the inside" we did not think to answer them till you asked ;)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bible in a Year</span>: The readings follow the traditional Protestant Canon roughly alternating an Old Testament book with a New Testament book. There are a few adjustments for the different number of books in each "half" of the Bible and because too many psalms or proverbs in a row might be "too much of a good thing" those books are split into sections. The order is the one used by <a href="http://www.bibleinayear.org/Alternating_Sched.asp">this email service</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter a Day</span>: Here the order is much more complex, basically we are "doing" the books that have not yet been podcast, so that we will have the whole Bible available (we should finish this year :) though we are repeating the gospels, and to fit in with a Bible reading and discussing plan a friend is organising we may repeat some other books. Again we roughly alternate Old and New Testaments, and have split up the psalms into roughly two week "chunks".<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-8845339269120816763?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-75844897945076520932008-12-24T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-24T09:00:14.064-08:00It is Christmas Day, may you all encounter the God who chose to be born into a human family and lived among us, to die for us; and may the peace on earth that the angels sing about come nearer where you live in the coming year!<br /><br />BTW now is a good time to start thinking about planning to listen to the whole Bible in 2009, just choose "Bible in a Year" above, or subscribe <a href="http://podbible.com/bible-in-a-year-rss">from this link</a>. If you are on Facebook add <a href="http://podbible.com/bible-in-a-year-rss">PodBible</a>, we hope in 2009 to start using it to get people "talking" about the readings...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-7584489794507652093?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-40184055656934458842008-12-24T08:50:00.001-08:002008-12-24T08:53:45.174-08:00An astute listener told us that the volunteer who had split up Ezekiel for Bible in a Year had misspelled his name, so several sections have been corrected, that is why days 332-336 have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">reappeared</span> on the page and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RSS</span> feed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-4018405565693445884?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-51838326574590196342008-11-04T20:07:00.001-08:002008-11-04T20:16:08.545-08:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><b><big></big></b><big><br />Two more books ready as audio Bible chapters, packaged in roughly one hour collections, for easy transfer to CD or cassette, or for listening on those long journeys.<br /><b><br />Joshua:</b><br /></big><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;"><big>Bible 60 </big></span><big><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Joshua_1-12_MP3.zip">Joshua 1-12</a></big></li><big><br /></big><li><span style="font-style: italic;"><big>Bible 60 </big></span><big><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Joshua_13-24_MP3.zip">Joshua 13-24</a></big></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><big>Judges</big></span><big>:<br /></big><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;"><big>Bible 60 </big></span><big><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/CD%2015%20Judges_1-11_MP3.zip">Judges 1-11<br /><br /></a></big></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;"><big>Bible 60 </big></span><big><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/CD%2016%20Judges_12-21_MP3.zip">Judges 12-21</a></big></li></ul></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-5183832657459019634?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-74040784064840681802008-11-01T16:38:00.001-07:002008-11-01T16:38:24.680-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><b><big><i>Bible60</i> Pentateuch</big></b><br/><br/>Audio Bible chapters, packaged in roughly one hour collections, for easy transfer to CD or cassette, or for listening on those long journeys.<br/><b><br/>Genesis:</b><br/><ul><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_1-20_MP3.zip'>Genesis 1-20</a></li><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_21-35_MP3.zip'>Genesis 21-35</a></li><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_36-50_MP3.zip'>Genesis 36-50</a></li></ul><span style='font-weight: bold;'>Exodus</span>:<br/><ul><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_1-16_MP3.zip'>Exodus 1-16</a></li><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><span><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_17-28_MP3.zip'>Exodus 17-28</a></span></li><li><span style='font-style: italic;'>Bible 60 </span><span/><a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_29-40_MP3.zip'>Exodus 29-40</a></li></ul><b>Leviticus</b><br/><ul><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Leviticus_1-14_MP3.zip'>Leviticus 1-14</a></li><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Leviticus_15-27_MP3.zip'>Leviticus 15-27</a></li></ul><b>Numbers</b><br/><ul><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Numbers_1-16_MP3.zip'>Numbers 1-16</a></li><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Numbers_17-36_MP3.zip'>Numbers 17-36</a></li></ul><br/><b>Deuteronomy</b><br/><ul><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Deuteronomy_1-17_MP3.zip'>Deuteronomy 1-17</a></li><li>Bible 60 <a href='http://podbible.com/files/CD/Deuteronomy_18-34_MP3.zip'>Deuteronomy 18-34</a></li></ul></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-7404078406484068180?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-53617415856911738902008-10-31T15:36:00.001-07:002008-10-31T15:36:30.349-07:00<div>Now, here's an idea for locally produced audio resources for local churches!</div><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/490b886d4fd4aaec/46928cc5788deb29/4f9b4e55/widget.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-5361741585691173890?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-91455709158509331002008-10-19T13:50:00.001-07:002008-10-19T13:50:46.593-07:00<div>Here's the one I prefer... with the same photo credits: Photos by freecultureNYU, biblicone, kretyen, Edward B., futureatlas.com, terren in Virginia, Alan Joyce, liewcf, GeoWombats, Wonderlane, knowhimonline, the bright and morning star, nexus6</div><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/48fb9da4b57b3a64/46928cc5788deb29/f3dac1d/widget.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-9145570915850933100?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-54941933620735258632008-10-19T12:45:00.001-07:002008-10-19T13:46:24.765-07:00Doing a promo was stimulated by <a href="http://lingamish.com/2008/10/17/the-word-for-everyone/">David's video</a>, he reckons that I'm too frenetic, so here first is a quiet one ;)<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/48fb8e4706dc2260/46928cc5788deb29/57efb948/widget.js"></script><br /><br />BTW if you want to embed this on your blog or website, with a link to PodBible.com please! Use this code:<br /><br />&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/48fb8d0a8f9814e0/46928cc5788deb29/3b4c67e/-cpid/a2bbe86b39c0d5c1/autostart/false/repeat/false/widget.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;<br /><br />The photos all came from Flickr with CC licenses, here are the credits: <br />Photos by freecultureNYU, biblicone, kretyen, Edward B., futureatlas.com, terren in Virginia, Alan Joyce, liewcf, GeoWombats, Wonderlane, knowhimonline, the bright and morning star, nexus6<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-5494193362073525863?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-16118961818118658742008-10-16T15:53:00.000-07:002008-10-16T16:00:37.383-07:00Yes, by popular demand ;) one of the least read (by Christians anyway) Bible books now comes packaged in neat Bible 60 format - just download and write to CD, dub to cassette, for someone who finds reading difficult, or just get an hour at a time for listening in the car...<br /><ul><li><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Leviticus_1-14_MP3.zip">Leviticus 1-14</a></li><li><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Leviticus_15-27_MP3.zip">Leviticus 15-27</a><br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-1611896181811865874?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-61131382594802078492008-10-14T15:21:00.001-07:002008-10-14T15:21:34.213-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Today is <a href='http://blogactionday.org/'>Blog Action Day</a> and the theme is poverty. Today's reading comes from the end of the book of Judges (Judges 18). This and the next few chapters are part of the Bible that is NEVER read in church, too gruesome, messy and disgusting. Which makes it not a bad section to be reading on this Blog Action Day, since poverty is also too gruesome, messy and disgusting.<br /><br />The other connection is that in these chapters we are reminded what happens when there is no decent government to protect the weak, and order society so that everyone has a chance. Many of the world's poorest live in places where that is true, military dictatorships almost never prioritise ensuring everyone has enough to eat, access to medical care and schooling, warlords ensure such things even less often, and the kleptocracies that "govern" many African states (not just Zimbabwe) give only lip service to the many from whose soil their wealth is looted. <script src='http://blogactionday.org/js/65b05b0c0e4ff8ff9940489a48fd0a947e97603b'/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-6113138259480207849?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-11726047112200525472008-10-09T13:28:00.000-07:002008-10-09T13:34:51.676-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span>packages chapters from the PodBible reading of the CEV in convenient clusters. Each package will be about 60 minutes, ideal to dub to a C60 cassette, or write to an audio CD, for someone who's eyesight is going, or an easy 20-30MB download to listen to on a journey...<br /><br /><span>Here is </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bible 60 </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exodus</span>:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_1-16_MP3.zip">Exodus 1-16</a></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_17-28_MP3.zip">Exodus 17-28</a></span></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><span></span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Exodus_29-40_MP3.zip">Exodus 29-40</a></li></ul>Other books will be available soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-1172604711220052547?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-53031514904363505342008-10-09T13:15:00.001-07:002008-10-09T13:22:10.194-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://podbible.com/blog/uploaded_images/Mike_Crudge_Abel_Tasman_MC020-low-791585.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://podbible.com/blog/uploaded_images/Mike_Crudge_Abel_Tasman_MC020-low-791575.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mike Crudge has taken an interest in PodBible since we started, so some PodBible people might be interested in Mike's book. <a href="http://www.abeltasmanbook.com/">The Abel Tasman Coastal Track: The best bits of New Zealand </a>the book has reproduced Mikes photos really well and it would make a nice present (under $20) for anyone who has been there, or who might enjoy beautiful coastal scenery, NZ bush or unspoilt places. Mike has walked the Abel Tasman track, and photographed its stunning natural beauties annually, for so long it is a tradition.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://podbible.com/blog/uploaded_images/Mike_Crudge_Abel_Tasman_MC147-low-731995.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://podbible.com/blog/uploaded_images/Mike_Crudge_Abel_Tasman_MC147-low-731990.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />To whet your appetites, he has allowed me to put small copies of a couple of photos up here, so you can get an idea how good they are ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Both photos by Mike Crudge</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">from </span><a href="http://www.abeltasmanbook.com/">The Abel Tasman Coastal Track:<br />The best bits of New Zealand </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-5303151490436350534?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-18755881543693310032008-09-15T12:19:00.001-07:002008-11-08T19:56:59.161-08:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html"><img src="http://www.bitemybible.com/images/2008/07/14/bible_style_guide_2_2.jpg" style="max-width: 800px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;" /></a>On my personal blog I pointed to a brilliant resource (HT <a href="http://greenflame.org/">Stephen</a>) <a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">The Bible Style Guide</a> claims to be "<span lang="EN-GB"><i>a reference text designed specifically for those working within the media industry</i>." It also provides a "<i>crash course in the Bible</i>" for most other people too. It is the best introduction to biblical studies I know in just 79 pages - actually it is the only one anywhere near that short and better than most that are several times as long!<br /><br />It combines very brief, down to earth glossary of key terms that people use when talking about the Bible, with a crash course in the nature of biblical literature, translation issues and adds some fascinating info on the Bible in today's world. There is probably no one who can not learn something from this free 79 page book!<br /><br />If you:<br /></span><ul><li><span lang="EN-GB">think Ebionite is a sort of ancient plastic </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">a Codex is related to secret messages</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">a canon goes "bang"</span></li></ul><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">The </a><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">Bible Style Guide</a><span lang="EN-GB"> will soon put you right! The answers are neat, quick and sensible.<br /><br />Kids, do you think the Bible is old fashioned but confused because you were brought up to think it a Holy Book? </span><span lang="EN-GB">Just get </span><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">The </a><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">Bible Style Guide</a> a<span lang="EN-GB">nd browse through it like a magazine.<br /><br />Mature Christians (code for "not quite so longer young") who get the </span><a href="http://www.bitemybible.com/the-bible-style-guide.html">Bible Style Guide</a> will discover something new and inspiring - before breakfast and it's absolutely free!<br /><br /><span lang="EN-GB">Quite seriously this is the most compact, useful and easy to use Bible Handbook I have ever seen...<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-1875588154369331003?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-79921934083394869952008-09-11T23:40:00.001-07:002008-09-12T02:25:17.355-07:00We are beginning to make PodBible available in a new way. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span>packages chapters from the PodBible reading of the CEV in convenient clusters. Each package will be about 60 minutes, ideal to dub to a C60 cassette, or write to an audio CD, for someone who's eyesight is going, or an easy 20-30MB download to listen to on a journey...<br /><br />The first book available in <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bible 60 </span>packages is the first book of the Bible, Genesis:<br /><ul><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_1-20_MP3.zip">Genesis 1-20</a></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_21-35_MP3.zip">Genesis 21-35</a></li><li><span style="font-style: italic;">Bible 60 </span><a href="http://podbible.com/files/CD/Genesis_36-50_MP3.zip">Genesis 36-50</a></li></ul>Other books will be available soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-7992193408339486995?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-2186093966283812842008-08-21T22:49:00.001-07:002008-08-21T22:49:35.541-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>We plan several significant new things in the next year or so:<br/><ul><li><b>PodBible for mobile phone</b>, we expect soon to go live with the <a href='http://podbible.mobi'>PodBibe.mobi</a> site (at present it is experimental) it will offer the PodBible readings for download to mobile phones. The website is phone friendly, and the audio will be 4-5 times smaller than the MP3s on this site. The bad news is that they only play on phones, or computers with Quicktime installed, and that they are slightly lower quality :( <br/><br/>Mobile phones are much more widely used than Internet in many parts of the world (including Africa and much of Asia) so this will extend the ways PodBible speaks to the parts print Bibles do not reach. <br/></li><li><b>Bible 60s </b>collections of chapters from a book or related books that last for about 60 minutes, as high quality MP3s, designed to be downloaded and put on CD or C60 cassette tapes for people who have difficulty reading but do not use computers or MP3 players - ideal for those elderly members of your local church.</li><li><b>Bible books </b>high quality MP3s of the chapters of each book in one ZIP file for easy download - ideal for study purposes, share them with your students, youth group, Bible study group etc. (either as MP3s or on CD for the car...).<br/></li></ul>To do all this needs both more time, some of which we may have to pay for though we mainly use volunteers, and more webserver bandwidth, which will cost more. Currently we are delivering 30GB/month, to raise this to the 200GB/month we expect to be delivering this time next year means moving from cheap shared hosting to a "virtual private server". <br/><br/>To do all this will cost more than our current income which comes from a Balmoral Baptist Church "mission parcel", so there are two ways people could help:<br/><ul><li>If you have good computer skills and some time to spare you could help splicing the WAVs together and making the MP3s and ZIPed colections.</li><li>If you can donate some money just make a bank transfer to:<br/>Balmoral Baptist Church 12-3021-0296342-00 <br/>please mark it<br />"PodBible" (NZ tax payers making larger donations can even arrange to get a receipt to claim the tax back :) phone 09 620 5114 to arrange this.</li><li>If you are a PHP wizard Nathan K might be glad of some help with getting PodBible.mobi going. <br/></li></ul></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-218609396628381284?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-53192643339816446712008-08-18T14:43:00.000-07:002008-08-18T14:45:20.564-07:00We have had a small glitch in the Bible in a Year, the feed was dropped for a day or two and still one day is missing. I think that apart from the missing day, which I will try to fix, we are back on track. Please let me know if you spot anything else wrong!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-5319264333981644671?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-87227006214232533582008-06-15T13:36:00.001-07:002008-06-15T13:36:43.313-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Today we reached Psalm 117, the shortest chapter in the Bible. <br/>The day after tomorrow we tackle the very longest chapter Psalm 119.<br/><br/>For the computer afflicted that means jumping from 136KB for Psalm 117 to a whopping 4.23MB download for Psalm 119. <br/><br/>Between the two lies Psalm 118, in Protestant Bibles this is usually the chapter that people figure to be the middle chapter of the 1189 in the whole Bible. <br/><br/>Does this make these three Psalms special? Probably not (the chapter divisions are not after all part of the traditional Bible being invented in 1205 by Stephen Langton). But - as they say - <b>you be the judge! <br/><br/></b>See <a href='http://www.fuller.edu/ministry/berean/chs_vss.htm'>Chapters and Verses -- Late Comers</a> by Daniel P. Fuller for more details.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-8722700621423253358?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-78183522334700741912008-06-14T13:20:00.000-07:002008-06-14T13:28:02.904-07:00We are trying to make the PodBible audio Bible (podcasts) available to users on mobile phones, when that project is ready it will be at http://podbible.mobi but at present that's just an experimental site. We have a problem though with MP3 files, they are still too big!<br /><br />On FutureBible (the overarching project to deliver the Bible in various ways to mobile phones) David introduces us to a (to me) new file format <a href="http://futurebible.org/2008/06/13/amr-an-alternative-to-mp3/#comment-183">AMR: An alternative to mp3</a>, I have tried it, using the conversion tool David points to, and it works, a 1.11MB MP3 (at 32kbps) becomes a 218KB AMR (at 6.7 MR) which sounds "nearly" as good though till I amplified it was a bit "quieter".<br /><br />However, I have two questions you might be able to answer for me:<br /><ol><li>What mobile phones can or can't play AMR files? So if you have a phone can you try downloading this <a href="http://www.bigbible.org/blog/Jeremiah_Chapter_33.amr">AMR file</a> and seeing if it plays, and report the make, model and result below, please!</li><li>What exactly are the licensing issues with AMR there is a link on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Multi-Rate#Licensing_and_patent_issues">Wikipedia </a>site to an <a href="http://www.voiceage.com/licamr.php">VoiceAge</a> legal page, but I go cross-eyed trying to find out what that means for ordinary non-commercial users. Any comments on that would be helpful too!<br /></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-7818352233470074191?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-47108407253243696642008-05-24T23:02:00.001-07:002008-05-24T23:06:43.929-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">We'd love to hear your stories. In particular it would be a great encouragement to us, and probably to other listeners if you could tell us when a chapter has meant something special to oy, or when the Think|Pray|Do ideas have sparked your ideas in a special way.<br /><br />Ideally we'll do this simply by changing this blog so that each day posts the current day's chapter as the title of the post, which can other wise be blank or better with just a short invitation like "Tell us our responses to this passage here:"<br /><br />The chapters in PodBible are podcast using PHP to read the directories and create both the RSS feeds and the corresponding web pages. So... what I need is someone who can help me create a blog using the same (sort of?) mechanism.<br /><br />If you know someone who might (a) be interested in helping and (b) might have the necessary skills please <a href="mailto:tim@carey.ac.nz">let me know</a>!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-4710840725324369664?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-69968956133098746992008-05-22T17:16:00.001-07:002008-05-22T17:17:38.651-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">If you have a WordPress blog, and want to add a link to a daily Bible chapter (in the sidebar), just go<br />to Widgets, and find "<span style="font-weight: bold;">RSS</span>" and "<span style="font-weight: bold;">add</span>" it then click "<span style="font-weight: bold;">edit</span>"<br />and use this URL for the feed: http://podbible.com/rss to add the day's section from the Bible<br />in a year use this URL http://podbible.com/bible-in-a-year-rss to get<br />just one segment a day choose to display "one item". Give the widget a<br />title like "Today's Bible reading" and away you go!<br /><br />Sadly this does not work for blogger or other blogging platforms :( so I can't demonstrate it here, or for static webpages, but you can see it at work here <a href="http://asiabible.wordpress.com/">http://asiabible.wordpress.com/</a> so, if you have a WordPress blog, how about it?<br /><br />If I can discover how to do it in HTML I will post instructions here.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-6996895613309874699?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-62744032835478084262008-05-08T20:11:00.001-07:002008-05-08T20:11:00.883-07:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>For more than a decade I've wanted an easy way to make Bible references like these: Amos 7:14; Ruth 1:16-17 into links to the Bible or to popup the verses cited, I put a lot of work into doing that for the <a href='http://hypertextbible.org'>Amos commentary</a>.<br/><br/>But now... Thanks to the kind people at Logos, who I expect will benefit from their kindness through lots of links <a href='http://www.logos.com/reftagger'>like this one</a>, I have been able to add a cool tool to this blog, and my others that automatically takes most Bible references I type and uses Sean's <a href='http://www.semanticbible.com/bibleref/bibleref-overview.html'>clever Bibleref system</a> to add the verse as a popup, and make the reference a link to the passage. My only disappointment is that apparently it does this without rewriting the source code for the page, so probably Google etc. will not be able to use this semantic markup :( maybe in a later implementation?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-6274403283547808426?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-5235502555666542952008-04-29T14:10:00.001-07:002008-04-29T14:12:25.791-07:00<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">John has <a href="http://ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com/ancient_hebrew_poetry/2008/04/introducing-mau.html">a link </a>to an interview on <span style="font-style: italic;">Christianity Today </span>with <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/april/29.42.html">Maureen Girkins, Zondervan’s CEO</a> in the interview she says that Zondervan's singing and dancing all celebrity Audio Bible <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bible Experience</span> was their best-selling Bible in 2007. That should be no surprise to PodBiblers, our un-advertised, read-by-plain-ordinary-people, Bible delivers more than 40,000 audio Bible chapters each month!<br /><br />They asked her:<br /><blockquote><b>Can you tease out an example of how publishing will change?</b><p class="text">Wireless phones, which didn't exist 20 years ago, have changed not only the way people communicate but also the way they live. People are going to read, and they're going to read paper for the rest of our lifetimes. But I'm convinced that different distribution for content will change the way we live. We have entered the digital world. It's not like we're just stepping our toe into it. <i>The Bible Experience</i> audio Bible was the best-selling Bible of 2007.</p><p class="text">I think we can make some predictions today for how further distribution changes will alter the way we live our Christian life. The spiritual journey many of us have will be changed by the Internet and digital technology. But I'd like a little more time in this discovery process before I can vocalize how.</p></blockquote><p class="text">Now, this is cautious, but much less cautious than print-based publishers usually are! It makes projects like <a href="http://mobible.wordpress.com/">David's for mobile phones </a>or our <a href="http://podbible.com/podcast">PodBible</a> relevance visible!<br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-523550255566654295?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-19354661023851979872008-04-28T18:27:00.000-07:002008-04-28T18:31:32.507-07:00David Ker, who works in Mozambique - where mobile phones are less expensive to run than NZ, and Internet less available - is putting together a project to make the Bible available in various ways by mobile phone. To listen in, or join the discussion just <a href="http://mobible.wordpress.com/">subscribe to the blog</a>...<br /><br />Incidentally if you have any knowledge or ideas that can help with making PodBible more accessible to mobile phone users please comment, we have the domain <a href="http://PodBible.mobi">PodBible.mobi</a> but do not yet really know how to use it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-1935466102385197987?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-78357152259233554832008-03-12T23:50:00.000-07:002008-03-13T00:02:59.879-07:00An attentive and helpful listener has pointed out that Luke 3-13 (i.e. up to date at the time of writing) lack Think|Pray|Do ideas. The backup copies on my laptop also do not have these, just the Bible text. I am travelling (see <a href="http://asiabible.wordpress.com/">http://asiabible.wordpress.com</a>), so it will be next month till I am at home and can check to see if we have TPDs prepared and recorded for Luke. So, I'd ask you to supply your own for these weeks! Also if you come up with good ones to either post them as comments to this post, or send them by email to pod at podbible.com then we can use them and have a wider range of contributors!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-7835715225923355483?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16273118.post-16889009802078290652008-03-09T04:06:00.000-07:002008-03-09T04:10:33.004-07:00I am sorry about the mix up with the recordings for the Bible in a Year for the 2nd and 3rd of this month. I put them up from an Internet cafe in Bangkok, while suffering from jetlag and lack of sleep (see <a href="http://asiabible.wordpress.com/">here for details of why</a>) and made a mistake. For those who are saving the recordings to use again, I will try to fix it as soon as I can - but where I am now it may take a few days (or even till April if I have not got the necessary files with me :(<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16273118-1688900980207829065?l=podbible.com%2Fblog%2Findex.htm'/></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com0