Taking a Break

I haven't posted for a about a week. My friend R's death has left me thinking but with no desire to share my thoughts. His funeral is tomorrow. Maybe that will bring some closure for me.

I searched for a computer-based Bible study this week and found them to be just too expensive. The least expensive ones are $15. For $200 you can get bells and whistles. The serious ones range from $400 to $800. Wow.

Then, while searching online, I found e-Sword.net. This site was put up by a gentleman in Tennessee who has made it his ministry to write and distribute for free a Bible study that rivals the best of those for sale. I began downloading it several nights ago and continue to add modules.

I am guided by a desire to learn about the God of my fathers. Now that I have commited to growing my relationship with God I want to insure that it is not simply a God of my own invention.

The e-Sword software allows me to read from over a dozen translations, compare them to each other, learn of the culture of the people in biblical times, use any of several dictionaries to find definitions, view the original Hebrew and Greek texts and read commentaries by a variety of scholars.

Best of all, I can work at my own pace.

I never thought I would have an interest in bible study. Go figure.....