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The Christian Guide to the iPhone - uglybluecat.com
The Christian Guide to the iPhone The Christian Guide to the iPhone By Robin Spinks Introduction There are many iPhone applications for Christians; they range from simple bible readers through verse lookup applications to those that will even recommend bible verses oriented towards the way you're feeling at the moment. Finding applications suitable for you is surprisingly difficult - especially when you consider how many there are! You will find many christian applicatons if you simply search the appstore for keywords such as 'Bible', 'Christ', 'Jesus' or 'God', but you may not find the best christian applications and you will find some entirely unsuitable ones! This is because your keyword search will only provide results based on the keywords submitted by the developer. This guide has been written to help you choose the iPhone applications most suited to you, your lifestyle and your level of commitment to Christ. You may just want a handy pocket bible to browse through, read or study. You may just want an application that can help you in those dark times when all you really need is a little word from God to help lift your day. You may even need an applicationm that can help you in theological studies or simple bible study. 1 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Application Types Audiobooks Audiobooks are spoken word books, read out for you so you may listen to them whilst on the go; driving, on the train or taking a relaxing walk. Many audio books are simply the Bible read aloud, but many are more specific and may be daily scripture or even whole sermons. Bibles Bible iPhone applications are usually enire bibles in an easily readable format. This is very handy because you always have your bible with you when you need a little inspiration or just something to read on the train! There are many versions of bible applications for the iphone, just as there are many printed versions of the bible. Some are free, but some require a small fee to cover license and production costs normally. Games There are a few christian and bible-related game applications for the iphone. These can be just for fun or may be good for helping children come to know God's love through Christ in a fun, enjoyable way! Radio/Music It is common knowledge that there are many Christian radio stations in the world. Many of these have created iPhone applications to enable Christians all over the world to enjoy Christian music where ever they happen to be! Resources Those studying Theology, Christianity or the Bible may find many useful resources to save time searching the internet for christian blogs or quotes, calculating tithes or simply teaching kids about Christ. Social Networking Christian social networking applications enable christian to keep in touch, discover & meet each other through their iphones. 2 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Prayer and Scripture Prayer and Scripture applications help your prayer life and to find inspirational scriptures all on your iPhone. Catholic Prayer and Scripture Roman Catholics will enjoy these applications created specifically to support prayer and scripture within their beliefs, rites, and rituals. Books, Readings, and Sources of Inspiration These books and other sources of inspiration include the classic Pilgrim’s Progress to questions to God. Entertainment Find Christian music, video, and games among these iPhone apps to provide hours of quality Christian entertainment. Calendars and Holidays Stay on top of all the important Holy days and celebrations with these apps. 3 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Audiobooks Audiobook - Romans Whether you are stuck in traffic, waiting for your connection, cramming for that English test, or just relaxing of your sofa, Traveling Classics provides your most beloved audiobooks at the touch of your finder. This application contains a full, unabridged audiobook of Letter to the Romans by St. Paul. This is considered by many to be one of the most eloquent expositions on Christianity and Christian living. KJV Bible Audiobook King James Version Bible New Testament with Audio is a FREE pocket Bible solution. Perfect for when on the go. This application will let you read the scriptures, listen to the scriptures, listen and follow the text at the same time, listen and download the Summer Street Church Sunday Service Podcasts and more. Summer Street Church is an Evangelical Fellowship on Nantucket Island, MA. 4 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Truthcasting - Sermon Player Download this free application to watch and listen to hundreds of fulllength, Bible sermons from churches and teachers around the world. Invite your church to participate and upload their weekly sermon content for free at www.truthcasting.com. Features: Full length Bible teaching from hundreds of churches; Search by title, keyword, teach name or ministry name, and more! Wow Bible Daily Audio WowBible Daily is the world's first daily audio bible verse application for iPhone and iPod Touch. It brings you a new Bible promise in both audio and text every day. The friendly touchscreen interface makes it easy to get your Bible promise by date, category or in shuffle mode. It encourages you to listen and ready the inspiring words of God on the go and it is also a great Christian gift to share with your friends and family. 5 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Bibles The Bible Now with the ability to create your own personal footnotes and references (cross-references) for every single word. The Bible is the fastest scripture application available on the iPhone. It is faster to use and much more portable than traditional paper scriptures because all information is stored directly on the iPhone/iTouch. Quickly and easily find any verse in the scriptures and more! TouchWord Bible Lite TouchWord Lite, gives you a preview at the functionality of TouchWord Bible, a high quality Christian resource for iPhone and iPod Touch. Featuring a clear, clean, and clutter free layout, TouchWord Lite is a simple, easy-to-use and free Bible in the palm of your hand. For unrestricted book marking, note taking, and full search functionality, upgrade to TouchWord Bible. 6 The Christian Guide to the iPhone God's Word The God's Word Devotional BIble has been designed for christian people who read the Bible daily. Features include: Easy to find versus, Easy to read chapters, Quickly save bookmarks in folders, Easy access to previously saved bookmarks, Effectively manage your daily devotionals. Includes English version of American Standard Version, Spanish Version is Sagadas Escrituras and French Version is Ostervald. Christian Classics Ethereal Library The CCEL Devotional Bible consists of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, and three books of devotional readings from the Christian Classic Ethereal Library. The KJV Bible, ASV Bible, and the devotional books are completely searchable. This full-featured app includes five different font size options and more! 7 The Christian Guide to the iPhone BibleXpress BibleXpress delivers the power of a computerized Bible in an exceptionally intuitive user interface, designed exclusively for the iPhone/iPod Touch, making it easy for the everyday Christian to access the Word of God. Please visit the web page for many more screen shots, free tutorial videos, additional copyright information and user's testimonials about how Christ has changed their lives. The Holy Bible King James Version The Holy Bible King James Version. Search complete Holy Bible and record audio notes. The KJV is an English translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England. Features include Bookmark, Write Notes, Portrait/Landscape Mode, Day/Night Mode, Read it anywhere (no Internet needed), Opens to last spot read, Search with Highlight, Organized into Books & Chapters. 8 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Touch Bible Loaded Touch Bible Loaded features five English Translations, "Multi-Version," read two translations at the same time, keep study notes, even while you read, fast & intelligent search with verse preview and OT and NT restrictions, readability - spread out words, adjustable font sizes, bookmarks - Click the verse number and that verse is bookmarked for quick access later, dial-a-Verse - Touch Bible's way of looking up scripture FAST (great for church) plus extra web based access to more resources from Christian Revolution. 9 The Christian Guide to the iPhone BibleReader Mobile software designed from the ground up for reading and studying the Bible on iPhone. Verse Chooser - navigate quickly to any verse in the Bible. Offline Access - Bibles are stored on your phone, not dependant on a network connection. Advanced Search - look up every occurrence of a word in every book of the Bible. Versified Commentaries - switch to the commentary of your choice linked directly to any verse you are studying. Split-Screen Reading - view Bible and reference works simultaneously as you study. Favorites List - create a list of your favorite resources for quick access. Full customization - change the fonts and colors of the main window, the split window, and the popup window independently. Greek and Hebrew - study and perform advanced searches in the original biblical languages. Pop-up window - view links to other resources without ever leaving the text you started with. Hyperlinked Notes - cross-references or Strong's numbers available with one touch. Personal Notes - can be accessed by verse in any Bible version across your library and synced to your desktop with Evernote. Multiple Scrolling Methods - flick scroll or side swipe resources for ease of navigation. Olive Tree University access to video tutorials from within the app itself. 10 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Games Bible Blocks Play a puzzle game with bible verses between levels. Inspired by curved space, fit the pantomimes (blocks) on the circle tetris style in this puzzle. Rotate a black by pressing the purple button, place the block where you want by pressing anywhere on the board and spinning it. Support Christian games, come back and write a review! Comments, feedback, beat game? Email us! 11 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Radio/Music NRT Mobile: Christian Music Database This Christian music database provides information on Christian artists, lyrics to their songs, album information, reviews, weekly new releases, and much more. Christmas Music Get thousands of Christmas songs organized into 17 different playlists including Classical Christmas, Christmas Hymns, and Children’s Christmas. Z88.3 Radio / The Rock Positive Hits X88.3 is your home of positive, upligting songs from MercyMe, Casting Crowns, Third Day, Jeremy Camp, Chris Tomlin and tobyMac, plus personalities who are always Safe For The Little ears in your family. This app also connects you to Y Hot, Orlando's #1 Positive Hip-Hop and R&B station along with The Rock, Orlando's Positive Rock Alternative. 3 stations in one app! 12 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Hillsong United The official Hillsong UNITED app is here. Check out new songs, stay upto-date with all that's happening with tours plus stuff @ home. Have a flick through the photo gallery (regularly updated) and take a look at the latest videos from the band. Key features include previewing songs before they're released, purchase tracks or whole albums through iTunes and more! Worship On The Way Radio Network Worship On The Way Radio Network features music and ministries for your day. With multiple outlets across America, the network is a listenersupported service of Life On The Way Communications, Inc., the media outreach of The Church On The Way, in Los Angeles, California, led by Pastor Jim Tolle. KTLW-FM is your Sound Alternative, providing music and ministries for your day. 13 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Air1 Radio The Positive Alternative Air 1 Radio is America's "Positive Alternative" playing hit music from artists like Switchfoot and Relient K to tobyMac and the Fray. If you know someone who still listens to an actual radio, tell them they can find an Air 1 station near them at Air1.com. Or they can get an iPhone. Either way, we're pretty sure your friend will enjoy listening to Air 1 as much as you do. K-LOVE Positive & Encouraging Listen to Positive Encouraging K-LOVE. You'll not only hear the best commercial-free line-up of contemporary Christian music, but you'll step into a welcoming community that helps you keep focused on what really matters, every day. This isn't just about the music. It's about the transforming message of Jesus Christ. Sit back and rock out to the soulstiring and uplifting beat of artists like tobyMac, Third Day, Mercy Me & more! 14 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Family Friendly 89.7 KSGN The 89.7 KSGN app for the iPhone is a FREE Internet radio streaming service that allows you to conveniently listen to positive, encouraging, and Family Friendly Radio on your iPhone or iPod Touch at the touch of an icon! On the iPhone, 89.7 KSGN! is simple, easy , one click and you’re listening music from: Jeremy Camp, Mercy Me, Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns and more! WBGL Family Friendly Radio Download this app to listen to Family Friendly WBGL wherever your iPhone / iPod takes you. Family Friendly WBGL is your family’s ticket to The Morning Show with Tim & Pam, What Matters Most with Patty Dudley and great music for the whole family from artists like: Casting Crowns, Chris Tomlin, Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, NeedToBreathe, Switchfoot, The Fray, Third Day, TobyMac and many more of today’s top Christian artists. 15 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Christian Video - Mobile Worship Network The Mobile Worship Network (MWN) is the world's largest library of Christian mobile videos. With everything from interviews and performances with hot Christian bands, to ways to bring the Bible into your everyday life, to the best in Christian extreme sports. All in the palm of your hand so you can take it with you wherever you go and share The Word with your friends and family. Christian Rock Music For those who love Christian rock, here is the essential collection of music from this powerful genre. Listen to full-track songs from some of the best Christian Rock artists such as Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, tobyMac, Chris Tomlin and many, many more. Requires a connection to a 3G, Edge or Wi-Fi network to stream the music to your iPhone or iPod Touch. 16 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Israel Houghton Integrity Music brings you the essential iPhone application for fans of Israel Houghton, featuring the new album "The Power Of One." Stay current with the latest news, tour dates, blogs, and videos from Israel. Preview new songs as well as tracks from his 6 critically-acclaimed albums in the interactive discography. A great application to discover all the Christian music Israel Houghton has created. K-WAVE K-Wave features solid Biblical teaching programs, along with music of praise and worship, combined to minister to the body of Christ in a style which is unique to K-Wave. Broadcasting 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, KWave shares the love of God throughout most of Southern California, and worldwide at kwve.com. Listen to this station on your iPod! 17 The Christian Guide to the iPhone The House FM | Praise 88.7 Instant access to The House FM. Contemporary Christian music radio from Oklahoma City's KZTH. CHR (Contemporary Hit) format with rock and pop artists like tobyMac, Third Day, Skillet, Sanctus Real, Jeremy Camp, Switchfoot, Stellar Kart, Relient K, Hawk Nelson, BarlowGirl, Kutless, David Crowder and more! Also turn into Praise 88.7 featuring Light AC / Inspirational / Praise & Worship selections. 18 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Resources INspire-Me We all have our bad days, when we wake up on the wrong side of the bed, feeling down and lost! All you need is INspire-Me, a useful application that puts a smile back on your face. You're feeling worried, lost, angry? Launch INspire-Me on your iPhone and a selection of useful and uplifting verses from the Bible, specifically chosen according to the mood you're in, will help you find the strength to go through your day. Bible Wisdom Bible Wisdom provides a convenient way to contemplate and study some of the best quotes the Bible has to offer. Enjoy exploring the words of Jesus Christ and the prophets of the old testament with an easy to use quote based application, growing daily in Christian understanding and faith. Use the application for religious study, personal growth, spiritual development or just plain fun! 19 The Christian Guide to the iPhone The Daily Scroll "Of making many blogs there is no end, and much scrolling is a weariness of the flesh." So might Solomon have written if he were alive today. The Daily Scroll is for people who enjoy reading Christian blogs and new stories, but don't have lots of time to search the web each day. Get links to fresh headlines and engaging blog-posts from around the Internet on your iPhone. Tithe Calculator Tithe is a simple application to help you calculate the amount to tithe each week to your church. Simply enter the amount of earnings and the number of weeks to earn the amount and Tithe application will calculate how much to tithe (10%) each week. No graphics to take up memory, just simply data entry and a quick calculation. 20 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Discipleship Flipper: Planetshakers Ministries International The popular flipper flapper now makes it's way to digital format as an iPhone application. The simple STAR acrostic helps explain to kids what to do to follow Christ. Salvation Flipper: Planetshakers Ministries International The popular flipper flapper now makes it's way to digital format as an iPhone application. Now leaders and kids can use their phones to lead people to Christ. What's New: Major design changes/improvements; Splash screen; New icon. Check out the website to learn more about this helpful children's teaching tool and read more about our apps. 21 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Wordless Book: Planetshakers Ministries International 4 resources brings you the first "iPhone Wordless Book." This wordless book contains 5 colors (Gold, Black, Red, White and Green). The wordless book uses the universal language of color to tell the good news of the gospel. This classic salvation tool began in 1866 in London. The prince of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon preached a message called the worldless book. Now you can preach it too! 22 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Social Networking IChristian Now your iPhone/iPod Touch is a missionary, preacher and the evangelist! The iPhone/iPod Touch application "iChristian" ("Become A Christian") contains the minimum of required information to become a Christian. After the prayer of salvation, you may register as a Christian. If you would like, you may request a certificate of a Christian. 23 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Prayer and Scripture Prayer List Track and store your prayer requests on this app that allows you to password protect for privacy, create your own personal list separately, and add images for each prayer. A collection of Holy Prayers Find a listing of powerful Christian prayers right at your fingertips with this app. The Way of the Cross Prayer Use these prayers and meditations that take you through the journey of Christ’s sufferings and death. EZPray Discover prayers from 14 Christian saints to find a prayer specific to your needs. 24 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Revelation Read the ESV version of the Book of Revelation in both English and Russian with this app. Daily Jesus Generate quotes from Jesus or read the King James Version of the four Gospels. 25 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Catholic Prayer and Scripture iMissal Get the official texts approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops with this app that provides an entire liturgical year’s worth of sacred scripture. iBreviary Catholics will appreciate the opportunity to meditate on the Psalms while having the official prayer of the Catholic church on this app. Prayer Receive all of the Common Prayers from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church available in English as well as several other languages. 26 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Divine Office - audio Liturgy of the Hours Get Bible scriptures, psalms, and prayers for specific times of the day automatically downloaded each weekday. 10 Catholic Commandments Use this app to pray over the 10 commandments that also offers the option of accompanying music. Divine Mercy This app provides different images for each of the Our Father beads, helps you keep track of the day of the Novena you are on, and more. Hail Mary Pray the rosary with this app that lets you select the color of your beads, provides scripture readings and images, and is available in several languages. 27 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Books, Readings, and Sources of Inspiration Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan Read this classic Christian allegory with this app that provides a scroll feature that works easily with the iPhone. The Didache by Unknown Read or listen to this ancient Christian text that provides instructions for Christian communities. Christian Healing: the science of being Discover the key writings of the Unity church from the New Thought tradition with this app. 28 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Mysticism, Christian and Buddhist Take a look at Christian mysticism along side Buddhist mysticism in this book. Pagan & Christian Creeds This book explores the beginnings of religion by examining the traditions and creeds of ancient people. Angel Oracle Get beautiful angel images accompanied with inspirational text with this app. Questions to God Find 200 questions to God that range from the insightful to the humorous that will provide you plenty of food for thought as you meditate over the questions. 29 The Christian Guide to the iPhone Calendars and Holidays 365 Holiday Calendar This calendar will keep you updated with all the important holidays throughout the year. Select Christian holidays to get only these dates or opt to get other religions as well. Festivals Select from several different religions, including Christianity, to keep up with all the important festivals associated with each. ThisDay - Today in History This app lets you explore the history behind special days including Christian feasts and Roman Catholic calendar of saints. 30