- Blue Letter Bible
The "Blue Letter Bible Project" is an initiative of
Calvary Chapel members to create aStudy Bible in both CD format and for the internet, primarily in support of theCalvary Chapel fellowship of churches. It was founded in November 1995. The Project supports 12 EnglishBible translations ,Hebrew and the "Septuagint " for theOld Testament , and the Greek "Textus Receptus " and Westcott-Hort versions for theNew Testament . Integrated study tools include "Gesenius'Lexicon " for the Old Testament, and Thayer's "Lexicon for the New Testament", as well as English and "Strong's Concordance s" for the entireBible . Over 2000Bible Commentaries are also present.The Blue Letter Bible (BLB) Project has three ongoing initiatives as of November 2006:
* The BLB CD forgratis distribution tomissionaries , pastors and students, with over 100,000 CDs distributed.
* The BLB website for online Bible study in an advertising-free environment. Over 3,500,000 hyperlinkcross-references are present, and over 375,000 pages views are distributed (daily average 3rd quarter 2006).
* The BLB Institute for structuredBiblical studies , under free registration, with over 28,000 registered students in 3rd quarter 2006.The BLB Project is administered by the Sowing Circle ministry, which is a California 501(c)(3) Private Operating Foundation.
Distribution of BLB content
* BLB CD
**"Calvary Chapel Magazine", a publisher and affilitate ministry ofCalvary Chapel , has distributed over 45,000 BLB CDs to their readership (missionary emphasis), with world-wide distribution.
**Koinonia House, publishers of "Personal Update", (distribution over 100,000 monthly) offers free distribution of the BLB CD to their subscribers.
* BLB Website
** Over 1,250 independent websites [http://www.blueletterbible.org/Search_tool_listing.html (link)] distribute BLB internet content through BLB search tools embedded within their websites. [http://www.bibliology.org/tools.htm Example]Reviews of the Blue Letter Bible
* [http://www.nbbc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=658&Itemid=494 Northland Baptist Bible College - "Technology: Tools for Fulfilling the Great Commission"]
* [http://www.davidhocking.org/catalog/mp3-dl/qa-mp3-dl.html Dr. David Hocking - Hope for Today: "What is the Blue Letter Bible Institute?"] (MP3 download)
* [http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2005/06/the_blue_letter_bible.html "The Blue Letter Bible" by Rubén Gómez, webmaster, "Bible Software Review"]
* [http://www.khouse.org/pages/the_joy_of_teaching_gods_word/chapter_6 Koinonia House Online - "Your Personal Library"]
* [http://chizadek.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/blue-letter-bible Chizadek - "Science, Statistics, Singleness and Scones, Spiritually Speaking"]
* [http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/ENGLISH/Staff/richter/806.html "Some Highly Useful Weblinks", Professor David Richter, Queens College, CUNY]
* [http://www.sightmagazine.com.au/stories/Casting%20the%20Net/storiesnet12.10.03.php Sight Magazine, "Blue Letter Bible", by James Crook]External links
* [http://www.blueletterbible.org/ Project's official website]
* [http://www.sowingcircle.org/ Parent organization's official website]
* [http://www.blbi.org/ BLBi's official website]
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