What Program Does John Piper Use For Labs

I'm always looking for some cool ways to present God's word in my preaching and teaching ministry like the app Bible Mark Up. When I started watching John Piper's Expect at the Book video series on YouTube, I loved the simple and elegant black groundwork with white Bible text that he uses in these videos. He draws on the text and screen using colorful marking pens. I investigated and discovered that Piper'south using something that inspired the programmer of the app Bible Marker Up. The developer liked the videos and wanted a mobile version and and then he created Bible Marker Upwards for Android and and then ported Bible Mark Upwardly over to iOS. Nosotros talked to Ernie Lail of Maranatha Technologies on this week's Theotek Podcast seen beneath. The audio is at the bottom of the page.

Bible Mark Up App

This complimentary iPad or Android app inserts the Bible text from one of a number of translations on a black background. The instructor or Bible educatee uses the 9 colors to draw on the screen in Bible Mark Up. Lookout John Piper to use a tool similar to Bible Mark Up, which inspired the app, in his "Look at the Book" video series on YouTube (seen beneath).

Logos Bible Software users can also buy these videos along with a nice written report guide that goes with the videos. The costless video series puts the videos and the study guide right within Logos Bible Software.

Bible Mark Up app used by John Piper Look at the Book

Piper draws circles and lines and underlines the text showing relationships between ideas and words. He uses colors to connect one role of the text with another. It's elementary but proficient. I've begun using it in my teaching ministry and plan to do more.

The app includes some absurd features. Information technology's got a lot of international translations in improver to the ESV, NASB and KJV. Sadly, they don't offer my preferred HCSB translation. For teachers who use original languages it includes Greek Textus Receptus and Hebrew Aleppo Codex.

Nosotros also get access to some public domain works like Strong's, Lexicons and some Commentaries all online. I haven't used anything merely the English Bible texts, since I don't plan to do my report in the app. I just use it to present.

Bible Mark Up scripture selection

Ernie Lail, the programmer of Bible Mark Upwards, told us that he created primarily as a study tool. He wanted something that lets him mark up the text like Piper does in his videos.

Here's the workflow. The opening screen asks the user to type in a Bible reference (run across above). Information technology will and so re-create the text to the black screen in portrait orientation at start. Tap on the end of the line to modify the line breaks. At the bottom of the screen there's a button that reads Modify Breaks. Tap it to move the next line up to the current line that you lot tapped. Repeat this till the lines all show up the mode you want. Then tap on Scale & Move at the lesser and pinch to zoom or compress the text. Remember to keep the text big plenty so people in the back of the room can read the text.

When yous're ready, plough the tablet into landscape manner and tap on Depict. Apply the colored inking and markup buttons to depict when you wish. I will often underline or circle key words, put parenthesis effectually a phrase I'yard discussing or draw lines to testify relationship betwixt words or phrases. Apply multiple colors. For example, if a text is discussing one topic simply has some sub topics, circumvolve or underline all the words related to one of the subtopics in one color. And so apply another color to visually link the adjacent sub topic. Use lines to connect pronouns with the proper name they represent.

Bible Mark Up demo

The app could use an update and here's what I'd include?

An erase push that removes all the markups in a unmarried tap. Ernie told us he may add that shortly.
I'd like the ability to pay actress for other modern translations or reference works. I understand the app developer can't make it free if he adds paid content, only I'd love to pay to get that kind of content.
Add shapes like lines, ovals, boxes and more.
Change from black to white background.
If you change the background colour then you lot need to change the text color. It'd be great if I could highlight a word or words and change just the colour of those words.

Fifty-fifty if the programmer never adds the to a higher place features, it'south all the same a worthwhile tool to install on your iPad or Android tablet.

Our Favorite Things

This week we actually started off with the first recommendation.

Ricoh Theta South 360-caste Camera

Scout as a I demo the Ricoh Theta S camera at the summit of the podcast. It'southward a nice little 360-degree camera that uses two ultra wide-angle fish eye lenses to accept a complete 360-caste photo at the tap of the push button. It also shoots HD video. Users can mail the photos and video online to the visitor'southward website made just for their shots or to YouTube in the instance of video. Use the editing app to trim video or another one to create interesting images using the shots taken with the photographic camera. Check out the examples beneath:

high peak church taken with ricoh theta s

The shot above shows the interesting results you can get with the Ricoh Theta S and the image editor on iOS.

The front of High Peak Baptist Church #theta360 – Spherical Paradigm – RICOH THETA

I oasis't posted whatsoever videos I'd want anyone else to see. Hither'due south ane from the online gallery at theta360.com.

Passing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

I beloved my camera, only it'south not cheap. Become information technology on Amazon for a couple bucks less than at Ricoh's online store. It's $350.

Dark Sky for iOS

dark sky app iphone

Rick showed off the great weather app chosen Dark Sky. They phone call it "hyperlocal" conditions. Information technology'south incredibly accurate even nailing the offset and terminate times for pelting. There's an Apple Watch extension congenital into the app.

iPhone SE

apple iphone se

LaRosa John chose to highlight the new iPhone SE. It'southward an iPhone 5s with the power and guts of an iPhone 6s without the 3D Touch screen. Apple sells information technology for a lilliputian less than they sell their flagship phones. He likes the smaller size and wants to option on upward.