HCSB Study Bible app for iPhone and iPad

4.5 ( 9085 ratings )

Lifestyle Book
Developer: Lifeway Christian Resources

4.99 USD

Current version: 5.1.8, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 31 Aug 2010
App size: 87.51 Mb

The HCSB Study Bible app is a visual Bible that is easy to read and easy to use with features and formats to enhance your Bible study experience. Carefully developed and designed for study Bible readers with more than 15,000 study notes, 290 word studies, 141 photographs, 62 timelines, 59 maps, 24 articles, 16 illustrations and reconstructions, 15 charts, 3 Bible reading plans, and much more.

App features include:
* Synced display of Bible text and study notes
* Synced image display of maps, charts, illustrations, and more
* Words linked to Strongs Greek & Hebrew definition popups
* Linked footnotes, cross references, and HCSB bullet notes popups
* Add your own personal notes, highlights, and bookmarks
* Customized reading plans

Other features include:
* An introduction to every book of the Bible treating the circumstances of writing, author, background, message and purpose of the book, its contribution to the Bible, structure, outline and timeline.
* Topical concordance
* 52-week Scripture memory plan
* Plan of salvation

Essays and contributors include:
How to Read and Study the Bible-George H. Guthrie
The Origin, Transmission, and Canonization of the OT Books-Jeremy Royal Howard
The Uniqueness of the Genesis Creation Story-Kenneth A. Mathews
The Historical Reliability of the Old Testament-Kenneth A. Kitchen
The Exiles of Israel-Duane A. Garrett
Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls-Peter W. Flint
The Origin, Transmission, and Canonization of the NT Books-Jeremy Royal Howard
Differences in the Gospels-Robert H. Stein
Church Discipline-Mark E. Dever
The Biblical Basis for Missions-M. David Sills
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as a Historical Event-Gary R. Habermas
Messianic Expectations-Craig A. Evans
Christ in the Old Testament-Craig A. Blaising
Incarnation and Christology-Stephen J. Wellum
Is Jesus the Only Way?-Robert M. Bowman, Jr.
The Cross and the Gospel-Bruce A. Ware
The Missional Church-Ed Stetzer
Opportunities and Challenges in Global Missions-M. David Sills
The Message and Lifestyle of the Apostles-Michael J. Wilkins
The Bible and Sexuality-Daniel L. Akin
Perseverance of the Saints-Daniel B. Wallace
The Bible and Women-Mary A. Kassian
The Bible and Civil Rights-Kevin L. Smith
Jesus and Atonement in the Old Testament-Eugene H. Merrill
Salvation in the Old Testament-Paige Patterson
Faith and Works-Mark DeVine
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament-Craig L. Blomberg

Study notes by:
Robert D. Bergen, Dorian G. Coover-Cox, Kenneth A. Mathews, Tiberius Rata, R. Dennis Cole, Eugene H. Merrill, Richard S. Hess, Iain M. Duguid, Bryan E. Beyer, Andrew C. Bowling, Winfried Corduan, Carl R. Anderson, Richard D. Patterson, Kevin R. Warstler, Sherri L. Klouda, David K. Stabnow, Duane A. Garrett, Craig Glickman, Tremper Longman III, Walter C. Kaiser, Mark F. Rooker, Michael Rydelnick, Ray Clendenen, Shawn C. Madden, Kevin Peacock, Joe Sprinkle, Gregory W. Parsons, D. Brent Sandy, Charles L. Quarles, Ross H. McLaren, A. Boyd Luter, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Stanley E. Porter, Edwin A. Blum, F. Alan Tomlinson, Kendell H. Easley, David S. Dockery, Richard R. Melick, Jr., James F. Davis, Ray Van Neste, Murray J. Harris, Malcolm B. Yarnell III, R. Gregg Watson, Terry L. Wilder, Robert W. Yarbrough

Powered by the bestselling Olive Tree BibleReader engine, this app can also be synced to include other content from your Olive Tree account.

Pros and cons of HCSB Study Bible app for iPhone and iPad

HCSB Study Bible app good for

Cannot find HCSB Study Bible in library after Using hcsb study notes in library. How do I get out of study notes and back study bible

Love this study Bible. Cant remember where my onion skin even is. But this new version is quirky. Hard to get the changes you made. Needs some work but there isnt a better one out there. Could you fix the sync function that is suddenly broken in June 2016?

Some bad moments

If you did not we are on ios8 ! We need this app for ios 8 for iphone 5 - 6

It became less user friendly to highlight verses by adding extra steps to do it. When one tries to remove the highlight on the verse, it takes a few times before it disappears.

I really like this bible app and now it wont update or even go online for me to purchase more books. Please fix.

Have this bible as my go to in written form. Love it. Purchased and downloaded it years ago and still no update for retina. Come on. One star until updated.

Dont buy this until they update to fit to screen size... too old

This app is very good for bible study. It is more beneficial than nearly any app one could purchase. Think about this if you are deciding on a bible study app ... Is a distracting entertainment going to give joy even in suffering? One feature request I have is a one-click switch to switch the text over to night mode — A black background with white text. This is shown to be the most easy for the eyes when reading on a screen. The option is there, but requires manually changing several color settings. A single switch would be very welcome by readers, I think.

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