Free Stuff

Its true, free stuff is great. But tons of free stuff actually isn't free. I remember an episode of Pinky & The Brain where this was illustrated perfectly. Brain, that night, decided to take over the world. Again. His diabolical scheme involved making an exact replica of the Earth out of paper mache complete with landmasses and buildings before moving it into touching distance of the real Earth. Pinky and he would then then hold a free T-shirt giveaway on the fake earth to draw the whole of the worlds population to hop worlds, in a deluded consumer frenzy. This would leave the the real Earth ripe for conquest.

Anyway, my point is this: free stuff gets peoples attention. I often approach the promise of free stuff with a funny concoction of optimism and cynicism. I'm thinking "really?!" as well as "realllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy........" As my old manager used to say, "if its too good to be true, it probably is!"

However, once in a while something comes along that confounds my expectations. I therefore take great pleasure in introducing you to E-Sword. E-Sword is a Bible study software package with an impressive array of features, free to download from the net. It truly, truly is free. I promise you. Its customizable as well, as you can choose from a variety of Bible translations, Bible dictionaries and Bible commentaries from all sorts of learned people. Of course, there are a handful that you must pay for if you wish to download them, but there is an impressive selection of free quality ones to warrant downloading the program anyway.

You can explore the site, and download the program and your choice of additions from here. If you don't have a Bible program installed on your computer and want one, go for this. I've used it for a while now for study, sermon preparation and general devotions. I've found it simple to use, clear to read and fully customizable with the regular updates and frequently released additions. Sadly it is only available for PC right now.

If you need any recommendations for Bible translations, dictionaries or commentaries then feel free to drop me an email at ant@anthilder.co.uk. But I hope you find this free resource a blessing!