The Bible unbound

Religion | The latest in Bible software delivers Scripture outside the book | Mark Bergin

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SEATTLE— As new technology moves the text of Christian Scripture off the printed page and onto computer screens, mobile phones, and iPods, believers around the world are confronted with the reality that the word of God is not a leather-bound book—or even written words for that matter.

Many leaders in the Bible software industry celebrate that shift in understanding, especially given its potential to increase the frequency with which people encounter the Bible. The availability of multiple mediums places emphasis back on the message, discouraging the veneration of particular conduits of Scripture at the expense of Scripture itself.

What's more, the power of the internet to distribute God's word at affordable rates around the globe has energized many mission organizations and excited donors as they watch their dollars wield unprecedented leverage for the dissemination of truth.

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