FREE BIBLE SOFTWARE - The unbelieveably real "free lunch"!

Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give.

Matthew 10:8 ISV

That's how Rick Meyer's e-Sword home page opens. Meyer's says ...

Jesus told us that since we've been blessed we should bless others. For years I have been on the receiving end of His glorious riches, and I am happy to provide this blessing to others in the form of free Bible study software!

Several months ago an article in Pulpit Helps by Terry Wilhite turned me on to the free integrated bible software package called e-Sword. What began as an experiment to see if there was anything really worthwhile ... so often there isn't ... became an unbelievable blessing beyond measure.

And this is not just for pastors and teachers; any serious bible student can benefit from hundreds of dollars worth of free software.

• Whole bible commentaries (Barnes, Gill, Henry, Scofield, Vines, Vincents, Spurgeon, Clarke, Robertson's Word Pictures, and many more)
• Dozens of bible versions (HCSB, NASB, ESV, ASV and many non-english versions) with parallel and interlinear conventions; Greek and Hebrew text, plus the LXX
• Linked maps and graphics
• Multiple bible dictionaries (Easton, Torrey, Fausset, Smith
• A copy of Webster's first dictionary of the English language which is a lot of fun; add to that a KJV dictionary to pull the hard words out of the Elizabethan era
  
• A STEP Reader for dozens of books in reader format
• Numerous bible dictionaries, devotionals
• A formatable text editor that accepts hyperlinks and comes with a spell checker and search engine
• Every volume is searchable and integrated
  
• Context click options.
  
• Easy to use windows are customizable, book-marking search results and/or bible studies is a chinch
• The "2000+ Illustrations" module is excellent and editable; drop your own illustrations in to archive your collection
  
• The download size, with basic KJV and Strong's modules, is a whopping 16,935 kb
  
• Add on modules add to the space required
• Customizable bible reading program and prayer list options
  

Scripture references in the commentaries, dictionaries, and topics modules are linked to the bible version on top. Every window is tabbed and has a resize bar to adjust each of the windows. Drop down menus are comprehensive.

In all my life and especially in my ministry I have never received the proverbial "free lunch." Every thing in life comes with a price. This is the closest thing to a free lunch I've ever encountered.

God bless Rick Meyers and his ministry.

DISCLAIMER: I am a user of e-Sword's fabulous materials but receive no monetary or material benefit from the promotion in this post; Rick Meyers and e-Sword were unaware of this promotion at the time it was posted.