I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Josh Bond, his staff, and the many contributors who have made BibleSupport what it is. I know that God is using it for His Glory. I also give thanks that God's Word never returns to Him void. It always accomplishes His Will and Purpose. From the Home Page:

 

Total Modules: 9,009

Total Downloads: 4,583,816

Total Uploaders: 175

Thanks for the statistics. It truly shows what can be done with a group of people coming together in God's name...

"Good" in many cases is strictly a 'subjective' term, similar to the difference betwixt 'meat' and 'milk'.  There are literally hundreds of texts available to be processed into eSword modules, but the effort to transform these texts is more than most people are willing to expend.

 

Perhaps 'value' or how a person values an eSword module would be one perspective.  Transforming an old text of a missionaries biography doesn't seem to have much value when compared to a commentary, except for the young believer wondering how he may serve Christ amongst non-believers (which are increasing daily).  Apologetics and Islam is another group of modules missing.  Vast numbers of hymnals are available to feed the hungry hearts for those willing to sit down and transform them.  Then, of course, there are the many "Complete Works of ___ (fill in the blank)" available.  Everyone should be aware of the conversion of CH Spurgeon.  Where would the Christian Church be if that lonely pastor who preached salvation on a mundane Sunday morning have given up his post before Spurgeon sat down?

 

Acorns grow into mighty oak trees, given half the chance....

Well said...

Most of us tend to forget that we have all become believers by securing different roots... and God, being gracious, allows all denominations of faith to exist. This does to designate that we all end up upon heaven's threshold, but as Larry stated... this depends on whether we want to feed ourselves on milk or meat. There's only one true source of information, and that is what God has placed within our hands... the Holy Bible. If we are going to start judging and tossing out commentaries, this should have happened long ago...

May God bless us all...

Thanks Tim,

Just thought it might open up some new avenues... maybe help stimulate some people to take action...

That free Bread of God tastes sweet when we eat of it ourselves, but to give it unto others can sometimes be bitter.

Blessings...

As DSaw mentioned (and as most of us already know), converting books to the digital standard for e-Sword, not only requires a published book in print form, but also a scanner, and a lot of time for preparation and proofreading. Although Shayne seemed interested enough to possibly undertake reviewing and proofreading—from his comments, it didn’t seem that he had any tools for conversion. I’m assuming this also included a scanner… the most basic tool to get any book into the digital domain. As DSaw and Shayne also implied, transcribing any book word-for-word, may take years.

Now I know BibleSupport already has a Topic Heading for “Module Requests”, but given this dilemma, another option might be to send out a “request newsletter” once every couple of months, or so, to keep members informed of new e-Sword requests of which they could take part of. With a combined community effort, this may help to expand module support to some older works before they’re lost, and with such a large community of Bible readers, some of these older books may already be in one of the member’s collections. In this regard, a newsletter may also have the benefit of increasing member involvement, and in the least, could help keep members aware of BibleSupport’s presence.

Just an idea…

Blessings to all.

Shayne,

As you mentioned, the "Seven Dispensations" by J R Graves appears to be copyrighted and available in book format only, not digital. Unless permission is received from the copyright holder, putting it in e-Sword format would be impossible.

By the way, Isaiah heard God's Words and prophesied correctly when speaking of today's world. Our only option is to cry out to the Lord, "Here I am. Send me!"... Isaiah 6:8.

May God bless...

You should be fine with upgrading. But as with all computers and software, there are way to many variables to think that nothing could ever go wrong. And rolling back is not an option. However, with version 11 there are many more resources available and most of the newer modules are geared toward this. To stay current, eventually you will have no other option but to upgrade. But on the other hand, if you're happy with your current version, and have all you need, why change?

If, though, you do decide to upgrade, your best bet is to back up everything. As you mentioned, you can then uninstall e-Sword, and then reinstall.

God bless...

When I move the files to Dropbox it can't open them. Looking for a program to open

Tom, you may have to make some adjustments in order for e-Sword to know where these files are located. From the File Menu choose - Options > Resources. In this open window, revise the "Resources Location" and/or "User File Location" to match your Dropbox folder. You will also have to move any e-Sword Bible files, dictionaries, etc. to this same Dropbox folder so that e-Sword recognizes their location.

A word of warning, though. Depending on the setup, I've found that sharing e-Sword files across a network can cause severe lag within e-Sword itself.

May God bless...