David Guzik Commentary Re-Created

Never afraid of a large project, James Rice (Cato) is at it again. This time he's reformatted and added thousands of pages of content to David Guzik's Commentary on the Whole Bible. He's given the module a drastic update.

This is a modern, dispensational commentary based on the King James text, although other translations can be used. Every book of the Bible now has commentary. James added thousands of pages of new content. This is now one of the best commentaries, if not the best commentary, available for e-Sword (in our opinions).

Changes and updates include:

• the addition of thousands of pages content (now over 25 megabytes of text!)
  
• removal of HTML tags and other corrupted text
  
• retention of outline formatting but without the extreme indenting
  
• better color formatting
  
• consistency of paragraph formatting without extra paragraph breaks
  
• Tooltipped/linked implict verse references
  
• Added Psalm 24 (April 11, 2012)

If you appreciate the effort that went into writing this commentary, consider a donation to David Guzik's ministry.

If you appreciate the effort that went into reformatting and updating this e-Sword module, don't forget to thank James Rice in the comments of the file. Modules of this size require a lot of time!

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e-Sword 10.1 Released

e-Sword 10.1 has been released.

10.x Users: Note the small update for 10.x users

9.x Users: You must download the first download package--the full download package

7.x-8.x Users: Please upgrade to 10.1, as BibleSupport is dropping support for these versions.

• This update includes images support for Dictionaries, Commentaries, and Devotions. So now modules can be created that support these features. FYI: there is not a way for the user to insert these images through the e-Sword interface. These modules will still be created by third party tools.Brent, the author of Tooltip NT, says he will revise his program to work with images in these modules.
  
  
• Better non-ascii character support. Tools like Scripture Memory, Analyze Verses, etc., will now work correctly for Spanish, German, Swedish, etc
  
  
• Module Makers: The display order of multiple comments for a single verse is now based on the order the comments were inserted into the database. My sincere thanks for Rick for this new feature!
  
  
• A new "news popup" screen will apparently appear within e-Sword when new modules are available through eStudySource.com, or possibly other official e-Sword related news.

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Annotated Bible Commentary for e-Sword

It's time to embarrass a good friend of mine who has no idea I'm posting this. People are quick to ask for time consuming requests that they want you to do. Few are willing to to spend their time to make it happen.

James (Cato) spent many hours (close to the triple digits) recreating A.C. Gaebelein's Annotated Bible Commentary for e-Sword. The old module was so poorly formated and organized, the module was completely unusable. In fact, I deleted it for this reason.

James painstakingly organized and applied the commentary according to each passage. He made sure each implicit verse reference (that he could find) was changed to explicit and tooltipped. I'm proud of the professional work James has done. His zealous attitude is contagious and his work ethic is inspiring.

Version 10.1 of e-Sword will give the module maker to ability to control the order of comments (when multiple comments exist for a single verse). This paves the way for us to remake the Pulpit Commentary, this time doing it "right". James has been "reminding" me for sometime about remaking the Pulpit Commentary (and other modules with poor formatting). We're prepared to begin soon, so if would like to help, please contact one of us soon.

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