djmarko53

The one resource that I use a lot to convert .PDF files to either .docx or .rtf format for e-Sword

is one of the following:

 

https://document.onl...convert-to-docx  (PDF to Word Conversion)

 

https://document.onl.../convert-to-rtf (PDF to .RTF Conversion)

 

This online converter will convert image files, e-books and about anything you can imagine.
It's not perfect.  For .PDFs under 20 MB in size it is great!  I have downloaded some pretty 

extensive .PDF files and does a pretty good job.  Just load the resulting new Word file it

creates and edit it for compiling in the Tooltip Editor.

Ok.  Thanks.  I will.

If you have the .rtf file from which the .cmtx module is made, you should be able to simply change the information in the header at the beginning of the .ryf file.  The, use Tooltip Editor to recompile the .rtf file as a .CMTI module. Someone please correct me on this.  Ive done it several times.  Works on fairly large files....

Someone please tell me what I've missed.

I copied my Commentary "Old and New Testament Commentary"

to my MySword Directory on my phone and my Fire 10.2 HD Tablet.

They work just fine.  However, I can only view the Verse Notes.  Is

MySword only capable of displaying the Verse Notes from an 

e-Sword Module and not the Book Notes?  I have as much information

in my Book Notes but cannot seem to view them.  Only the Verse Notes.

 

djmarko53

Ron,

 

Forgot to tell you in my reply.

 

The link for the file I sent you==>  Please allow a few seconds for

the Graphics to load.  All the maps and charts are in full-color

high Resolution colors.  They are all in one Table in the Book Notes

for this module.  I can post the .rtf file for this if you want to take a

look at the source text.  In the module I posted you will see all the

graphics, but I did not make the lines in the Table invisible.

 

One last thought.  If you want to create a verse note for a text and

add a map or chart.  Take for instance Acts 2:38, try creating a verse

note with just the text  and a second verse note for the same Acts 2:38

reference which contains just the Map or chart.  Although I still think

it works best to put the graphics/images in a table...

 

djmarko53@biblesupport.com

This message is for Ron Bingham and whoever is interest in this replay to Ron.

 

Ron,

 

If you are creating Commentaries for ver 12.0 of e-Sword, I believe you will

most likely need to do the following, when using the NT Tooltip Editor.

 

Rule #1-- You must save/create your Commentary as a .cmti formatted module. 

You will continue to have the problem you describe unless you save your

Commentary module in the .cmti.  If you save as a .cmtx module you will

probably see only the text and no graphics.

 

Rule #2-- When saving/creating your module in the .cmti format, place any

graphic images into a Table.  Works best to do this in Word.  I prefer using

Word 2010 or later.  Don't know about Word 2007.  You may create a Table with

lines being set to the color white so the lines don't show in your notes.  You might

even try creating a Table with Two(2) columns and put the image in one cell in the

left column and related text in the opposite cell in the right column.  You can

experiment with this in creating you own commentary notes.

 

Rule #3-- Not really a rule, but I prefer putting a Carriage Return before and after

each Table.  Try not to mix Tables with Graphics and Text with the rest of the text

in your notes without trying this first.  Like I said, not a rule but seems to work as long

as I don't try to cram too many Hi-Rez (HD) and large graphic files into my notes.

 

Further Ideas or Suggestions:  These are my own thoughts and not set in stone.

1.  Try to keep graphics to the mininum, or at least don't let you module get to big

and "loaded" with graphics like the ones mentioned above, or you will have problems

when you compile your module with the ToolTip Editor.

2. If you feel that you need a lot of maps, try using simple, plain B&W type maps.

This will cut down on the file size of the module, plus you will have less errors.

3. Check out a couple of the .cmti Commentary modules I have posted for my

Commentary Old and New Testament Restoration Commentary.  The one module

for Daniel is almost 8MB in file size.  It is a .cmti module.  All the colorful graphics

are in the Book Notes.  Haven't added any Text to the Verse/Chapter Notes.

4. Below is the Link for the above mention .cmti module.  All the graphics are placed

within their own specific cells in a single column Table in the Book Notes.

 

http://www.biblesupp...ion-commentary/

 

 

Hope this information helps.  One last note, try to keep the Maps, images, etc.   separated

from you Verse Notes.  If not, I believe you need to consider some of these ideas.  You must

save the Commentary Module as a ..cmti module and not as a ..cmtx module.  The .cmti

module will work on anything using e-Sword Version 11.0 or greater.  Not only will they work

on the IBM-PC and Compatibles, but they will also work in the Apple Version of e-Sword.

 

Let me know what happens.

Take Care and may you and yours stay safe and healthy.....

 

djmarko53@biblesupport.com\\

 

 

 

 

Wisdom From the Kitchen and How it Applies to Life…by Tom Woody

Question:  When do you take the cake out of the oven?

Answer: When it is done.

 

We like to pray for trials to go away.  But this is like asking for the oven to be turned off before the cake is done. 

If we are being tested it is because, like the cake,  we aren’t done yet.

 

Patience from the Spirit will enable us to get through the oven and come out a golden brown masterpiece that

far exceeds the value of any one of the individual ingredients.  In the meantime,  we get to enjoy the aroma of

a sweet-smelling sacrifice as we anticipate God revealing Christ in us!

 

This is a great plan that God has ordained, and when it is all over, this time in the oven, that can seem

unbearable at times, will seem like nothing when we experience the glory that will be revealed in us!

 

What Trials?  What Pain?  Ohhh, that stuff!  Oh the trials and the pressures of life!

 

Glory to God for his great plan of eternal glory for those whose love has been proven by the trials of this short life!

 

Romans 8:18—“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared

with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

Just wanted to share this message I came across today that really

says it all in the midst of the Corona Virus Pandemic:

 

I grew up in rural Iowa, so I spent time around farms and farmers.

Because of this, I was pretty well-versed in growing corn, beans,

and wheat. I knew a little about cows and pigs. But my agrarian

upbringing did not feature sheep and shepherds.

 

Whenever I read in the scriptures about sheep and shepherds,

my instant mental image looks like a postcard.  There are fluffy,

glistening white sheep standing on perfect green grass against

the backdrop of a clear blue sky. Looking at that postcard image,

you’d think that being a shepherd is a good gig.

 

But being a shepherd in biblical times was far from a high-status,

desirable occupation. They were likely caring for someone else’s

sheep, so they were on the hook if a sheep were lost or killed.  

Shepherds worked outdoors, even when the weather was not

good. They had to face down predatory animals to keep their

flock safe.

 

Sheep are also not known for being the most clever animals

on the farm. They need to be herded around for their own good.

And sheep are not like the fluffy stuffed animals we see sometimes.

They are dirty, and they don’t smell very good.

 

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” It’s so familiar, we

might miss what it’s saying. The opening of Psalm 23 is so lovely,

so lyrical. And yet it is a bit shocking. Comparing God Almighty to

a shepherd is to say that our loving Creator gets right down in the

thick of it with us. God faces danger with us. God braves the storm

to be with us.  And what about the sheep? To compare ourselves

with sheep is to say that we need God. We need to be herded and

guided. We need protection. We need to be watched over.

We are not all that great.

 

Psalm 23 is the assigned psalm for many churches this weekend,

and I could not be more grateful. It’s just what we need to hear at

this moment in our common life.  Many of us are stunned, trying

to keep up with daily news about the coronavirus and the

necessary changes to our lives.

 

We might be terribly afraid, both for our own well-being and the

health of those we love. And here we get the reminder we need. “

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

In our fear and in our confusion, God is with us. We are never alone.

 

Even when we “walk through the valley of the shadow of death,”

we need not fear. I do not read this as saying nothing bad will ever

happen to us. Rather, this is divine assurance that in our trials and

tribulations, God is with us. We are never alone.  The earliest known

images of Jesus Christ, created 200 years or so after his death and

resurrection, depict him as a shepherd. Jesus is often seen standing

among sheep with a lamb on his shoulders.

 

Jesus is not shown in those ancient images wearing glittering robes,

nor is he seated on a throne. Instead, the savior of the world is

standing in humility among sheep, literally picking up and carrying

the most vulnerable of his flock.

 

That’s how it is with us. As we stay in our homes, perhaps gripped

by fear, we should know that Jesus Christ, who is the Good Shepherd,

will pick us up and carry us in our moments of greatest need.

 

We know that God does not idly sit by and watch us suffer. 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…” 

Jesus Christ lived among us, knowing every pain and sting of

humanity, even death itself.

 

Our God is not distant and uncaring, but comes near to share our pain.

 

On the third day after his death, Jesus Christ was raised from the dead,

showing the triumph of God’s love. As Easter reminds us, God’s love is

stronger than hatred, stronger than imperial armies, and stronger even

than death.

 

Because Jesus has destroyed death, we can walk through the valley

of the shadow of death — or face the spread of the coronavirus —

knowing that, in the end, God’s love is stronger than our fears and

stronger than anything we might face.

 

It’s not wrong to be afraid. That’s a healthy response to the threats

we face. But we can, by God’s grace, face our fears so that our

hearts and our lives are ruled by hope and love, not by fear.

 

We should take care to stay at home to slow the spread of disease,

for that is how we can love our neighbors.

 

 

But in our homes, we should remember two lessons that the Good Shepherd shows us:
(1) God’s love, in the end, is stronger than whatever we face.
(2) We are never alone.

 

And remember, fellow e-Sword users, May God 

bless us with joy and peace as we trust in Him.

Most of us however, forget trust in Him means 

that we are obedient to Him and His word.  Maybe

just maybe what happens sometimes the heart

of man strays too far from God....

I am not a professional programmer.

 

Used to program some in Visual Basic a long time ago.

Why not a simple database file that could contain the

setup for say, a dozen different desktops.  Kinda like

in The Word.  The information could be input from 

the Options/Resource Settings in the e-Sword Menu.

 

Then upon startup, e-Sword would first give you a 

choice of "Default Desktop" like what is currently 

established in the Resource Settings.  That would

be Option #1 upon Startup.  Option #2 would be a

user configured Desktop Menu listing the various

user desktops (say up to 10 or 12) depending on the

users needs.

 

With such a menu one might have all of your premium

Bibles such as NKJV, NASB, NIV, HCSB, NLT2, etc...

Then on the Commentary pane the tabs might have 

just Full Commentary Sets: Pulpit, Adam Clarke, etc...

Dictionaries chosen could be likewise.  The idea being 

to streamline the appearance and allow more room at

time for text in say, the Commentary pane, etc...

 

djmarko53

Notice:  I am having trouble formatting the listing for my module

on this website.  The module is "New Testament Restoration Commentary 2.7"

 

The content listing for the module is all garbled for the Content Listing for

James through the Book of Revelation.  Cannot understand why.  Could use

some help from some of you experienced users.  When I am editing the listing

and formatting the text online everything looks good while in the Editor.  But 

after I click on the "SUBMIT" button, what displays on my screen is all garbled

for James through the Book of Revelation.

 

I have tried viewing the listing for this module in Google Chrome, Windows Edge

and in Microsoft Explorer and the listing looks the same in all three browsers.  The

only browser I haven't tried viewing it in is Firefox.  When in the edit mode on Bible

Support I copied the Content Listing (or Module Description) into Microsoft Word

and saved it as a Web Page and also as a '.RTF' file.  The HTM page looks as it

should in my various browsers, so I have uploaded this content listing as a '.RTF'

file to the Download area for the Module.

 

My QUESTION IS:  HOW DO I CLEAN UP THE LISTING ON BIBLE SUPPORT???

i HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO FORMAT THE LISTING and this Website

just will not let me.  Can someone help with ideas and suggestions?

 

I have tried to copy the info from the '.HTM' copy of the listiing, and paste it into the

Bible Support Editor and nothing changes!!  I have done the same using the '.RTF'

version of the listing (which I posted) and still nothing changes.  When I try to edit

the Content Listing/Description for the Module, it looks fine withing the Editor, but

when I submit the information (Clicking the SUBMIT button) the listing for my content

is all messed up with a bunch of '.HTM' and/or '.RTF' Coding.

 

ANY SUGGESTIONS??  Please help....Would like for users to be able to view 

a "legible" listing for my module.  I have attached the Content listing for this module.

 

 

Thanks.....

 

djmarko53

 

 

File Name: Lamar, J. S. - First Principles and Perfection ©1891

File Submitter: djmarko53

File Submitted: 08 Nov 2018

File Category: Reference Books (refx)

Author: J.S. Lamar

This .refi (HD) reference module for e-Sword contains the
Book "First Principles and Perfection" ©1891 by J.S. Lamar.
This work about "Christian Living" contains the following
Thirty-One Chapters as listed below.....

FIRST PRINCIPLES

• Chapter One: Introductory
• Chapter Two: Authority .
• Chapter Three: The Starting Place
• Chapter Four: The Gospel
• Chapter Five: Power From On High
• Chapter Six: Bearing Witness
• Chapter Seven: The Acceptance
• Chapter Eight: The Gospel Believed
• Chapter Nine: Conviction Of Sin
• Chapter Ten: Repentance
• Chapter Eleven: The Confession Of Faith
• Chapter Twelve: Baptism
• Chapter Thirteen: The Place Of Baptism
• Chapter Fourteen: The Results Of Baptism
• Chapter Fifteen: The Whole Subject Exemplified
• Chapter Sixteen: Practical Teaching

PERFECTION

• Chapter One: Newness Of Life
• Chapter Two: The Goal
• Chapter Three: The Law Within
• Chapter Four: Letter And Spirit
• Chapter Five: The Higher Law
• Chapter Six: Seeing The Invisible
• Chapter Seven: Night Songs
• Chapter Eight: The Everyday Life
• Chapter Nine: Spiritual Declension
• Chapter Ten: A Reckoning
• Chapter Eleven: Sanctification
• Chapter Twelve: Sanctification Progressive
• Chapter Thirteen: Peace
• Chapter Fourteen: Drawing Near
• Chapter Fifteen: Behold The Perfect Man..

J. S. Lamar was born in Gwinnett county, Georgia, May 18, 1829.
He afterwards moved to Muscogee county, where he received
such educational training as could be gotten at that time. He
entered an academy later, where he laid the foundation for a
good education. In 1850 he was admitted to the bar. He was
baptized by a Baptist preacher, who did not ask him to narrate an
experience. In 1853 he entered Bethany College where he
graduated in July, 1854, and was ordained in the Bethany church
as an evangelist. He was soon called to the Augusta, Georgia
church, which he served faithfully during a long ministry.
In 1859, he published a work entitled, "The Organon of Scripture;
or, the Inductive Method of Biblical Interpretation." Brother Lamar
is a graceful writer, a clear thinker, and a splendid preacher. He
is very choice in his selection of words, and is recognized today
as one of the most chaste and polished writers in the church. His
present home is Warrenton, Georgia.
-From Churches Of Christ, John T. Brown, c1904, page 214

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File Name: Psalms by Joseph A. Alexander

File Submitter: djmarko53

File Submitted: 06 Sep 2018

File Category: Commentaries

Author: Joseph A. Alexander
e-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x

This is the Commentary on Psalms ©1850 by Joseph A.
Alexander.


Joseph Addison Alexander (24 April 1809 – 28 January
1860) was an American biblical scholar. He was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the third son of Archibald
Alexander and brother to James Waddel Alexander and
William Cowper Alexander.


He graduated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton
University) in 1826, having devoted himself especially to the
study of Hebrew and other languages. From 1830 to 1833,
he was adjunct professor of ancient languages and literature
at Princeton. In 1834, he became an assistant to Dr. Charles
Hodge, professor of oriental and biblical literature in the Princeton
Theological Seminary, and in 1838, he became associate
professor of oriental and biblical literature there, succeeding Dr.
Hodge in that chair in 1840 and being transferred in 1851 to the
chair of biblical and ecclesiastical history, and in 1859 to that of
Hellenistic and New Testament literature, which he occupied until
his death at Princeton in 1860. Alexander was a remarkable
linguist and exegete. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian
minister in 1839, and was well known for his pulpit eloquence.

He was the author of The Earlier Prophecies of Isaiah (1846),
The Later Prophecies of Isaiah (1847), and an abbreviation of
these two volumes, isaiah Illustrated and explained (2 vols., 1851),
The Psalms Translated and Explained (3 vols., 1850), commentaries
on Acts (2 vols., 1857) Mark (1858) and Matthew (1860), and two
volumes of Sermons (1860)

The Current update 10/30/2018
Now includes Psalms 1-150.
The .cmtx module and the .cmti (HD) module are both complete.

The TAB name for this .cmti module is 'PSALMS2'.....The TAB name
for the .cmtx module is 'PSALMS'.


Currently, these Commentary Notes are located in the
Chapter notes.

These files are based on the PDF file downloaded from
Archive.org and is a pretty rough copy, which I converted
to .docx format, so there are a lot of typos to overcome.
e-Sword Users: Send me a message if you find any
significant errors and/or if a Tooltip Scripture Reference
is incorrect. I will make the necessary corrections and
re-upload this module...

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File Name: Johnson, Ashley S. - Sermons On The Two Covenants

File Submitter: djmarko53

File Submitted: 03 Jun 2018

File Category: Reference Books (topx)

Author: Ashley S. Johnson
e-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x

This Collection of Thirteen Sermons by Ashley S. Johnson
is undoubtedly the best anywhere on the Old and New
Testament Covenants. They do a fantastic job of describing
the Two Covenants and show why we are no longer under
the Old Covenant, but under the New Covenant.

Ashley S. Johnson born in East Tennessee on June 22, 1857 and
by age sixteen was a school teacher in the Knox County School
System. At age seventeen, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee
for one year and afterwards attended Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio
where he received an A.M. Johnson received an LL.D. from Christian
University (now, Culver-Stockton College) in Canton, Missouri.
In October 1877 after studying the New Testament, Johnson preached
his first sermon and decided to dedicate his life to ministry.

Johnson married Emma Elizabeth Strawn in Dunnville in Ontario, Canada
on December 31, 1884, and they moved to South Carolina to be evangelists,
starting churches and encouraging the growth of existent churches. In South
Carolina, Johnson founded a popular correspondence Bible school. With the
goal of training preachers, especially those who could not afford to pay for it,
Johnson founded The School of the Evangelist in 1893 on farm land which
had formerly been owned by his great grandfather along the French Broad
River. He began the school with $100, ten acres of land, two mules, three
cows, and one student: Albert T. Fitts of South Carolina.

In 1891, Emma gave birth to a stillborn child and almost died herself during
childbirth, and she was unable to have further children. Ashley Johnson went
on to write numerous books and articles. Johnson died during an operation in
Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 1925 and was buried on the Heights on
the college campus. Emma Johnson died of cancer two years later and was
buried next to her husband.

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File Name: Gaebelin's Annoted Bible (Updated 1/28/18)

File Submitter: djmarko53

File Submitted: 28 Jan 2018

File Category: Commentaries

Author: Gaebelin

This is an updated Annotated Bible by Gaebelin.
Updated on 1/28/18 by djmarko53
Changed file extension JPG

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File Name: E.M Zerr - Commentary On Matthew

File Submitter: djmarko53

File Submitted: 01 Sep 2017

File Category: Commentaries

Author: E.M. Zerr
e-Sword Version: Requires 10.1+
Suggest New Tag:: E.M. Zerr

This Commentary represents an attempt to create a complete Bible Commentary by E.M. Zerr and others from the Restoration Movement (Church of Christ). The Verse-by-Verse Notes are wholly by E.M. Zerr ©1952. The Book Notes and Chapter Notes are by Burton Coffman, B.W. Johnson, J.W. McGarvey, David Lipscomb and others. This commentary for Matthew is a complete Verse-by-Verse Commentary representing the works of some of the greateste commentators and preachers from the Church of Christ. It is an exhaustive commentary containing Conservative Notes and Commentary and is designed to help others in their study of God's Word. I am already at work adding Mark to this commentary. Hope you enjoy this Commentary.

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