Early in his ministry as a Methodist Preacher, Dr. Frank Charles Thompson realized that the reference Bibles then on the market failed to present the Bible as it should be presented - in a clear, scholarly, interesting, yet simple and compact form. He saw the need for a well-organized reference Bible that would be of practical use to the layman as well as a minister.
He began his original research about 1890. After he completed the thought suggestions opposite the verses throughout the Bible, some of the men in his church saw his Bible and told him that this was what they needed to help them in their Bible study. They encouraged Dr. Thompson to have his Bible, with marginal references, published so that everyone could have the advantage of these helps in their Bible study.
Over 4,000,000 Thompson Chain-Reference® Bibles sold!
Features of the Library
Brand New WORDsearch 7 engine
Mouse over Magic - You're going to love this. In WORDsearch 7, whenever your cursor is over a Scripture reference (whether in the text of a book or an index), the entire verse or passage will pop up for you to see.
Dock your windows - You can combine windows into tabbed groups on the fly to better manage your desktop. You can flip between them easily, keeping them synchronized by Bible verse.
Easier WORDsearch 7 uses the web-browser approach of Bible Explorer, acclaimed by users and reviewers as the easiest Bible software available. It's more powerful, but much easier to learn and use.
Cross-References - Unique to Bible windows; shows all books in your library that refer to the verse you have selected. Plus, you can "tear off" lists of cross references into another window to freeze them as you move on to other verses.
Parallel Bible Display - Currently there are nearly 500 Bibles and reference works totally over 1200 volumes in print, and many more on the way!
Color Highlighting - Now you can color highlight text in any Bible or book. Use 12 different colors. Add or erase highlighting any time.
Verse Lists - Verse Lists can arrange your verses in any order you like-not just Bible order. There's a built-in note pad to capture your comments on each verse, plus you can group verses into sections you title. You create Verse Lists from searches, links, or anywhere you encounter verses you want to save. You can build a sermon or lesson right there in a Verse List.
Super Strong's - WORDsearch is the only Bible software with "Talking Strong's," where you hear any Greek or Hebrew word. With WORDsearch 7, you can tell your KJV or NASB text to "Show Strong's," and see every Strong's number next to each word. Just mouse over a Strong's number and the definition automatically pops up, or double-click a word in the Bible text to bring up the Strong's window
Language - The new coding of WORDsearch 7 brings you better language tools with clear, printable Greek and Hebrew fonts. Click on any Strong's number and get a full, hot-linked concordance list on that word.
Sweet Searching - WORDsearch 7 brings you the most complete search functions of any Bible software, with 2 menu buttons for searching: Search Anything button allows you to enter any word or phrase and locate it immediately in any Bible or reference book. Topical Search button will take any word or topic and search the indices of every book with a topical index and show you everything you own that is related to this topic. This is handy for finding references that might use a different word for the topic you entered.
Exclusive Membership - WORDsearch 7 users belong to an exclusive club of serious Bible software users. One Click will automatically take you to a protected online community of other WORDsearch 7 users. There you can exchange sermons, lessons, ideas, prayers, requests, and have discussions with other power users like you.
Free Community Library - Download free books prepared by other users from the Community Library. They become a permanent, searchable part of your personal Library with pop-up Scripture references. It's a treasury of insight that you can't get in book form.
Authoring & Publishing Tools - Create your own books with the WS7 word processor, now with built-in Spell Check! They'll function just like other books in your library. Then click an icon to upload them directly from your WORDsearch 7 desktop to the Community Library where they are published to the world. Your thoughts may help someone know the Lord or teach a lesson better.
Better Technology - Much has changed since 1995, when WORDsearch introduced its bookshelf interface and STEP. Electronic libraries have grown ten-fold or more and the internet has re-defined how we use information and computers. WORDsearch 7 brings you up to date and moves you ahead of the curve. Part of our new technology is the CROSS format for documents. It's based on XML and other more recent standards, while STEP was based on Microsoft's rich text format (rtf). The benefits include improved presentation and searching of Greek and Hebrew and other languages. As a result, WORDsearch 7 will NOT read STEP books from other sources as did WORDsearch 5.
This Library features 18 Bible Translations - including the NIV, NKJV, NASB, HCSB, ESV, NLT and the Message, and 147 Reference works. Here is a complete listing:
18 Bibles
