Lighting the Lamp

[Basic: Accordance iOS 1.1] Accordance's multi-layered tools and texts offer amazing search capabilities. This podcast takes a look inside Accordance's texts, shows users how to search by word, phrase, and verse, and offers resources for becoming an Accordance "Search Master."

[Basic: Accordance iOS 1.1] Welcome to Accordance for iOS! This podcast demonstrates how to install, navigate, and customize our free app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. It lists Accordance's free resources and surveys those available for purchase. See how to move quickly from Bible to Bible and study tool to study tool. Learn why Accordance is earning top reviews in Apple's App Store.

[Basic: Accordance 9 and iOS 1.2] Accordance for Mac 9.3 and Accordance for iOS 1.2 add the ability to sync between the two. This podcast shows how to set up an account, download modules and updates, and sync on the mobile version of Accordance. It also explains what steps are needed on Accordance for Mac to link it with your iDevice (iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch).

[Basic: Accordance 9] This podcast is designed to answer the most basic question, "Why use Bible software?" Dr. J offers some enaging answers, drawing some similarities from the early church's transition from scrolls to codices. Featuring demos of both Accordance fr the Mac 9.3 and Accordance for iOS 1.2, this is an ideal podcast for those considering moving to Bible software. Share it with your friends!

[Basic: Accordance 9] Trying to use Accordance on a MacBook Air—or another computer with a small display? This podcast covers the best preference settings and techniques for using Accordance effectively on a small screen.

[Methods: Accordance 9] Want to become a good Bible story-teller? This podcast will show you how to gather details about biblical cities and sites. Using a three-step process, "Identify, Investigate, Evaluate," Dr. J explains how to use the Bible, Bible dictionaries, atlases and photos to research biblical places.

[Basic: Accordance 9] This podcast covers the new features in Accordance 9.2, which include the ability to magnify zones and navigate directly between pictures in a module. Version 9.2 also merges Easy install and Check for Updates, improves syntax, and adds few other features.

[Resources: Accordance 9] "A picture is worth a thousand words." If that's true, these two photo collections are worth entire encyclopedias! Dr. J compares PhotoGuide 3 with Todd Bolen's Biblical Places—American Colony. PhotoGuide 3 includes 1600 high-res color images taken from 1974-2004; BP-American Colony has 4000 high-res B&W images taken between 1898 1nd 1948. Both illuminate biblical places, people and times.

[Resources: Accordance 9] This podcast is designed to assist users in deciding which commentaries to purchase. It shows users how to assess themselves, the kind of commentary they need, and the task(s) that they intend to complete. It also includes a summary of six different categories of commentaries, with an example of each, along with highlighting the various commentaries that are on sale January 2011.

[Resources: Accordance 9] This podcast will show how to set up a custom workspace for any Study Bible. It will also review Zondervan's Archaeological Study Bible, a goldmine of information, a great introduction to how the fruits of archaeology can increase our understanding of the Bible. Designed with the conservative Christian in mind, this study Bible features 8000 study notes, 500 articles, 500 color photographs and 15 maps. Accordance makes it easy to explore all the features in this resource, especially when navigating among the articles in the five major categories: Archaeological Sites, Cultural and Historical Notes, Ancient Peoples and Lands, The Reliability of the Bible, and Ancient Texts and Artifacts.