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Welcome to TypeTheBible.com

We, the authors and developers of this website, believe that a good exercise in Bible study is to actually recite every word of it. I also know this about myself, that over my own twenty-seven years of deliberate Bible study, I have memorized very little of it.  This is the result of two factors:

  1. I don't enjoy memorization, and I'm not naturally good at it. As a result, my efforts have historically been less than stellar.
  2. Right now I can't remember what the second factor was.

What if You were to Type the Whole Bible?

What if...?

What if you typed the entire text of the Old and New Testaments... yourself... actually transcribed every word of it?

Wouldn't that be cool? To be able to say (mostly just to yourself), "I've typed that. I remember typing that verse..." I don't know about you, but I just think that would be cool! To be that conversant with the Word of God, to be that intimately familiar with it. It's kind of a proof to yourself that you've not only read all of it, but that every single word—every jot and tittle—has crossed your consciousness at one time. Well... here's where you can do just that.

Okay, yes, you could do this on your own. You don't need this website to do this. But we're here to help, to make it a bit easier, and a bit more fun and interesting. If we are able to bring this website to it's envisioned fruition, you will be able to include all of your personal notes and study references within your text, for instance.

We believe that God's Word should not only be accessible to every living person. It should furthermore be studied, criticized, debated, analyzed, and loved by all. God's Word is unlike any other literary work in all human history, as it can withstand (and has withstood) the test of time, the scrutiny of all skeptics, the critical review of the greatest human minds on the planet. Shouldn't you join those ranks? Who of the greatest critics of the Bible can honestly claim that they have physical proof of the fact that they have read and considered every single word of it? Few, Me Thinks! But now you can make that claim!

Think about that.

What Is to Come

TypetheBible.com will soon (pending support and motivation of all involved, and as the Lord provides) be your go-to place for a very specific flavor of Bible study. We envision a text editor in which you will be able to type the entire text of the Holy Bible, including all of your notes and cross references. My personal belief (and I know this will be effective for myself) is that the activity of typing every word of God's Word will reinforce and magnify it's imprinting into one's mind in ways more powerful than simply reading it!
 
The Motivation
Thirty-five years ago, I bought a new Bible and began to read it in earnest for the first time. When I decided to get serious about reading the Bible, I went out and paid good money for a high-quality leather bound NIV. I loved my bible. I cherished it. I was careful not to use a pen for underlining or highlighting that would bleed through the page. I therefore used only pencil for underlining and writing notes in the margin. 
 
Over the years, the pencil marks tended to smudge and smear, the edges of the pages became worn, and  the binding eventually began to fail. I found myself saddened by the prospect of having to retire my old friend. Once I replaced it, how would I ever get all of my treasured notes and annotations into my new copy? TypetheBible.com is my solution to this problem. Now I can enter my annotations into a digital copy, and then reprint sections as required. 
 
As a further bonus, I will be able to print my Bible out in a format that allows extra space on the page for new notes to be written. Plus, I can use pencil or pen, scratch out errors, etc. without worrying about "ruining" my bible with smudges, ink blots, or ugly handwriting. It's a win-win, as I can reproduce a pristine copy on demand. I can even print a second copy for a friend.

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One of our six children created some computer art in 2006.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

—Matthew 4:17