YouVersion

But then of course, just for reading, I do appreciate the NIV.

But I listen on YouVersion on my app on my iPhone, because it talks to me, and I also listen to the Dwell Bible App.

Those are my two favorite.

That's awesome.

Okay.

Well, you already answered my, my other question then, your favorite app or website for Bible study tools.

So YouVersion and-

Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely.

And, you know, just to further illustrate how dangerous this so-called translation is, I don't remember if it was over the summer or maybe if it was last spring, but YouVersion, which is a Bible app that we do not recommend because it is run by a false teacher, Craig Groeschel, out of LifeChurch.tv or whatever the name of that church is now.

But YouVersion announced that they were removing the Passion translation from YouVersion, from the YouVersion app.

Now, look, if a Bible quote unquote translation is so bad that Craig Groeschel is removing it from his Bible app, you know it's bad.

So watch out for it and let that underscore things for you and stay away from it.

You can still find The Message, Mess Translation over there on Craig Groeschel's YouVersion website.

In fact, that is the biggest app, the biggest, most downloadable Bible app that there is.

So sometime we should do a show on some great alternatives.

And I'm still that hard copy read your Bible girl.

I mean, I have my YouVersion audio Bible here.

I have the different things that are set up in front of me.

But when it comes to reading my Bible, there's still something about reading the hard copy.

Mm-hmm.

In my NIV and in multiple translations I just looked up on the YouVersion Bible app, there is no verse four.

I just looked this up.

We were gonna, uh, read it this morning at, um, at our church service, but there's no...

That's what fires me up.

I love that the growth officer for the YouVersion Bible app, something that literally has reached billions of people around the world, that he is still most impacted by the one.

Because as easy as it is to get caught up in the size of the number, Greg Hall and his team, they know that behind every number, is a person who may be searching for hope, who may need to hear from God, a person whose life could be changed by simply opening up God's Word.

Now, I promise this conversation isn't so much about the ridiculous numbers that they've seen in their growth, though they are impressive.

You were part of leading some pretty major, very recognizable corporate brands, and you left that.

Now you're serving vocationally in ministry.

Where did you see God working that led you to accepting the call and to coming to work with the YouVersion Bible app?

I love the fact that your study in Blackabiso is so good.

She's like, I've written many other books, but this book in particular, she said, it just feels so easy to talk about.

And it's because she can't help but just share what God has done in her life, right? And so if marketing feels hard for you, Ask the Lord, like, what story am I to put into a book? Or is there a way that you can help me reframe sharing about my book, that this is about giving you glory and sharing what you've done in my life? Also, when I'm reading scripture, I love using the YouVersion app.

And as a side note, we have like dozens of devotional plans in YouVersion.

So definitely check them out.

But I like using the feature in the YouVersion app where you can compare translations.

And the message translation says, tell his stories to everyone you meet.

I love that for you as a kingdom writer.

friends you can be part of a church yeah so events

there's access to the word there if you don't have a physical Bible, although we would say get a physical Bible, but if you don't have access to it right now, download the YouVersion Bible and just start from there.

You can put like keywords in.

Yeah.