In my post on iPhone Resources, I mention that Logos Bible Software (more info) is one of my favorite apps. Someone asked this in the comments:

Have you had a chance to use the Olive Tree Bible app at all? Any thoughts on comparisons with the Logos app?

I replied,

I haven’t used the various Olive Tree apps because my understanding is that Logos can do everything they can and more (esp. if you use Logos 4) for free. I may be wrong on that.

Well, I was wrong on that—at least for now.

1. What is Olive Tree Bible software?

Here’s how it describes itself:

Olive Tree Bible Software provides mobile Bible versions and study tools for iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Smartphone and Symbian cell phones. We currently offer over 500 mobile resources including over 100 translations of the Bible as well as commentaries, dictionaries, devotionals, eBooks, and Strong’s numbering system. The Bible is offered in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, Chinese and many others. Original Hebrew and Greek texts are also available. Additionally, we provide online web and cell phone (WAP) Bible search engines.

2. What does Olive Tree Bible software offer for the iPhone and iPod Touch?

1. Bibles. Hebrew, Greek, LXX, ESV, NIV, NASB, NET, NLT, The Message, and more.
2. Study Bibles. ESVSB, NET notes, NIVSB, NLTSB, and more. (more…)

Read the announcement at Logos Bible Software’s blog and rejoice.

This appears in the latest issue of Themelios:

Review of Anchor Yale Bible commentary series (84 vols.) in Logos Bible Software. Themelios 34 (2009): 226–27.

I’ve been waiting for this for years! Kudos to Logos and Eerdmans for working this out.

Bob Pritchett, founder and president/CEO of Logos Bible Software, just posted this in the newsgroups:

Logos 4.0…

…keeps what you love about Logos Bible Software

…gets rid of what annoys you in Logos Bible Software

…puts things where you’d expect them

…is still in development

…reflects an obsession on ease-of-use

…remembers things

…helps you share the fruit of your study with students and congregations

…has simpler menus

…comes with massive, hand-edited data sets

…favors direct manipulation over large settings panels

…is the iPhone of Bible software

…gives more screen space to content

…searches with the speed and ease of Google

…searches just your quality content (not the morass Google has to wade through)

…works well with multiple monitors

…makes smart guesses about what you are looking for

…looks very cool

…is under tight wrap until “the big moment.”

HT: Phil Gons

It’s amazing how many outstanding resources Logos Bible Software keeps producing.

I already own and benefit greatly from “The Complete Spurgeon Sermon Collection,” which contains Spurgeon’s sermons from the Park Street and Metropolitan Tabernacle pulpits. I just became aware of another Spurgeon collection that is now on pre-pub for $250: “Charles Spurgeon Collection.” It’s currently 78 volumes and 17,361 pages, so that’s about a penny ($0.014) per page in a highly efficient format.

Content:

• The Treasury of David, Spurgeon’s 7-volume commentary on the Psalms
• Spurgeon’s 4-volume Lectures to My Students, which includes his best-selling Commenting and Commentaries
• 228 issues of Spurgeon’s magazine, The Sword and the Trowel published between 1865 and 1884
• Spurgeon’s 4-volume Sermon Notes
• The 2-volume Salt Cellars
• Spurgeon’s 4-volume Autobiography, the first and most detailed account of Spurgeon’s life and ministry
• A collection of Spurgeon’s letters and correspondence
• Dozens of additional volumes on preaching, prayer, evangelism, and much more!

What a treasure trove!

Update: Phil Gons adds this on the Logos blog:

And it gets even better. I said presently above because we’re still in the process of researching another dozen or so titles for possible inclusion in this collection. The best part is that if you pre-order now, you’ll be locked in at the lowest possible price, even if the price goes up to cover the additional cost.

So pre-order this unparalleled collection of the writings of C. H. Spurgeon now (and his sermons, too, if you don’t already have them), and get ready to take advantage of the power of Logos to integrate this wealth of material into your devotions, Bible studies, and sermons with ease.