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One of the best ways to interpret Scripture is by using Scripture, or in other words, using cross-references. In the Bible there are around 340,000 cross-references (OpenBible.info) that can help you explore the unity and common themes between the Old and New Testaments. On top of biblical cross-referencing, WORDsearch can help you explore your entire library to find mentions of the verse you are looking for to help you build out a sermon or lesson.

One of the most time-saving features of WORDsearch is the Cross-Reference Explorer. The Cross-Reference Explorer is a powerful and easy tool to find critical notes, historical and cultural information, and insights from others on God’s Word.

Let’s take a deeper look into how to use Cross-Reference Explorer when creating a sermon or lesson.

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  • Wordsearch is a division of LifeWay Christian Resources. Our mission is to equip preachers and teachers for a lifetime of ministry, and we believe that our Bible software is a powerful and uniquely helpful tool to serve the church and the classroom.
  • Wordsearch 12 is our newest, most advanced desktop tool for creating sermons and personal study. Wordsearch 12 is updated with new features and a 50-volume library worth over $350 to provide a more streamlined experience to dive deeper into God’s Word. See more about each feature here.
  • Wordsearch 12 is our newest, most advanced desktop tool for creating sermons and personal study. Wordsearch 12 is updated with new features and a 50-volume library worth over $350 to provide a more streamlined experience to dive deeper into God’s Word. See more about each feature here.

Let’s say we are creating a sermon on the baptism of Jesus, what it meant, and where it is alluded to in the Old Testament.

If you open a Bible open to Matthew 3:13-17, verse 16 states, “This is My beloved Son. I take delight in Him!” we can easily see the biblical cross-references by clicking on the little number 4 in brackets. This means there are four other Scripture references related to the verse. From this, we see that John 12:28 and Luke 9:35 also mention Jesus’ baptism, showing us that it must be significant.

We also get two Old Testament references with Psalm 2:7 and Isaiah 42:1.

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Now that we have our cross-reference verses, we can see what the other books in our library have to say about them. Let’s say we want to know more about the cross-reference of Isaiah 42:1 first.

Open the Cross-Reference Explorer and type in Isaiah 42:1.

Here we see many references to the verse, but we’re interested in the ones that specifically relate to Matthew 3:17. After reading a few entries, we can go back and type in Matthew 3:17 in the search bar to go back to our original verse.

Here are just a few things we can learn:

  • In the Bible Background Commentary, we learn how Matthew writes his gospel this way so that his readers would see allusions “not only to Psalm 2:7,” which we saw earlier as a cross-reference, but “also to the suffering servant of Isaiah 42:1-4.”
  • Isaiah 42:1, we’re informed, is a fulfilled Messianic prophecy of the Messiah being filled with the Holy Spirit.
  • Matthew Henry Concise explains that Jesus’ baptism shows the full Trinity at work — Jesus the man, the Holy Spirit descending, and God the Father speaking.
  • In Wells of Living Water from a sermon titled the “Preaching and Baptism of John”, we discover an application of how to apply this message to the audience personally. How important is baptism to us?
  • Instead of searching through all the topics in my Sermon Help Illustration books, using the Cross-Reference Explorer, we can find two illustrations mentioning Matthew 3:17 in 6,000 Plus Illustrations for Communicating Biblical Truths, one bringing to light the importance of Fathers telling their children, “You’re mine,” to help them feel secure.

With all of this information, I can structure my sermon around how the Old Testament points to Christ, the importance of His baptism, and the importance of baptism for us. By understanding the Old Testament allusions to this event, we gain a much richer knowledge of the New Testament. Using the Cross-Reference Explorer, you can craft a much fuller and deeper sermon.

What is your favorite part of using Cross-Reference Explorer? Share with us in the comments below!

WORDsearch Bible Software, based in Austin, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest publishers of software and digital books specifically for Christian pastors, Bible teachers, and students.[1] WORDsearch was originally part of the ministry of B&H Publishing Group of LifeWay Christian Resources of Nashville, Tennessee,[2] but was sold to competitor Faithlife in 2020.[3] Upon the announcement of the sale, it was also announced that Wordsearch would be retired and transitioned to Logos Bible Software, with users receiving Logos for free.[4][5] WORDsearch produces specialized study programs under the brands WORDsearch, QuickVerse, and myWSB and a compatible library of over 5,000 digital books on Windows, MacIntosh, iPad, Android, and web browsers. It is developed under the academic division of B&H Publishing.[6]

Bible Software Products[edit]

WORDsearch 12 the company’s flagship Bible software brand running on Windows and Mac PCs, automates tasks in the process of Bible exegesis and hermeneutics. Permainan stick run. Key functions of WORDsearch include searching a user’s digital library by word, topic, or scripture reference, hyperlinking to related documents, and copying selected materials into a target document.[7] WORDsearch users regard it highly for its speed and ease of use.[8]

WORDsearch is frequently used by pastors for the creation of sermons, and teachers for preparation of cell group and Sunday School lessons.[9]

QuickVerse 10, is a discontinued variant of the WORDsearch program that reads the same digital books and features most of the same functions. The functional capabilities of QuickVerse 10 better suit the needs of lay Bible teachers. QuickVerse 10 offers a means for hundreds of thousands of past QuickVerse customers to continue using digital books acquired with older versions of QuickVerse.[10] myWSB.com is a free, web browser-based Bible software program with a different functional approach, but nearly the same library of resources as WORDsearch and QuickVerse.[10] WORDsearch Bible is a free mobile Bible software program available for iOS and Android. It offers a limited set of functions on nearly the same library of resources.[11]

All of the Bible software versions connect to the same set of online ownership records so that a customer is able to acquire a digital book for one of the programs, and use it from any of the other programs, in nearly all cases at no additional charge. LifeWay eBooks can also be used with myWSB.com, as well as the same iOS and Android apps used by WORDsearch. Both LifeWay and WORDsearch customer IDs can be entered in the same programs.

Reviewers found WORDsearch powerful enough to be useful for preachers.[12] It is one of About.com's top 10 bible programs.[13]

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A free application called WORDsearch Starter is also available.[14]

Bible Resources/Content[edit]

Members of the WORDsearch family of Bible software are capable of accessing a common library of over 5,000 digital books in 24 categories, including Bibles, commentaries, dictionaries and encyclopedias, handbooks, word studies and more. The WORDsearch library has a notable concentration in expository preaching, with collections of works from authors including John MacArthur, Stephen Olford, John Phillips, J. Vernon McGee, Charles Spurgeon, John Stott, W. A. Criswell, Adrian Rogers, R. Kent Hughes, Maze Jackson, Robertson Nicoll, Alexander Maclaren, and Haddon Robinson.

A second area of strength in the WORDsearch library is counseling, with collections from authors June Hunt, Neil T. Anderson, James Dobson, Joni Eareckson Tada, Gary Chapman, and many others. Some notable works prized by Bible expositors and available from WORDsearch include The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible, Complete Biblical Library, and Thompson Chain-Reference Bible.

Resources can be purchased in bundles or individually, sometimes discounted. Hebrew, Greek and other languages are searchable. The Complete Biblical Library New Testament was favourably received.[15]

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The original versions of WORDsearch used the STEP (rtf) format. WORDsearch acquired Epiphany Software in 2003 and changed to Epiphany's CROSS (Christian Reference Open Software Standard) format which supports XML starting with Wordsearch 7.[12][16]

History[edit]

WORDsearch was founded in 1987 by Dr. Jim Sneeringer and Dr. Cheryl Sneeringer, making it one of the earliest commercial examples of digital publishing in any domain. Both Drs. Sneeringer earned PhDs in Computer Science at UNC supervised by Dr. Fred Brooks, and became evangelical Christians partly through his witness. Their shared interest in Bible study, teaching, and computer software led Jim to create the WORDsearch program while on sabbatical from IBM (ROLM) Corporation.

The program became part of the product line of NavPress Software in Colorado Springs, CO in 1989. In 1993, Dr. Jim Sneeringer and Randolph Beck of Austin, Texas acquired the assets of NavPress Software and continued to publish under that name.[17] In July 2002, the publishers adopted WORDsearch as the corporate name.[18]

In July 2003, WORDsearch acquired the assets of Epiphany Software, Inc. of San Jose, CA, including the program and brand Bible Explorer.[19] Andrew Cogan, former President of Epiphany, joined as chief technical officer of WORDsearch.

In April 2004, WORDsearch entered a licensing and publishing partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources to supply the Bible Explorer program, to be published under the brand Bible Navigator, as the exclusive Bible Software program of LifeWay.[8]

In May 2011, WORDsearch agreed to acquire the assets of the QuickVerse® product line from Findex.com. QuickVerse had been the largest selling Bible software program through the 1990s.,[20][21]

In June 2011, all of the assets of WORDsearch were acquired by LifeWay Christian Resources of Nashville, TN.[2]

On September 18th, 2020 it was announced that WORDSearch was sold to Faithlife and subsequently the software would be retired[22].

References[edit]

  1. ^Duduit, Michael (September 1991). 'Preaching Toolbox Now Includes a Personal Computer and Software'. Preaching Magazine.
  2. ^ ab'LifeWay acquires WORDsearch, QuickVerse'. Baptist Press. July 11, 2011.
  3. ^Chandler, Diana. 'LifeWay sells Wordsearch to Logos Bible Software creator Faithlife'. Baptist Press. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  4. ^'FAQs about Wordsearch & Logos'. Logos. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  5. ^'Wordsearch Bible'. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  6. ^'B&H Academic'. B&H Publishing. Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  7. ^Purcell, Kevin A., “5 Simple WORDsearch 10 Tips”, Christian Computing Magazine, August 2013
  8. ^ abHorn, Sara, “Ease of use, speed linked in new LifeWay Bible software”, Baptist Press, October 17, 2003
  9. ^Purcell, Kevin A., “Preaching and Digital Bible Study,” Christian Computing Magazine, September 2011
  10. ^ abPurcell, Kevin A., “Digital Bible Study News”, Christian Computing Magazine, July 2012
  11. ^Wilke, Jon D., “LifeWay Releases Free WORDsearch iPad App,” Christian News Wire, January 31, 2012
  12. ^ abGomez, Ruben (1 February 2010). 'WORDsearch 9 Preaching Library'. Bible Software Review. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  13. ^Fairchild, Mary. 'Top 10 Bible Software Programs'. About.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  14. ^Dean, Philip (2014). 'Bible Software Review'. matthew714ministries.wordpress.com. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  15. ^Purcell, Kevin (January 2010). 'WORDsearch 9'(PDF). Christian Computing magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  16. ^WORDsearch and Epiphany Software Join Forces, Press Release, July 14, 2003
  17. ^Hawkins, Lori, “Scriptures on Screen”, Austin American-Statesman, December 10, 1993, p C1
  18. ^Horn, Sara, “LifeWay’s new Bible software debuts among SBC seminarians,” Baptist Press, October 17, 2003
  19. ^Kever, Jonathan, “The Year’s Best Software for Preachers: Version 2003”, Preaching Magazine, September 2003
  20. ^FINDEX.COM INC., Form 8-K, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, May 5, 2011
  21. ^FINDEX.COM INC., Form 10-K, Annual Report year ended December 31, 2010, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, April 15, 2011
  22. ^'Faithlife Wordsearch Acquisition Press Release'. Google Docs. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

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