I Switched!

" I was hesitant when I got my Mac last year to switch to Accordance, but after I did... just like with my Mac... I was... "WOW!" I know that doesn't sound very scholarly... but all I can say every time I use Accordance is "WOW! I can't believe I waited so long to switch to this program!"

David Wheeler-Reed

Last year I made the switch to a MacBook Pro laptop and purchased VMWare Fusion so that I could still use [the other programs]. When [another program] came out with a Mac engine for their product I thought I would finally be able to switch entirely to the Mac.

I have never had much results doing sermon prep and bible study with [the other program] but it was, as far as I knew, the best bible software package available. I did an internet search for Mac Bible software and Accordance popped up. I purchased the Library Collection Premier Level and briefly tried it and wasn't really impressed. I thought it was a lightweight program that also didn't fit what I was looking for. My fault! I recently watched your podcasts and started reading the blogs and forums and decided to give it another try.

I now have my workspace set up to do exactly what I want to do for sermon prep and bible study. ALL the information I need is readily available and I must say, I am really impressed with this package. It is my primary bible tool and I have not used [the other programs] since. I love Accordance and there is no going back.

Stephen Branham

Why I Came Back To Accordance

It was the resources that won me over. The other Bible software had thousands and thousands of titles. I could find and buy books by my favorite authors: MacArthur, Piper, and so on. Surely it wouldn’t matter much if it wasn’t as fast as Accordance and was still missing features and was less than ideal on other features. Or so I thought.

So in June of 2010, I sold off several of my Accordance modules, uninstalled it, and put it on the shelf. I didn’t feel that I could use two Bible software programs at once and constantly have to think about how to do this or that in one or that other. Besides, I didn’t want to invest in two programs and have overlapping resources. I still don’t.

I spent a lot of money quickly, buying books left and right and signing up for even more that were still in pre-publication (I could get better deals that way). Then, at the beginning of 2011, I suddenly realized that I had more resources than any of my old preachers heroes of the past (except maybe Spurgeon)! What was I doing with them? Frankly, many of them were unread and unused.

Now, true, I could search them and quote from them, but then I read that John Stott said that he never quoted a book that he hadn’t read first. That really struck me as a statement of intellectual integrity. What was I doing with hundreds of books I could search and quote and yet would perhaps never get around to reading?

I downloaded the Accordance iPad app and remembered that I still had many resources in Accordance. Out of curiosity, I decided to try the new (to me) Accordance 9. My fingers quickly relearned the easy way of searching that Accordance offers. I was stunned again at the speed, the stability, and the light use of computer resources. It truly is a David versus Goliath situation. Nimble and quick against sheer size.

Thankfully, I was able to get a full refund. So once again, Accordance is where I go to do my Bible study. I can’t really explain it, but just feels more natural to study the Bible in Accordance to me. Perhaps it’s the speed, or just the way Accordance is laid out and how it works. Accordance helps (or even makes) me focus on the Bible more.

Pastor Levi Durfey

Found on the Forum

"There was some glitchy stuff here and there [in dealing with another program], but I knew that some update was coming soon. Well, then I began to encounter serious problems. I was in the middle of an intense part of research for my doctorate, running a fairly involved exegetical sequence, I had to run a search. Nervous that all of my “windows” might be disrupted I tried to save the workspace and nothing happened. Wait! That was an issue in the Beta, surely that’s fixed. Well, I had to keep going. Sure enough, all of the time I spent developing the exegetical work was lost when, with no workspace saved, the program quit unexpectedly. I’ll leave out my feelings at this point...still being sanctified! I will tell you my first thought... “Accordance never did this!”

. . . "I decided that even if all the glitches were worked out with [the other program] I still would choose Accordance all over again because I was reminded of two very important principles with my studies and the Accordance format... 1) Good research must work and, 2) it must be based on an exegetical premise. That should be our starting point as preachers and teachers and it was the starting point for Accordance, and they have not forgotten that."

Mike Lumpkin

". . . having moved to Mac about 18 months ago I had found myself rarely firing up [another program], even under Parallels. So I tested Accordance, and decided to go with that because it's already stable and has good Greek support.

It's been only a couple of days since I finally made the purchase and got working but I already know I have made the right decision for me.

For many switchers the decision is probably going to be pragmatic - how much can I afford and what are my needs? The other thing that comes into it for me is that since switching to Mac there are Mac ways of doing things which I have got used to. Every so often I try out a bit of software and even though it is written for the Mac it feels like PC - there's some indefinable something in there that makes something a Mac programme and for me, Accordance has it."

Deb

.... Accordance is addicting because of just how convenient and easy it makes study of the word starting with the Bible and branching off to other resources as needed. What a refreshing change from the old [program] I was using on Windows. I'm just ashamed for holding out so long without trying it. Maybe I knew that once I did I wouldn't be able to resist spending the money... and so it was. LOL

SteveP

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If you use a Mac and want more out of your Bible Study... check out Accordance

Since I switched to Mac 4 years ago I had to find native Mac software. Accordance is by far the best of anything I've seen!

If you are a Mac pastor I highly recommend Accordance. Been using it for over 5 years and it keeps getting better.

Accordance hands down. Intuitive interface, powerful searching, excellent modules, the best customer service and community.

If you run a Mac, this is THE program to use!

Accordance is less expensive, a better company to work with, better with language searches and a faster program.

You won't regret [switching]. . . . Best Bible software is Accordance

I love my Mac. More importantly, I love my Accordance Bible Software. Not just cool... stable, secure, no BSOD

"From what I have read, there are many people who have used [another program] extensively that love it. The same is true of Accordance. However, for those who have used BOTH extensively, these people mainly seem to prefer using Accordance, and [the other program] collects dust. This tells me that those who don't know any better are perfectly content with [the other program] , but those who have used Accordance are officially spoiled and feel like the scales have dropped from their eyes. Therefore, I must conclude that I would probably feel the same, and leaned towards Accordance."

Darin Allen

"For me, Accordance has a good form of tunnel vision ... the Bible is always in the center but I can tunnel out to a variety of resources I might need quickly and easily. [Another program] has too "flat a playing field". Every work seems to be equivalent to all others and if the links happen to be there it "might" be what I need, and it might not. This "flat field" has me spending too much time on distractions chasing rabbits. Accordance's search and reporting tools are awesome and natural after a little practice. In short, its all right there at my fingertips without distracting extra screens/windows/panes/dialogs/menus and other interface methods. It allows me to refine my workflow, build custom environments for different kinds of studies and have a wealth of really cool resources that turn scholarly black & white into dynamic colorful insights."

Kraig Gilkey

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Can You Say These Things?

Switchers to Accordance agree. Accordance is a pleasure to use. It just works. It's addicting. It's a refreshing change from other Bible programs. It has that "indefinable something" that you expect Mac software to have.

If you're not raving about your Bible software, if you're continually waiting for things to improve, only to be repeatedly disappointed . . . it's time to complete the switch to Mac: